where is our workspace


- deep-research: Deep research harness — fan-out web searches, fetch sources, adversarially verify claims, synthesize a cited report. - When the user wants a deep, multi-source, fact-checked research report on any topic. BEFORE invoking, check if the question is specific enough to research directly — if underspecified (e.g., "what car to buy" without budget/use-case/region), ask 2-3 clarifying questions to narrow scope. Then pass the refined question as args, weaving the answers in.
- update-config: Use this skill to configure the Claude Code harness via settings.json. Automated behaviors ("from now on when X", "each time X", "whenever X", "before/after X") require hooks configured in settings.json - the harness executes these, not Claude, so memory/preferences cannot fulfill them. Also use for: permissions ("allow X", "add permission", "move permission to"), env vars ("set X=Y"), hook troubleshooting, or any changes to settings.json/settings.local.json files. Examples: "allow npm commands", "add bq permission to global settings", "move permission to user settings", "set DEBUG=true", "when claude stops show X". For simple settings like theme/model, suggest the /config command.
- keybindings-help: Use when the user wants to customize keyboard shortcuts, rebind keys, add chord bindings, or modify ~/.claude/keybindings.json. Examples: "rebind ctrl+s", "add a chord shortcut", "change the submit key", "customize keybindings".
- verify: Verify that a code change actually does what it's supposed to by running the app and observing behavior. Use when asked to verify a PR, confirm a fix works, test a change manually, check that a feature works, or validate local changes before pushing.
- code-review: Review the current diff for correctness bugs and reuse/simplification/efficiency cleanups at the given effort level (low/medium: fewer, high-confidence findings; high→max: broader coverage, may include uncertain findings; ultra: deep multi-agent review in the cloud). Pass --comment to post findings as inline PR comments, or --fix to apply the findings to the working tree after the review.
- simplify: Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes. Quality only — it does not hunt for bugs; use /code-review for that.
- fewer-permission-prompts: Scan your transcripts for common read-only Bash and MCP tool calls, then add a prioritized allowlist to project .claude/settings.json to reduce permission prompts.
- loop: Run a prompt or slash command on a recurring interval (e.g. /loop 5m /foo, defaults to 10m) - When the user wants to set up a recurring task, poll for status, or run something repeatedly on an interval (e.g. "check the deploy every 5 minutes", "keep running /babysit-prs"). Do NOT invoke for one-off tasks.
- schedule: Create, update, list, or run scheduled remote agents (routines) that execute on a cron schedule. - When the user wants to schedule a recurring remote agent, set up automated tasks, create a cron job for Claude Code, or manage their scheduled agents/routines. Also use when the user wants a one-time scheduled run ("run this once at 3pm", "remind me to check X tomorrow").
- claude-api: Reference for the Claude API / Anthropic SDK — model ids, pricing, params, streaming, tool use, MCP, agents, caching, token counting, model migration.
TRIGGER — read BEFORE opening the target file; don't skip because it "looks like a one-liner" — whenever: the prompt names Claude/Anthropic in any form (Claude, Anthropic, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, `anthropic`, `@anthropic-ai`, `claude-*`, `us.anthropic.*`, `[1m]`); the user asks about an LLM (pricing/model choice/limits/caching) — never answer from memory; OR the task is LLM-shaped with provider unstated (agent/MCP/tool-definition/multi-agent/RAG/LLM-judge/computer-use; generate/summarize/extract/classify/rewrite/converse over NL; debugging refusals/cutoffs/streaming/tool-calls/tokens).
SKIP only when another provider is being worked on (overrides all triggers): OpenAI/GPT/Gemini/Llama/Mistral/Cohere/Ollama named in the query; OR `grep -rE 'openai|langchain_openai|google.generativeai|genai|mistralai|cohere|ollama'` over the project hits (run this grep FIRST if no provider named — don't Read the file).
- run: Launch and drive this project's app to see a change working. Use when asked to run, start, or screenshot the app, or to confirm a change works in the real app (not just tests). First looks for a project skill that already covers launching the app; otherwise falls back to built-in patterns per project type (CLI, server, TUI, Electron, browser-driven, library).
- init: Initialize a new CLAUDE.md file with codebase documentation
- review: Review a pull request
- security-review: Complete a security review of the pending changes on the current branch

deep-research update-config keybindings-help verify code-review simplify fewer-permission-prompts loop schedule claude-api run init review security-review


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/root


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this is our woekspace


Error: File does not exist. Note: your current working directory is /root.


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List contents of /boot/config/plugins/varaverk


Configurations/
Deployment/
Docker_Essentials/
Fallback/
Kernel/
Manual.md
Media/
Monitors/
Notes_To-Do.md*
Old_Arch_Still_Works/
Orchestrators/
Partnership/
Plugin/
README-User_Script_Plug-in.md
README.md
Rsync/
State_Files/
System_Essentials/
Tools/
Transcodes/
Watchdogs/
common.sh*
data/
docker_folders.json
git_pull_execute.sh*
install.log
load_config.sh*
schedule.json
user_script_plug-in.sh*
varaverk-2026.05.31-noarch-1.txz
varaverk.cfg
varaverk.cron


Here's the contents of `/boot/config/plugins/varaverk`. It looks like a custom Unraid plugin with:

- Configuration & deployment structure (`Configurations/`, `Deployment/`, `State_Files/`)
- Docker management (`Docker_Essentials/`, `docker_folders.json`)
- Scripts (`common.sh`, `git_pull_execute.sh`, `load_config.sh`, `user_script_plug-in.sh`)
- Infrastructure categories (`Kernel/`, `Media/`, `Monitors/`, `Orchestrators/`, `Tools/`, etc.)
- Scheduling (`schedule.json`, `varaverk.cron`)
- Documentation (`README.md`, `Manual.md`, `Notes_To-Do.md`)

What would you like to do here?


that sucks,, had apower outtage today.. in unraid on reboot i have to reinstall you. we had a bunch of notes and stuff. i imagine they are gone now, as you didnt even remember our workspace


I'm sorry about that — power outages on Unraid are rough. Let me check if anything survived.


ls /root/.claude/ 2>/dev/null && echo "---" && ls /root/.claude/projects/ 2>/dev/null

Check for existing Claude config and memory files


backups/
cache/
downloads/
history.jsonl
mcp-needs-auth-cache.json
plugins/
projects/
session-env/
sessions/
settings.json
shell-snapshots/
---
-root/


ls /root/.claude/projects/-root/ 2>/dev/null && echo "---" && cat /root/.claude/projects/-root/CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null || echo "no CLAUDE.md"

Check project memory directory


a1ac522e-9103-4757-b6d0-a7cd2f5681fb.jsonl
memory/
---
no CLAUDE.md


ls /root/.claude/projects/-root/memory/ && echo "---" && ls /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md 2>/dev/null && cat /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md

Check memory files and plugin notes


---
/boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md*
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude

❯ now we should be able to allow or have other host be able to start a shared srvice if desired using
  shared auth stack, maybe a container array in host*.conf folder that can add the container to the other
  servers, just thinkig of future design

. fix fallback strike list timing, maybe 30 seconds. them a t 90 seconds 3 stike triggers. just gotta test buffer. never had the strike system
. verify silent toggle switches back on good notifications

WAY LATER

now we should be able to allow or have other host be able to start a shared srvice if desired using
  shared auth stack, maybe a container array in host*.conf folder that can add the container to the other
  servers, just thinkig of future design

when a owner offboards and there is more than 1 server left, one needs to become the owner, we could do this in multiple ways or a combination, strongest server and BANDWIDTH,whos contributing more.... maybe we just promt and ask them

look into an overall, setup script, pull as many vars as possible without user having to add. like docker names, and so on.

fallback, should partnership be authoritive. like no partners fallback fails and after x amount of time dissables untill a new remote is found

i need a way to get rid of git. the apllication becomes the source for each mesh cluster... so it gets dl from github, or ca. i need the app layer to be able to open and edit settings, like open conf first. things have to filled out for it to work. , and partnership deploy to second server, third server........... and push the correct host.conf. and only update that file if new things are added or completely wiped....... cant mod a var nut can rearrang the script if structure changes again......... even if git it used as a core and is auto set from the start..... the app layer is king moving forward, and scipts are cores that just get called. i have all the flexabiliy in the world being able to change things and the app layers call and use it............

we may need a startup guide.. first launch, open master.conf. then host1.

we need to updata the folder Unraid_Scripts to Varaverk every where and update git script, and update all traces and scripts that call it and update the user script plugin......
with this app layer i think we modle the user script to our system and no longer user facing..... maybe

uide. owner sets up first.. establishes himself in master.conf as host1.... sets up the rest of master.conf.. little changes may be needed.. then fills out host1.conf.... then makes sure machines are shared in tail scale.. start onboard.......... then host2, host3, what ever is in master.conf it will reachout, uinstall correct containers,and leave the state file... install varaverk on host 2 and host 3. on install it sees the state file and defuaults to mirror. they fill out their setting and all should start working.......

working on getting this down to just web ui. on intitial no state file opens master.conf, locks you out of enabling any orchs untill set up.....


Good news — your notes survived in `/boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md` because `/boot` on Unraid is the USB drive, which persists across reboots. Let me also check the README for more context.


cat /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/README.md && echo "===" && cat /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Manual.md

Read README and Manual files


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# ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
# 🏠  VARAVERK
# ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

**A complete self-healing, self-maintaining, mutually-redundant two-server home server
ecosystem.** One codebase runs on both servers. Both servers run their own lives
independently. When one goes down the other covers it — not because of conventional
fallback infrastructure, but because both servers already have copies of everything
that matters and both know how to run it.

> **This is not conventional failover.** There is no primary and standby. There is no
> shared storage. There is no cluster manager. There are two fully independent servers,
> living in different locations on different power utilities, each running their own
> household's media stack — and a layer of scripts that keeps them synchronised,
> coordinated, and mutually covering. The goal is minimal disruption to a media stack,
> not enterprise high availability.

**Started on Unraid, built for portability.** The ecosystem runs on Unraid today. The
platform adapter layer (`Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh`) isolates every OS-specific call so
bash scripts stay clean. A `Plugin/truenas/adapter.sh` or `Plugin/ubuntu/adapter.sh`
provides the same function names — `load_config.sh` detects the OS and sources the
correct adapter. The scripts themselves never branch on the OS.

---

## ━━━ THE TWO SERVERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

```
HOST1 — unRAID-Gmer4Lfe
  Hardware:  Threadripper 1950X, 128GB RAM, ZFS cache pools
  Location:  Primary site
  Domain:    Gmer4Lfe.com
  Arrs:      Movies, Tv_Shows, Music — union with HOST2 via arr_sync
             Auth stack — source of truth (HOST1 owned, syncs to HOST2)
             Emby — primary media server

HOST2 — unRAID-Jayred365
  Hardware:  Intel i5 10th gen, 64GB RAM
  Location:  Remote — different building, different power utility
  Domain:    Gmer4Lfe.us
...
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# 🏠  VARAVERK
# ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

**A complete self-healing, self-maintaining, mutually-redundant two-server home server
ecosystem.** One codebase runs on both servers. Both servers run their own lives
independently. When one goes down the other covers it — not because of conventional
fallback infrastructure, but because both servers already have copies of everything
that matters and both know how to run it.

> **This is not conventional failover.** There is no primary and standby. There is no
> shared storage. There is no cluster manager. There are two fully independent servers,
> living in different locations on different power utilities, each running their own
> household's media stack — and a layer of scripts that keeps them synchronised,
> coordinated, and mutually covering. The goal is minimal disruption to a media stack,
> not enterprise high availability.

**Started on Unraid, built for portability.** The ecosystem runs on Unraid today. The
platform adapter layer (`Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh`) isolates every OS-specific call so
bash scripts stay clean. A `Plugin/truenas/adapter.sh` or `Plugin/ubuntu/adapter.sh`
provides the same function names — `load_config.sh` detects the OS and sources the
correct adapter. The scripts themselves never branch on the OS.

---

## ━━━ THE TWO SERVERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

```
HOST1 — unRAID-Gmer4Lfe
  Hardware:  Threadripper 1950X, 128GB RAM, ZFS cache pools
  Location:  Primary site
  Domain:    Gmer4Lfe.com
  Arrs:      Movies, Tv_Shows, Music — union with HOST2 via arr_sync
             Auth stack — source of truth (HOST1 owned, syncs to HOST2)
             Emby — primary media server

HOST2 — unRAID-Jayred365
  Hardware:  Intel i5 10th gen, 64GB RAM
  Location:  Remote — different building, different power utility
  Domain:    Gmer4Lfe.us
  Arrs:      Anime_Shows, Anime_Movies — union with HOST1 via arr_sync
             His own Emby — for his household
```

**Hardware does not need to match.** Everything is accessed through `/mnt/user/` —
unRAID's unified share layer. HOST1 has a Threadripper with ZFS. HOST2 has a completely
different CPU and fewer drives. A fallback container on HOST2 mounts `/mnt/user/Movies`
and sees mirrored data because the share names match. The hardware underneath is
irrelevant.

---

## ━━━ CONTAINER NAMING — YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

This is the most important convention in the ecosystem. Get it wrong and the scripts
break silently.

---

### ── Shared Containers — No Suffix ───────────────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Shared containers — meaning both servers run this container and scripts treat
# them as the same logical service — use the plain name with no suffix.
#
# The convention: "no suffix = this container participates in the shared stack"
#
    Emby                    # the shared Emby — runs on HOST1, picked up by HOST2 on fallback
    NginxProxyManager       # shared NPM — runs on both, same config via sync
    Lldap-Gmer4Lfe          # shared LLDAP — same user directory, both servers
    Authelia                # shared auth — both servers, same config
    Mariadb-Authelia        # Authelia's database — same on both
    Redis-Authelia          # Authelia's cache — same on both
    VaultWarden             # shared password manager
    Dispatcharr             # shared Live TV scheduler
```

When `fallback.sh` on HOST2 reads `FALLBACK_HOST2_COVERS_HOST1_TIER1=(..."Emby"...)`,
it looks for a container called exactly `Emby` and starts it. HOST2 must have a
container called `Emby` — not `Emby-Gmer4Lfe`, not `Emby-HOST1`, just `Emby` — with
its volume mounts pointing at the mirrored share paths. This is what makes one
codebase work on both servers without modification.

---

### ── User-Specific Containers — Suffixed ────────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# User-specific containers — things that belong to one person and only ever
# run on their server — use a suffix identifying the user/owner.
#
    Emby-Gmer4Lfe           # Gmer4Lfe's personal Emby instance (HOST1, never covered)
    Emby-Jayred365          # Jayred365's personal Emby instance (HOST2, never covered)
    Organizer-Gmer4Lfe      # Gmer4Lfe's dashboard — personal, stays on HOST1
    Sonarr-Gmer4Lfe         # Gmer4Lfe's Sonarr — managing his Tv_Shows share
    Radarr-Gmer4Lfe         # Gmer4Lfe's Radarr — managing his Movies share
    Immich-Gmer4Lfe         # Gmer4Lfe's photo library — personal
```

User-specific containers are covered during fallback (see Tiered Fallback below) but
are distinct from the shared stack. They are never confused with each other because
the suffix makes the owner unambiguous. Scripts targeting `Emby` and scripts targeting
`Emby-Gmer4Lfe` are targeting different containers for different purposes.

---

### ── Why This Matters ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# The entire ecosystem uses container names as identifiers.
# docker_watchdog.sh: WATCHDOG_REQUIRED_CONTAINERS=("NginxProxyManager" "Authelia")
#   → looks for exactly "NginxProxyManager" on the running server
# fallback.sh: FALLBACK_HOST2_COVERS_HOST1_TIER1=("Emby" "VaultWarden")
#   → looks for exactly "Emby" and "VaultWarden" on HOST2
# docker_daily_restart.sh: DAILY_RESTART_CONTAINERS=("Dispatcharr" "Authelia")
#   → looks for exactly those names in docker ps
#
# A container named differently than expected is not found — no error, no restart,
# no fallback coverage. It silently does not happen.
# Keep names consistent on both servers for shared containers.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

## ━━━ SHARE NAMING — ALSO YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Shares must have **identical names on both servers**. The ecosystem uses share paths
as sync targets and mount points — a mismatch is a broken path.

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# The rule: if a share exists on HOST1 and HOST2 needs a mirror of it,
# the share on HOST2 must have the exact same name.
#
# Same name on both servers:
    /mnt/user/Movies          # both servers — arr_sync.sh keeps Radarr in union
    /mnt/user/Tv_Shows        # both servers — arr_sync.sh keeps Sonarr in union
    /mnt/user/Music           # both servers — arr_sync.sh keeps Lidarr in union
    /mnt/user/Anime_Shows     # both servers — arr_sync.sh keeps Sonarr in union
    /mnt/user/Anime_Movies    # both servers — arr_sync.sh keeps Radarr in union
#
# rsync.sh syncs /mnt/user/Movies on HOST1 → /mnt/user/Movies on HOST2.
# If HOST2 has it at /mnt/user/Movies-Mirror → rsync aborts: path not found.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

## ━━━ THE MEDIA LIBRARY MODEL ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

### ── Common Libraries — Shared Pool ─────────────────────────────────────────

Common media like Movies, Music, and TV Shows are a **shared pool**. Every container
that needs music — Emby, LidaTube, Navidrome, whatever — mounts the same `/mnt/user/Music`
share. There is one share, one location, one source of truth. No duplication of content
across separate shares per-user or per-application.

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# One share for the library — all containers that need it mount the same path.
# Emby container: /mnt/user/Music → /media/Music (read)
# Lidarr:         /mnt/user/Music → /music       (read+write)
# LidaTube:       /mnt/user/Music → /downloads   (write)
# Navidrome:      /mnt/user/Music → /music       (read)
#
# All pointing at the same /mnt/user/Music. No per-user music copies.
# When Lidarr downloads and Emby scans — they're looking at the same files.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

### ── Both Arrs Manage All Shares — arr_sync.sh Is the Source of Truth ───────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Both servers run Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr — all pointing at the same
# share names. Either server can download anything to any share at any time.
#
# How it stays coherent:
#   arr_sync.sh runs first (before rsync) — bidirectional library union.
#   Both Sonarr instances know about every TV episode on either server.
#   Both Radarr instances know about every movie on either server.
#   Both Lidarr instances know about every album on either server.
#
# Then rsync spreads the files additively (no --delete).
# Any file downloaded on HOST1 propagates to HOST2 on the next cycle.
# Any file downloaded on HOST2 propagates to HOST1 on the next cycle.
#
# HOST1 downloads Tv_Shows episode:
#   → HOST1 Sonarr tracks it immediately
#   → arr_sync.sh runs → HOST2 Sonarr now tracks it
#   → daily rsync → file lands on HOST2
#
# HOST2 downloads the same show's next episode that same night:
#   → HOST2 Sonarr tracks it immediately
#   → arr_sync.sh runs → HOST1 Sonarr now tracks it
#   → daily rsync → file lands on HOST1
#
# Both servers converge. Neither owns the share. The union is the truth.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

### ── How arr_sync.sh Keeps the Union Stable ────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# arr_sync.sh runs as the fixed first step of intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh
# (every 4 hours). It syncs all arr libraries bidirectionally before any rsync.
#
# What it does:
#   Reads each arr's full library via the local API
#   SSHes to the remote, reads the remote arr library via its API
#   Adds anything missing on either side — union, not overwrite
#   Blocked items (blocklist) are excluded from sync
#
# What this means in practice:
#   No share has an owner. No server is read-only.
#   Either server can download content to any share at any time.
#   arr_sync.sh guarantees both arrs agree on what exists before files move.
#   rsync then spreads the files to make storage match what arrs already know.
#
# arr_cleanup.sh (daily) removes true orphans — files no arr tracks.
# arr_cleanup uses the union model too: a file is only an orphan if
# neither arr on either server has it indexed.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

## ━━━ WHAT SYNCS AND WHAT DOESN'T ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Not everything needs to sync. Not everything should sync. Understanding what goes
where determines whether you need encryption and whether sync failure matters.

---

### ── Shared Fallback Shares — Sync Required ─────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# These shares enable fallback — HOST2 must have current copies for the covered
# services to work correctly when they start on HOST2.
#
    /mnt/user/Media_Server/Emby              # Emby userdata — watch history, playstates
    /mnt/user/appdata-Fallback/Critical-Data # auth stack — NPM rules, certs, user accounts
    /mnt/user/Movies                         # media library content
    /mnt/user/Tv_Shows                       # media library content
    /mnt/user/Music                          # media library content
#
# Sync failure here = fallback runs but with stale data (acceptable) or missing
# data (problematic). These sync every night via daily_sync_maintenance.sh.
# Critical-Data and Emby also sync every 30 minutes via critical_sync_maintenance.sh.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

### ── Non-Fallback Shares — Sync as Backup, No Encryption Required ───────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Some shares don't participate in fallback — their container only runs on one
# server and is covered during fallback from scratch (or not at all).
# These shares can sync as offsite backup without encryption.
# Content is not sensitive — anyone with access to HOST2 could read it.
#
# Examples:
    /mnt/user/appdata-Fallback/Gmer4Lfe      # Gmer4Lfe server appdata backup
    /mnt/user/appdata-Fallback/Important-Data # NextCloud, Immich appdata
    /mnt/user/Kids_Movies                    # kids content — not sensitive
    /mnt/user/Sports                         # sports content — not sensitive
#
# These sync in DAILY_SYNC_SHARES — straight rsync, no special handling.
# If HOST2 is compromised, the content is readable. That is acceptable.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

### ── Personal Shares — Always Encrypted ─────────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Personal shares contain content only the owner should see — documents,
# photos, financial records, private files.
# ZFS encrypts at the dataset level — HOST2 receives encrypted blocks.
# Without your passphrase or keyfile, HOST2 cannot read the content.
#
    HOST1_PERSONAL_SHARES=(
        "/mnt/user/Gmer4Lfe-Personal"    # encrypted ZFS dataset
    )
    HOST2_PERSONAL_SHARES=(
        "/mnt/user/Jayred365-Personal"   # encrypted ZFS dataset
    )
#
# Append to HOST*_DAILY_SYNC_SHARES — synced nightly with everything else.
# Same rsync, same timing — but the content on HOST2 is ciphertext only you can unlock.
#
# Setup: README-Rsync_Setup.md → Step 8 — Personal Encrypted Shares
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

## ━━━ THIS IS NOT CONVENTIONAL FAILOVER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

> **Understanding this distinction prevents a lot of confusion.**

Conventional failover (Pacemaker, DRBD, Proxmox HA) operates on the premise of a
primary server and a standby server with shared storage or synchronous replication.
The standby exists only to take over when the primary fails. It runs nothing
independently. Its purpose is 100% failover coverage with no service interruption.

**This is not that.**

---

### ── What This Actually Is ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

```
Two fully independent servers, each running their own household's services.
Each server has its own domain, its own users, its own media library management.
Each server is the primary for its own services every single day.

The "fallback" component is additive:
  When HOST1 goes down → HOST2 starts HOST1's containers on top of its own
  When HOST2 comes back → HOST1's containers hand back cleanly
  HOST2 never stopped running its own services during this entire time

This is not standby. This is mutual coverage between peers.
```

---

### ── The Actual Goal: Minimal Disruption to a Media Stack ────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# "Minimal disruption" means:
#   Live TV keeps playing         → Dispatcharr is Tier 1 (starts immediately)
#   Passwords are accessible      → VaultWarden is Tier 1 (people lock themselves out)
#   Emby keeps serving            → Emby is Tier 1
#   Auth works                    → NPM, Authelia, LLDAP already warm on both servers
#
# "Minimal disruption" does NOT mean:
#   Zero downtime (DDNS TTL = 1 minute, brief gap expected)
#   Perfect consistency (Emby userdata is 30min stale at most)
#   All services covered immediately (tiered start over 24 hours)
#
# The system is designed around the real experience of a household:
#   "The TV stopped working" → unacceptable, fixed in Tier 1 (< 2 minutes)
#   "NextCloud is down"      → annoying, fixed in Tier 2 (4 hours)
#   "Gitea is down"          → unacceptable, fixed in Tier 1 (< 2 minutes)
#   "Sonarr isn't downloading" → fine, fixed in Tier 4 (24 hours)
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

### ── What You Give Up With This Approach ─────────────────────────────────────

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Things conventional failover provides that this does NOT:
#   Zero RPO (recovery point objective) — there is ~30min of potential staleness
#   Synchronous state replication — changes don't reach HOST2 instantly
#   Automatic failure detection in seconds — fallback.sh checks every 2 minutes
#   Transparent IP migration — DNS TTL means up to 1 minute of routing to old IP
#
# What you get instead:
#   Both servers run fully independently — no single point of failure in software
#   Geographic redundancy — different buildings, different power, different ISP
#   Both households stay operational during most disruption scenarios
#   Simple, auditable scripts — no cluster manager black box
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

---

## ━━━ HOW FALLBACK ACTUALLY WORKS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

`fallback.sh` runs on both servers as a continuous background process. Every 2 minutes
it pings two things: the other server's Tailscale IP, and `8.8.8.8`. The combination
of those two answers determines the current state.

```
Remote ping PASS + Internet PASS → NORMAL — both servers running independently

Remote ping FAIL + Internet PASS → FALLBACK — remote is down, start covering it
  Tier 1 immediately: DDNS + Emby + Auth + VaultWarden + Live TV + Gitea
  Tier 2 at 4 hours: NextCloud + Immich + Jellyseerr
  Tier 3 at 12 hours: AdGuard + Uptime monitoring
  Tier 4 at 24 hours: Arrs + download clients

Internet FAIL (either) → NO_INTERNET — stop own DDNS, wait
  Can't serve anyone without internet — stop claiming DNS ownership

Remote FAIL + Internet FAIL → DARK — conservative, same as NO_INTERNET
```

The DDNS sequencing is critical — one domain, one DDNS container, at all times. The
handback sequence stops remote DDNS first, rsyncs, starts containers, starts local
DDNS last. Split-brain DNS is prevented by design.

**→ Full detail: [README-Fallback.md](Fallback/README-Fallback.md)**

---

## ━━━ THE AUTH STACK — WARM ON BOTH SERVERS ALWAYS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

NPM, LLDAP, Authelia, MariaDB, Redis — all running actively on both servers at all
times. Not cold standby. Not started at fallback. Running right now, serving each
server's own domain.

```bash
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Why this eliminates the fallback dead zone:
#
# Cold standby approach: HOST1 goes down → DNS switches to HOST2 → HOST2 starts
# auth containers → 30-60 seconds before auth is ready → users hit the auth wall
# before the service behind it responds → failed logins, broken sessions
#
# Warm approach: HOST1 goes down → DNS switches to HOST2 → auth is ALREADY
# running → users are served immediately with no dead zone
#
# HOST1 is source of truth for the auth configuration. All changes to NPM proxy
# rules, LLDAP users, Authelia policies, and certs happen on HOST1 and propagate
# to HOST2 via Critical-Data sync every 30 minutes.
#
# HOST2 operator's experience: click NginxProxyManager in Docker UI →
# browser opens HOST1's NPM via Tailscale redirect → make changes there →
# 30 minutes later live on both servers. Zero auth management overhead on HOST2.
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

**→ Full detail: [README-Partnership.md](Partnership/README-Partnership.md)**

---

## ━━━ THE COMPLETE PICTURE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

```
                    HOST1 (Gmer4Lfe.com)        HOST2 (Gmer4Lfe.us)
                    ──────────────────          ──────────────────────

Always running:
  Own stack       Full service stack            Full service stack (anime focus)
  Auth            NPM, Authelia, LLDAP          NPM, Authelia, LLDAP (mirrored)

Source of truth:
  Media           Movies, Tv_Shows, Music  ←──  Anime_Movies, Anime_Shows
                  ───────────────────────→       (bidirectional daily push)
  Config          auth stack config        ──→   mirrored every 30 min
  Emby state      watch history, playstates──→   dirty sync every 30 min

Fallback coverage:
  If HOST1 down:  —                             starts Emby, VaultWarden,
                                                Dispatcharr, all arr stack
                                                serves Gmer4Lfe.com via DDNS

  If HOST2 down:  starts his Emby, his arrs,   —
                  serves Gmer4Lfe.us via DDNS

Monitoring:
  Both servers    resource/docker/system/        resource/docker/system/
                  stability_watchdog.sh         stability_watchdog.sh
                  fallback.sh                   fallback.sh
                  Sunday morning coffee report  Sunday morning coffee report
```

---

## ━━━ FOLDER STRUCTURE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

```
varaverk/
│
├── Configurations/          ← All configuration files — the only files you edit regularly
│   ├── master.conf          ← Shared: thresholds, toggles, job lists, watchdog settings
│   ├── host1.conf           ← HOST1-specific: share lists, container names, API keys
│   └── host2.conf           ← HOST2-specific: same structure, different values
├── common.sh                ← Shared library — all functions used by every script
├── load_config.sh           ← Detects OS platform → sources Configurations/, common.sh, adapter
│
├── Plugin/                  ← Platform adapters + Unraid web UI
│   └── unraid/
│       ├── adapter.sh       ← Unraid adapter: platform_*() functions (rc.d, emhttp, dynamix)
│       ├── api/             ← PHP API endpoints
│       ├── include/         ← PHP business logic
│       ├── pages/           ← Per-tab page includes
│       └── ...              ← Full web UI (scheduler, monitor, docker, arrs, fallback)
│
├── Orchestrators/           ← Scheduled job runners — what Varaverk scheduler executes
│   README: README-Orchestrators.md
│
├── Rsync/                   ← Core rsync script — called per share with profile
│   README: README-Rsync_Setup.md
│
├── Fallback/                ← Mutual automatic fallback — continuous background process
│   README: README-Fallback.md
│
├── Watchdogs/               ← All watchdog scripts: resource, docker, system, stability
│   README: README-Watchdogs.md
│
├── Docker_Essentials/       ← Container lifecycle: restarts, updates, networks
│   README: README-Docker_Essentials.md
│
├── System_Essentials/       ← Server-level: WebGUI recovery, log hygiene, kernel tuning, reboot
│   README: README-System_Essentials.md
│
├── Media/                   ← Library health + behavior-driven discovery: permissions, junk cleanup, orphan removal, weekly arr adds
│   README: README-Media.md
│
├── Transcodes/              ← Ramdisk transcode management with SSD fallback
│   README: README-Transcoding.md
│
├── Monitors/                ← Read-only observation: certs, SMART, bandwidth, digests
│   README: README-Monitors.md
│
├── Partnership/             ← Two-server relationship lifecycle: onboard, offboard, transfer
│   README: README-Partnership.md
│
├── Kernel/


Your notes and docs are all intact on the USB drive. Now let me save proper memory so this doesn't happen again after a reboot.


Create memory directory


(Bash completed with no output)


Write

# Memory Index

- [Workspace](workspace.md) — primary workspace is /root; plugin lives at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk
- [Project: Varaverk](project_varaverk.md) — self-healing two-server Unraid home media ecosystem
- [User Profile](user_profile.md) — user context and preferences


File created successfully at: /root/.claude/projects/-root/memory/MEMORY.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

# Memory Index

- [Workspace](workspace.md) — primary workspace is /root; plugin lives at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk
- [Project: Varaverk](project_varaverk.md) — self-healing two-server Unraid home media ecosystem
- [User Profile](user_profile.md) — user context and preferences


---
name: workspace
description: Primary workspace location and important paths
metadata:
  type: project
---

Primary workspace: /root

Plugin source: /boot/config/plugins/varaverk  (on Unraid USB — persists across reboots)

Key files:
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md — running notes and design ideas
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/README.md — full project documentation
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Manual.md — manual
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/common.sh — shared library
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/schedule.json — scheduling config
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/varaverk.cron — cron config

**Why:** /boot is the Unraid USB drive and survives reboots/reinstalls. /root does not persist without explicit setup.
**How to apply:** Always look at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk for the authoritative source. Notes and docs there survive power outages.


File created successfully at: /root/.claude/projects/-root/memory/workspace.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

---
name: workspace
description: Primary workspace location and important paths
metadata:
  node_type: memory
  type: project
  originSessionId: a1ac522e-9103-4757-b6d0-a7cd2f5681fb
---

Primary workspace: /root

Plugin source: /boot/config/plugins/varaverk  (on Unraid USB — persists across reboots)

Key files:
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Notes_To-Do.md — running notes and design ideas
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/README.md — full project documentation
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Manual.md — manual
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/common.sh — shared library
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/schedule.json — scheduling config
- /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/varaverk.cron — cron config

**Why:** /boot is the Unraid USB drive and survives reboots/reinstalls. /root does not persist without explicit setup.
**How to apply:** Always look at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk for the authoritative source. Notes and docs there survive power outages.


---
name: project_varaverk
description: Varaverk — self-healing mutually-redundant two-server Unraid home media ecosystem
metadata:
  type: project
---

**Varaverk** is a complete self-healing, self-maintaining, mutually-redundant two-server home server ecosystem. One codebase runs on both servers. No primary/standby — both servers run independently and cover each other when one goes down.

## The Two Servers

**HOST1 — unRAID-Gmer4Lfe**
- Hardware: Threadripper 1950X, 128GB RAM, ZFS cache pools
- Location: Primary site
- Domain: Gmer4Lfe.com
- Runs: Arrs (Movies, TV, Music), Auth stack (source of truth), Emby (primary)

**HOST2 — unRAID-Jayred365**
- Hardware: Intel i5 10th gen, 64GB RAM
- Location: Remote — different building, different power utility
- Domain: Gmer4Lfe.us

## Architecture
- Platform adapter layer (Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh) isolates OS-specific calls — scripts never branch on OS
- Self-healing, not enterprise HA — goal is minimal media stack disruption
- Tailscale for mesh networking between hosts

## Active To-Dos (from Notes_To-Do.md)
- Fix fallback strike list timing: ~30s first, ~90s for 3-strike trigger — needs testing
- Verify silent toggle switches back on good notifications
- Rename folder Unraid_Scripts → Varaverk everywhere, update git script, all traces/scripts

## Future Design Ideas
- Shared auth stack for partner hosts to start shared services
- When owner offboards with 2+ servers: auto-promote strongest server (by compute + bandwidth)
- Overall setup script that pulls vars automatically (docker names, etc.)
- App layer as king: no more direct git — app opens/edits settings, partnership deploys to servers, pushes correct host.conf
- Web UI: on initial launch with no state file, open master.conf; lock orchs until setup complete
- First-launch guide: owner sets up master.conf → host1.conf → Tailscale shares → onboard → host2/3 install and see state file, default to mirror mode

**Why:** User is building this as a personal project on Unraid. Design philosophy favors simplicity and independence over enterprise tooling.
**How to apply:** Understand the two-server mesh model when suggesting architecture. The app layer / web UI direction is the current strategic focus — moving away from raw git/scripts toward a proper application.


File created successfully at: /root/.claude/projects/-root/memory/project_varaverk.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

---
name: project_varaverk
description: Varaverk — self-healing mutually-redundant two-server Unraid home media ecosystem
metadata:
  node_type: memory
  type: project
  originSessionId: a1ac522e-9103-4757-b6d0-a7cd2f5681fb
---

**Varaverk** is a complete self-healing, self-maintaining, mutually-redundant two-server home server ecosystem. One codebase runs on both servers. No primary/standby — both servers run independently and cover each other when one goes down.

## The Two Servers

**HOST1 — unRAID-Gmer4Lfe**
- Hardware: Threadripper 1950X, 128GB RAM, ZFS cache pools
- Location: Primary site
- Domain: Gmer4Lfe.com
- Runs: Arrs (Movies, TV, Music), Auth stack (source of truth), Emby (primary)

**HOST2 — unRAID-Jayred365**
- Hardware: Intel i5 10th gen, 64GB RAM
- Location: Remote — different building, different power utility
- Domain: Gmer4Lfe.us

## Architecture
- Platform adapter layer (Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh) isolates OS-specific calls — scripts never branch on OS
- Self-healing, not enterprise HA — goal is minimal media stack disruption
- Tailscale for mesh networking between hosts

## Active To-Dos (from Notes_To-Do.md)
- Fix fallback strike list timing: ~30s first, ~90s for 3-strike trigger — needs testing
- Verify silent toggle switches back on good notifications
- Rename folder Unraid_Scripts → Varaverk everywhere, update git script, all traces/scripts

## Future Design Ideas
- Shared auth stack for partner hosts to start shared services
- When owner offboards with 2+ servers: auto-promote strongest server (by compute + bandwidth)
- Overall setup script that pulls vars automatically (docker names, etc.)
- App layer as king: no more direct git — app opens/edits settings, partnership deploys to servers, pushes correct host.conf
- Web UI: on initial launch with no state file, open master.conf; lock orchs until setup complete
- First-launch guide: owner sets up master.conf → host1.conf → Tailscale shares → onboard → host2/3 install and see state file, default to mirror mode

**Why:** User is building this as a personal project on Unraid. Design philosophy favors simplicity and independence over enterprise tooling.
**How to apply:** Understand the two-server mesh model when suggesting architecture. The app layer / web UI direction is the current strategic focus — moving away from raw git/scripts toward a proper application.


---
name: user_profile
description: User profile — Unraid home server operator building Varaverk
metadata:
  type: user
---

Runs Unraid on two home servers (HOST1: Threadripper 1950X, HOST2: Intel i5 10th gen).
Building Varaverk — a self-healing two-server media ecosystem.
Email: gmer4lfe@gmail.com
Domain: Gmer4Lfe.com / Gmer4Lfe.us

Practical, hands-on operator. Thinks in design/architecture terms but works at the script/config level.
Deals with real-world issues: power outages, reboots, reinstalls.

**Note:** Claude Code does not persist memory across Unraid reboots unless memory files are on /boot (USB). After any reinstall, point Claude at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk to restore context.


File created successfully at: /root/.claude/projects/-root/memory/user_profile.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

---
name: user_profile
description: User profile — Unraid home server operator building Varaverk
metadata:
  node_type: memory
  type: user
  originSessionId: a1ac522e-9103-4757-b6d0-a7cd2f5681fb
---

Runs Unraid on two home servers (HOST1: Threadripper 1950X, HOST2: Intel i5 10th gen).
Building Varaverk — a self-healing two-server media ecosystem.
Email: gmer4lfe@gmail.com
Domain: Gmer4Lfe.com / Gmer4Lfe.us

Practical, hands-on operator. Thinks in design/architecture terms but works at the script/config level.
Deals with real-world issues: power outages, reboots, reinstalls.

**Note:** Claude Code does not persist memory across Unraid reboots unless memory files are on /boot (USB). After any reinstall, point Claude at /boot/config/plugins/varaverk to restore context.


Memory is saved. Here's the situation:

**Good news:** All your notes, README, scripts, and configs survived — they're on `/boot` (the USB drive) which persists across reboots and reinstalls.

**The real problem:** Claude Code's memory files live in `/root/.claude/` which is in RAM on Unraid and gets wiped on reboot. I've now written memory files there, but they'll be gone again next reboot.

**Permanent fix options:**
1. **Symlink `/root/.claude` to somewhere on `/boot`** — so memory survives reboots automatically
2. **Add a startup script** to your Unraid "Go" file (`/boot/config/go`) that copies/restores the `.claude` folder on each boot

Want me to set one of those up so you never lose context again?


set up the symlink so memory survives reboots


The symlink itself would live in `/root` (RAM) and disappear on reboot too. The right approach is: move `.claude` to `/boot`, symlink it, **and** add one line to `/boot/config/go` to recreate the symlink on every boot.


Bash

Check current Unraid go startup script


#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind


rm -rf /root/.claude && ln -s /boot/config/claude /root/.claude && ls -la /root/.claude

Replace .claude with symlink to /boot/config/claude


lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jun  5 15:55 /root/.claude -> /boot/config/claude/


Now add the symlink recreation to `/boot/config/go`:


Edit

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude


The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use. The tool use was rejected (eg. if it was a file edit, the new_string was NOT written to the file). STOP what you are doing and wait for the user to tell you how to proceed.

Note: The user's next message may contain a correction or preference. Pay close attention — if they explain what went wrong or how they'd prefer you to work, consider saving that to memory for future sessions.


[Request interrupted by user for tool use]


sorry continue


# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude


The file /boot/config/go has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude

#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind

+# Restore Claude Code persistent memory

+ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude


Done. Here's what was set up:

1. **Moved** `/root/.claude` → `/boot/config/claude` (persistent on USB)
2. **Created symlink** `/root/.claude` → `/boot/config/claude`
3. **Added to `/boot/config/go`** — recreates the symlink on every boot

Next reboot, Claude Code will pick right back up with full memory of the workspace and Varaverk project. Power outages won't wipe it anymore.


can we check the clude script, update it if needed and add it to array started orch..... goal have script install claude and point it to the new folder after array is started


Let me look at the existing scripts and orchestrator structure first.


Bash

ls /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Orchestrators/ && echo "---" && ls /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Tools/

List orchestrators and tools directories


README-Orchestrators.md
array_started.sh*
array_stopping.sh*
critical_sync_maintenance.sh*
daily_sync_maintenance.sh*
intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh*
monthly_maintenance.sh*
sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh*
transcode_management.sh*
watchdog_orchestrator.sh*
weekly_sync_maintenance.sh*
---
Manual-Tools.md
README-Tools.md
api_cache_writer.php
api_cache_writer.sh*
bulk_permissions_repair.sh*
claude_startup.sh*
conf_populate.sh*
container_data_export.sh*
docker_prune_images.sh*
emby_database_repair.sh*
emby_to_lidarr_sync.sh*
emby_to_radarr_sync.sh*
emby_to_sonarr_sync.sh*
fallback_state_reset.sh*
ramdisk_stop.sh*
recreate_shares.sh*
remote_arr_cache_writer.sh*
storage_migrate.sh*
watchdog_skip_list_manager.sh*
zfs_pool_scrub.sh*


Read existing claude startup script


#!/bin/bash
# ==============================================================================================
# ================================= Claude Code Startup ========================================
# ==============================================================================================
#
# PURPOSE
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Restores Claude Code's persistent data after an Unraid reboot and launches Claude.
# Unraid's root filesystem lives in RAM — /root/.claude and /root/.local are wiped on
# every reboot. This script symlinks both directories back to persistent appdata storage
# before launching Claude, so memory, sessions, and settings survive across reboots.
#
# On first run with no existing persistent data, migrates from the current live locations:
#   /root/.claude              → PERSIST_DIR/.claude            (memory, sessions, settings)
#   /root/.local/share/claude  → PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude (installed binaries)
# Subsequent runs skip the migration and only create the symlinks.
#
# Standalone script — no common.sh dependency. Safe to run directly from terminal
# or from array_started.sh.
#
# ==============================================================================================
# RUNTIME MODES
# ==============================================================================================
#
# claude_startup.sh
#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.
#
# claude_startup.sh --setup
#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.
#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without
#     immediately launching an interactive session.
#
# ==============================================================================================

PERSIST_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code"
CLAUDE_DATA="$PERSIST_DIR/.claude"
CLAUDE_BIN="$PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude"

LAUNCH=true
[[ "$1" == "--setup" ]] && LAUNCH=false

# Standalone — no common.sh dependency
_log()  { echo "  ✅  $*"; }
_warn() { echo "  ⚠   $*"; }
_err()  { echo "  ❌  $*" >&2; }

echo ""
echo "━━━ Claude Code Startup ━━━"
echo ""

# ── Array must be mounted ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if ! mountpoint -q /mnt/user 2>/dev/null; then
    _err "Array not mounted — /mnt/user not available"
    exit 1
fi

# ── Create persistent dirs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_DATA" "$CLAUDE_BIN"

# ── Migrate .claude on first run ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if [[ ! -L /root/.claude && -d /root/.claude ]]; then
    _warn "First run — migrating /root/.claude → $CLAUDE_DATA"
    cp -a /root/.claude/. "$CLAUDE_DATA/"
    rm -rf /root/.claude
    _log "Migrated .claude (memory, sessions, settings)"
elif [[ -z "$(ls -A "$CLAUDE_DATA" 2>/dev/null)" && -d /root/.claude ]]; then
    _warn "Persistent storage empty — copying current .claude data"
    cp -a /root/.claude/. "$CLAUDE_DATA/"
    _log "Copied .claude data to persistent storage"
fi

# ── Migrate Claude binaries on first run ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if [[ ! -L /root/.local/share/claude && -d /root/.local/share/claude ]]; then
    _warn "First run — migrating Claude binaries → $CLAUDE_BIN"
    cp -a /root/.local/share/claude/. "$CLAUDE_BIN/"
    _log "Migrated Claude binaries"
fi

# ── Create symlinks ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Remove any real directories first — ln -sfn silently creates inside a dir instead of
# replacing it, which produces a circular symlink on subsequent runs after migration.
mkdir -p /root/.local/share /root/.local/bin

[[ -d /root/.claude && ! -L /root/.claude ]] && rm -rf /root/.claude
ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_DATA" /root/.claude
_log ".claude        → $CLAUDE_DATA"

[[ -d /root/.local/share/claude && ! -L /root/.local/share/claude ]] && rm -rf /root/.local/share/claude
ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_BIN" /root/.local/share/claude
_log "claude binary  → $CLAUDE_BIN"

# ── Point the claude binary at the latest installed version ───────────────────────────────────
LATEST=$(ls "$CLAUDE_BIN/versions/" 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1)
if [[ -z "$LATEST" ]]; then
    _err "No Claude versions found in $CLAUDE_BIN/versions/"
    _err "Install Claude Code first:  npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code"
    exit 1
fi

ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_BIN/versions/$LATEST" /root/.local/bin/claude
_log "claude v$LATEST ready"

echo ""

# ── Setup-only mode (used by array_started.sh or other callers) ─────────────────────────────────
if [[ "$LAUNCH" == false ]]; then
    _log "Setup complete — run 'claude' to start"
    echo ""
    exit 0
fi

# ── Launch ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
exec claude


Good — there's already a well-built script. Let me check the array_started orchestrator and the current install state.


Read array_started orchestrator


#!/bin/bash
# ==============================================================================================
# ================================= Array Start Orchestrator ===================================
# ==============================================================================================
# Single entry point for array start — fired by the Varaverk plugin's
# disks_mounted event hook (Plugin/unraid/event/disks_mounted/array_start_jobs).
# Launches everything configured in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS in master.conf.
# This script exits after launching all scripts — the event hook sees it complete normally.
#
# ── WHAT IT LAUNCHES ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Configured in master.conf ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — no changes to this script ever needed.
# Current order (order matters — see below):
#
#   ONE-SHOT (run and exit naturally):
#     System_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh — re-register Varaverk API key at boot
#     System_Essentials/inotify_tuning.sh       — raise inotify limits before containers start
#     System_Essentials/docker_syslog_filter.sh — suppress veth log noise before logs fill
#     System_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh — WebGUI performance tuning
#     Transcodes/ramdisk_setup.sh               — create tmpfs + symlink before Emby starts
#     Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh — ensure networks + container connections
#
#   CONTINUOUS (run until array stops):
#     Fallback/fallback.sh                      — mutual fallback monitor
#
#   NOTE: watchdogs (docker, system, stability) are NOT launched here.
#   They run via watchdog_orchestrator.sh every 15 min (cron), not as daemons.
#
# ── WHY ORDER MATTERS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#   unraid_api_key_renew.sh — before anything else — self-heals API registry at boot
#   inotify_tuning.sh     — must run BEFORE Code-Server and other containers start
#                           containers that start with low inotify limits keep them ✅
#   docker_syslog_filter  — must run BEFORE any container starts creating veth interfaces
#   ramdisk_setup.sh      — must run BEFORE Emby starts transcoding
#   docker_network_connect — must run BEFORE watchdogs check container states
#   fallback.sh           — last — needs everything else stable to make decisions
#
# ── ONE-SHOT vs CONTINUOUS DETECTION ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Script is launched in background with bash script.sh &
# After 1 second: if PID still alive → continuous (running in background)
#                  if PID dead + exit 0 → one-shot completed successfully
#                  if PID dead + exit N → failure
#
# ── SAFEGUARDS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#   Root check           — all launched scripts require root
#   acquire_lock         — prevents duplicate array start launches
#   detect_hosts()       — MY_ID in notifications
#   platform_require_cmd  — notify validated before use
#   chmod +x auto-fix    — non-executable scripts fixed before launch
#   Full path on failure — shows exact path for debugging
#   notify on failures   — alert if any script fails to launch
#
# ── CONFIGURATION (master.conf) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#   ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — ordered list of scripts to launch at array start
#
# ── USAGE ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#   array_started.sh              — normal launch (called by Varaverk disks_mounted event hook)
#   array_started.sh --dry-run    — show what would be launched without launching
#   array_started.sh --status     — show configured scripts and their current state
#   array_started.sh --log        — verbose output per script
# ==============================================================================================

SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
ECOSYSTEM_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"

source "$ECOSYSTEM_ROOT/load_config.sh"

parse_args "$@"

# ==============================================================================================
# ━━━ Setup ━━━
# ==============================================================================================
if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
    error "Must be run as root"
    exit 1
fi

platform_require_cmd \
    "/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/notify" \
    "" "" \
    "unRAID notify script" || warn "unRAID notify script not found — native notifications disabled"

acquire_lock

detect_hosts

[[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — scripts will not be launched"

# ==============================================================================================
# ━━━ Status ━━━
# ==============================================================================================
if [[ "$SHOW_STATUS" == true ]]; then
    echo ""
    echo "━━━━━ $ICON_SUMMARY ARRAY START STATUS ━━━━━"
    echo "$ICON_HOST  Identity: $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
    echo "$ICON_GEAR  Scripts:  ${#ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS[@]} configured"
    echo ""

    for relative_path in "${ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS[@]}"; do
        [[ -z "$relative_path" ]] && continue
        script_path="$ECOSYSTEM_ROOT/$relative_path"
        script_name=$(basename "$script_path")

        if [[ ! -f "$script_path" ]]; then
            echo "  $ICON_ERROR $script_name — FILE NOT FOUND"
            echo "    $script_path"
            continue
        fi

        [[ ! -x "$script_path" ]] && flag=" (not executable — will auto-fix)" || flag=""

        # Check if currently running
        if pgrep -f "$script_path" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            RUN_PID=$(pgrep -f "$script_path" | head -1)
            echo "  $ICON_RUNNING $script_name — RUNNING (PID $RUN_PID)${flag}"
        else
            echo "  $ICON_NOT_RUNNING $script_name — not running${flag}"
        fi
    done
    echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
    exit 0
fi

# ==============================================================================================
# ━━━ Launch Scripts ━━━
# ==============================================================================================
echo ""
echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Array Start — $MY_ID — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
log "Ecosystem root: $ECOSYSTEM_ROOT"
log "Launching ${#ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS[@]} script(s)..."
echo ""

START=$(date +%s)
LAUNCHED=0
FAILED=0
FAILED_SCRIPTS=()

for relative_path in "${ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS[@]}"; do
    [[ -z "$relative_path" ]] && continue

    SCRIPT_PATH="$ECOSYSTEM_ROOT/$relative_path"
    SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$SCRIPT_PATH")

    # File existence check
    if [[ ! -f "$SCRIPT_PATH" ]]; then
        error "$SCRIPT_NAME — not found"
        error "  Expected: $SCRIPT_PATH"
        (( FAILED++ ))
        FAILED_SCRIPTS+=("$SCRIPT_NAME")
        continue
    fi

    # Auto-fix permissions — chmod +x if needed
    if [[ ! -x "$SCRIPT_PATH" ]]; then
        warn "$SCRIPT_NAME — not executable, fixing..."
        chmod +x "$SCRIPT_PATH" || {
            error "$SCRIPT_NAME — chmod +x failed"
            (( FAILED++ ))
            FAILED_SCRIPTS+=("$SCRIPT_NAME")
            continue
        }
    fi

    if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
        warn "DRY RUN — would launch: $SCRIPT_NAME"
        (( LAUNCHED++ ))
        continue
    fi

    log "$ICON_START Launching $SCRIPT_NAME..."
    bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" &
    PID=$!

    # Brief settle — 1s enough to detect immediate failures
    sleep 1

    if kill -0 "$PID" 2>/dev/null; then
        # Still running → continuous script
        warn "$SCRIPT_NAME — running (PID $PID) ✅"
        (( LAUNCHED++ ))
    else
        # Exited — check if one-shot success or failure
        wait "$PID"
        EXIT_CODE=$?
        if [[ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 0 ]]; then
            log "$SCRIPT_NAME — completed (one-shot) ✅"
            (( LAUNCHED++ ))
        else
            error "$SCRIPT_NAME — exited with code $EXIT_CODE"
            error "  Path: $SCRIPT_PATH"
            (( FAILED++ ))
            FAILED_SCRIPTS+=("$SCRIPT_NAME")
        fi
    fi

done

END=$(date +%s)

# ==============================================================================================
# ━━━ Summary ━━━
# ==============================================================================================
echo ""
echo "━━━━━ $ICON_SUMMARY ARRAY START SUMMARY ━━━━━"
echo "$ICON_HOST    Identity: $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
echo "$ICON_SUCCESS Launched: $LAUNCHED"
[[ "$FAILED" -gt 0 ]] && echo "$ICON_ERROR  Failed:   $FAILED — ${FAILED_SCRIPTS[*]}"
echo "$ICON_TIME    Duration: $(format_duration $(( END - START )))"
echo ""

if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
    warn "DRY RUN — no scripts launched"
elif [[ "$FAILED" -gt 0 ]]; then
    warn "Status: $FAILED script(s) failed — ${FAILED_SCRIPTS[*]}"
    notify "Array start on $(hostname) ($MY_ID) — $FAILED script(s) failed: ${FAILED_SCRIPTS[*]}" \
        "Array Start" "warning"
else
    echo "$ICON_DONE Status: all $LAUNCHED script(s) launched ✅"
fi
echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"


Now let me check `master.conf` for the `ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS` list and where Claude is actually installed.


grep -n "ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS" /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Configurations/master.conf | head -30

Find ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS in master.conf


283:    ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS=(
310:# NOT in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — has its own cron entry.
792:# Runs once via ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — idempotent, safe to re-run.


280	# Continuous scripts (failover) run until array stops.
281	# Watchdogs (resource_watchdog, docker_watchdog, system_watchdog) are cronned via
282	# watchdog_orchestrator.sh — NOT launched here.
283	    ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS=(
284	        "System_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh"   # re-register Varaverk API key — registry is ephemeral
285	        "System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh"              # pull partner confs + push own conf into /tmp/.vv/ RAM cache
286	        "Transcodes/ramdisk_setup.sh"                 # creates ramdisk + symlink before Emby starts
287	        "System_Essentials/docker_syslog_filter.sh"   # suppress veth noise before logs fill
288	        "System_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh"   # WebGUI performance tuning
289	        "System_Essentials/inotify_tuning.sh"         # bump inotify limits — containers miss events if exhausted
290	        "Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh" # ensure networks exist + connect containers
291	        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
292	        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous
293	    )
294
295	# ━━━ Array Stop ━━━
296	# Scripts run by array_stopping.sh for a planned shutdown — stops everything cleanly in order.
297	# Run sequentially (foreground) — each must complete before the next starts.
298	# Order matters: user scripts first (prevents new ops), then data movement, then containers.
299	    ARRAY_STOP_SCRIPTS=(
300	        "System_Essentials/user_scripts_stop.sh"        # stop background scripts before they start new ops
301	        "Fallback/fallback.sh --stop"                   # gracefully stop fallback (not caught by user_scripts_stop)
302	        "System_Essentials/rsync_stop.sh --rsync-only"  # kill rsync; skip container recovery (handled below)
303	        "System_Essentials/mover_stop.sh"               # stop mover after rsync (they conflict on same files)
304	        "Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh"    # stop all containers last
305	    )
306
307	# ━━━ Watchdog Orchestrator ━━━
308	# watchdog_orchestrator.sh runs WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS in order each cron cycle.
309	# Schedule: * * * * * (every minute)
310	# NOT in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — has its own cron entry.
311	# Order matters — resource first (frees pressure), docker second (heals with freed resources),
312	# system third (storage + webgui component health), stability last (last line of defense).
313	    WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS=(
314	        "Watchdogs/resource_watchdog.sh"              # reduce system pressure before healing attempts

# Continuous scripts (failover) run until array stops.
# Watchdogs (resource_watchdog, docker_watchdog, system_watchdog) are cronned via
# watchdog_orchestrator.sh — NOT launched here.
    ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS=(
        "System_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh"   # re-register Varaverk API key — registry is ephemeral
        "System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh"              # pull partner confs + push own conf into /tmp/.vv/ RAM cache
        "Transcodes/ramdisk_setup.sh"                 # creates ramdisk + symlink before Emby starts
        "System_Essentials/docker_syslog_filter.sh"   # suppress veth noise before logs fill
        "System_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh"   # WebGUI performance tuning
        "System_Essentials/inotify_tuning.sh"         # bump inotify limits — containers miss events if exhausted
        "Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh" # ensure networks exist + connect containers
        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous
    )

# ━━━ Array Stop ━━━
# Scripts run by array_stopping.sh for a planned shutdown — stops everything cleanly in order.
# Run sequentially (foreground) — each must complete before the next starts.
# Order matters: user scripts first (prevents new ops), then data movement, then containers.
    ARRAY_STOP_SCRIPTS=(
        "System_Essentials/user_scripts_stop.sh"        # stop background scripts before they start new ops
        "Fallback/fallback.sh --stop"                   # gracefully stop fallback (not caught by user_scripts_stop)
        "System_Essentials/rsync_stop.sh --rsync-only"  # kill rsync; skip container recovery (handled below)
        "System_Essentials/mover_stop.sh"               # stop mover after rsync (they conflict on same files)
        "Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh"    # stop all containers last
    )

# ━━━ Watchdog Orchestrator ━━━
# watchdog_orchestrator.sh runs WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS in order each cron cycle.
# Schedule: * * * * * (every minute)
# NOT in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS — has its own cron entry.
# Order matters — resource first (frees pressure), docker second (heals with freed resources),
# system third (storage + webgui component health), stability last (last line of defense).
    WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS=(
        "Watchdogs/resource_watchdog.sh"              # reduce system pressure before healing attempts


ls /root/.local/share/claude 2>/dev/null && echo "found at .local/share/claude" || echo "not found"; which claude 2>/dev/null || echo "claude not in PATH"; ls /mnt/user/appdata/claude-code 2>/dev/null || echo "no appdata dir yet"

Check current Claude installation locations


versions/
found at .local/share/claude
/root/.local/bin/claude
local/


no i do have to use this everytime i open terminal.... echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude


Good picture. The script is solid — it handles both the `.claude` data and the binary. Right now the binary lives in RAM and gets wiped on reboot too. The script migrates both to `/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code` on first run, then just re-symlinks on subsequent boots.

Two changes needed:
1. Remove the manual line from `/boot/config/go` (script handles it better)
2. Add `Tools/claude_startup.sh` to `ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS` in `master.conf`


1	#!/bin/bash
2
3	# Start Unraid management utility
4	/usr/local/sbin/emhttp
5
6	# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
7	ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude
8
9	# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
10	sleep 5
11
12	# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
13	echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
14	echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
15	echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind
16

#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind


Prompt:
no i do have to use this everytime i open terminal.... echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude


Edit

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization


#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Restore Claude Code persistent memory
ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind

-# Restore Claude Code persistent memory

-ln -sfn /boot/config/claude /root/.claude


Now add `claude_startup.sh` to `master.conf` — one-shot, right before `Fallback/fallback.sh`:


        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous

        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
        "Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot
        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous


The file /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Configurations/master.conf has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous

        "Tools/api_cache_writer.sh"                   # pre-warm monitor/arrs cache — /tmp is tmpfs, cleared on reboot
        "Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot
        "Fallback/fallback.sh"                        # mutual failover — continuous

"System_Essentials/inotify_tuning.sh"         # bump inotify limits — containers miss events if exhausted

"Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh" # ensure networks exist + connect containers

+        "Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


Now the `claude_startup.sh` script calls `exec claude` when run without `--setup`, but `array_started.sh` just does `bash script.sh &` — it needs to detect that this is a one-shot setup call. Let me check how the script is invoked:


Bash

grep -n "claude_startup" /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Orchestrators/array_started.sh

Check if array_started has special handling for claude_startup


(Bash completed with no output)


[Request interrupted by user]


now i do have to use this everytime i open terminal.... echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude


That's because `/root/.bashrc` is in RAM and wiped on reboot. The fix is to have `/boot/config/go` write a persistent profile script on boot so every terminal session has the PATH automatically.


1	#!/bin/bash
2
3	# Start Unraid management utility
4	/usr/local/sbin/emhttp
5
6	# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
7	sleep 5
8
9	# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
10	echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
11	echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
12	echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind
13

#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind


Prompt:
now i do have to use this everytime i open terminal.... echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude


Edit

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh


# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh

+# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)

+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh


Now apply it to the current session too so you don't need to reboot to test:


Bash

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh && echo "done" && which claude

Write profile.d script and verify claude is in PATH


done
/root/.local/bin/claude


no i do have to use this everytime i open terminal.... echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc claude


Done. On every reboot, `/boot/config/go` writes `/etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh`, which gets sourced automatically for every new terminal session. You should never need to manually set the PATH again.

Now back to finishing the `array_started` integration — the entry in `master.conf` points to `Tools/claude_startup.sh` without `--setup`, which means it would try to `exec claude` interactively. I need to update that.


Edit

"Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot

"Tools/claude_startup.sh --setup"             # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


-        "Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot

+        "Tools/claude_startup.sh --setup"             # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


Wait — `array_started.sh` calls `bash "$SCRIPT_PATH"` with no argument passing. The `--setup` flag won't reach the script. The cleanest fix is to flip the default in `claude_startup.sh` — setup-only by default, `--launch` to explicitly open Claude.


1	#!/bin/bash
2	# ==============================================================================================
3	# ================================= Claude Code Startup ========================================
4	# ==============================================================================================
5	#
6	# PURPOSE
7	# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8	# Restores Claude Code's persistent data after an Unraid reboot and launches Claude.
9	# Unraid's root filesystem lives in RAM — /root/.claude and /root/.local are wiped on
10	# every reboot. This script symlinks both directories back to persistent appdata storage
11	# before launching Claude, so memory, sessions, and settings survive across reboots.
12	#
13	# On first run with no existing persistent data, migrates from the current live locations:
14	#   /root/.claude              → PERSIST_DIR/.claude            (memory, sessions, settings)
15	#   /root/.local/share/claude  → PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude (installed binaries)
16	# Subsequent runs skip the migration and only create the symlinks.
17	#
18	# Standalone script — no common.sh dependency. Safe to run directly from terminal
19	# or from array_started.sh.
20	#
21	# ==============================================================================================
22	# RUNTIME MODES
23	# ==============================================================================================
24	#
25	# claude_startup.sh
26	#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.
27	#
28	# claude_startup.sh --setup
29	#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.
30	#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without
31	#     immediately launching an interactive session.
32	#
33	# ==============================================================================================
34
35	PERSIST_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code"
36	CLAUDE_DATA="$PERSIST_DIR/.claude"
37	CLAUDE_BIN="$PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude"
38
39	LAUNCH=true
40	[[ "$1" == "--setup" ]] && LAUNCH=false
41
42	# Standalone — no common.sh dependency
43	_log()  { echo "  ✅  $*"; }
44	_warn() { echo "  ⚠   $*"; }
45	_err()  { echo "  ❌  $*" >&2; }

#!/bin/bash
# ==============================================================================================
# ================================= Claude Code Startup ========================================
# ==============================================================================================
#
# PURPOSE
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Restores Claude Code's persistent data after an Unraid reboot and launches Claude.
# Unraid's root filesystem lives in RAM — /root/.claude and /root/.local are wiped on
# every reboot. This script symlinks both directories back to persistent appdata storage
# before launching Claude, so memory, sessions, and settings survive across reboots.
#
# On first run with no existing persistent data, migrates from the current live locations:
#   /root/.claude              → PERSIST_DIR/.claude            (memory, sessions, settings)
#   /root/.local/share/claude  → PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude (installed binaries)
# Subsequent runs skip the migration and only create the symlinks.
#
# Standalone script — no common.sh dependency. Safe to run directly from terminal
# or from array_started.sh.
#
# ==============================================================================================
# RUNTIME MODES
# ==============================================================================================
#
# claude_startup.sh
#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.
#
# claude_startup.sh --setup
#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.
#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without
#     immediately launching an interactive session.
#
# ==============================================================================================

PERSIST_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code"
CLAUDE_DATA="$PERSIST_DIR/.claude"
CLAUDE_BIN="$PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude"

LAUNCH=true
[[ "$1" == "--setup" ]] && LAUNCH=false

# Standalone — no common.sh dependency
_log()  { echo "  ✅  $*"; }
_warn() { echo "  ⚠   $*"; }
_err()  { echo "  ❌  $*" >&2; }


The file /boot/config/plugins/varaverk/Tools/claude_startup.sh has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

#!/bin/bash
# ==============================================================================================
# ================================= Claude Code Startup ========================================
# ==============================================================================================
#
# PURPOSE
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Restores Claude Code's persistent data after an Unraid reboot and launches Claude.
# Unraid's root filesystem lives in RAM — /root/.claude and /root/.local are wiped on
# every reboot. This script symlinks both directories back to persistent appdata storage
# before launching Claude, so memory, sessions, and settings survive across reboots.
#
# On first run with no existing persistent data, migrates from the current live locations:
#   /root/.claude              → PERSIST_DIR/.claude            (memory, sessions, settings)
#   /root/.local/share/claude  → PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude (installed binaries)
# Subsequent runs skip the migration and only create the symlinks.
#
# Standalone script — no common.sh dependency. Safe to run directly from terminal
# or from array_started.sh.
#
# ==============================================================================================
# RUNTIME MODES
# ==============================================================================================
#
# claude_startup.sh
#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.
#
# claude_startup.sh --setup
#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.
#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without
#     immediately launching an interactive session.
#
# ==============================================================================================

PERSIST_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code"
CLAUDE_DATA="$PERSIST_DIR/.claude"
CLAUDE_BIN="$PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude"

LAUNCH=true
[[ "$1" == "--setup" ]] && LAUNCH=false

# Standalone — no common.sh dependency
_log()  { echo "  ✅  $*"; }
_warn() { echo "  ⚠   $*"; }
_err()  { echo "  ❌  $*" >&2; }

echo ""
echo "━━━ Claude Code Startup ━━━"
echo ""

# ── Array must be mounted ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if ! mountpoint -q /mnt/user 2>/dev/null; then
    _err "Array not mounted — /mnt/user not available"
    exit 1
fi

# ── Create persistent dirs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_DATA" "$CLAUDE_BIN"

# ── Migrate .claude on first run ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if [[ ! -L /root/.claude && -d /root/.claude ]]; then
    _warn "First run — migrating /root/.claude → $CLAUDE_DATA"
    cp -a /root/.claude/. "$CLAUDE_DATA/"
    rm -rf /root/.claude
    _log "Migrated .claude (memory, sessions, settings)"
elif [[ -z "$(ls -A "$CLAUDE_DATA" 2>/dev/null)" && -d /root/.claude ]]; then
    _warn "Persistent storage empty — copying current .claude data"
    cp -a /root/.claude/. "$CLAUDE_DATA/"
    _log "Copied .claude data to persistent storage"
fi

# ── Migrate Claude binaries on first run ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if [[ ! -L /root/.local/share/claude && -d /root/.local/share/claude ]]; then
    _warn "First run — migrating Claude binaries → $CLAUDE_BIN"
    cp -a /root/.local/share/claude/. "$CLAUDE_BIN/"
    _log "Migrated Claude binaries"
fi

# ── Create symlinks ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Remove any real directories first — ln -sfn silently creates inside a dir instead of
# replacing it, which produces a circular symlink on subsequent runs after migration.
mkdir -p /root/.local/share /root/.local/bin

[[ -d /root/.claude && ! -L /root/.claude ]] && rm -rf /root/.claude
ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_DATA" /root/.claude
_log ".claude        → $CLAUDE_DATA"

[[ -d /root/.local/share/claude && ! -L /root/.local/share/claude ]] && rm -rf /root/.local/share/claude
ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_BIN" /root/.local/share/claude
_log "claude binary  → $CLAUDE_BIN"

# ── Point the claude binary at the latest installed version ───────────────────────────────────
LATEST=$(ls "$CLAUDE_BIN/versions/" 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1)
if [[ -z "$LATEST" ]]; then
    _err "No Claude versions found in $CLAUDE_BIN/versions/"
    _err "Install Claude Code first:  npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code"
    exit 1
fi

ln -sfn "$CLAUDE_BIN/versions/$LATEST" /root/.local/bin/claude
_log "claude v$LATEST ready"

echo ""

# ── Setup-only mode (used by array_started.sh or other callers) ─────────────────────────────────
if [[ "$LAUNCH" == false ]]; then
    _log "Setup complete — run 'claude' to start"
    echo ""
    exit 0
fi

# ── Launch ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
exec claude

-#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.

+#     Set up persistent symlinks only — default, used by array_started.sh on boot.

-#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.

-#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without

-#     immediately launching an interactive session.

+#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude interactively.


Now fix the `master.conf` entry to drop the `--setup` flag (no longer needed):


"Tools/claude_startup.sh --setup"             # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot

"Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


"Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot

-        "Tools/claude_startup.sh --setup"             # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


Let's do a quick dry-run to confirm it shows up correctly:


Bash

cd /boot/config/plugins/varaverk && bash Orchestrators/array_started.sh --dry-run 2>&1

Dry-run array_started to verify claude_startup.sh appears in launch list


⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — scripts will not be launched

━━━ ⚙ Array Start — HOST1 — 2026-06-05 16:01:16 ━━━

⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: unraid_api_key_renew.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: conf_sync.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: ramdisk_setup.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: docker_syslog_filter.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: php_fpm_max_children.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: inotify_tuning.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: docker_network_connect.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: api_cache_writer.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: claude_startup.sh
⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — would launch: fallback.sh

━━━━━ 📋 ARRAY START SUMMARY ━━━━━
🖥    Identity: HOST1 (unRAID-Gmer4Lfe)
✅ Launched: 10
⏱    Duration: 1s

⚠  [WARN]  DRY RUN — no scripts launched
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━


`claude_startup.sh` is in the list. Here's the full picture of what's set up now:

**On every reboot:**
1. `/boot/config/go` — writes `/etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh` so `claude` is in PATH for every terminal, no manual setup needed
2. `array_started.sh` — runs `claude_startup.sh` which migrates and symlinks both `.claude` data and the Claude binary to `/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code` (persists on the array)

**To open Claude:** just type `claude` — no PATH exports, no bashrc sourcing needed after next reboot.


if i close the terminal now and open all i have to type is claude


It depends on whether Unraid's terminal opens a login shell. Let me check quickly.


cat /etc/bashrc 2>/dev/null || cat /etc/bash.bashrc 2>/dev/null | head -20

Check if /etc/bashrc sources profile.d


(Bash completed with no output)


Check /etc/profile for profile.d sourcing


# /etc/profile: This file contains system-wide defaults used by
# all Bourne (and related) shells.
# limetech - modified for unRAID 'no users' environment
export HOME=/root
cd $HOME

# Set the values for some environment variables:
export MINICOM="-c on"
# limetech - use 'hostname' to get host name instead of from file
#export HOSTNAME="`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`"
export HOSTNAME="`hostname`"
export LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
export LESS="-MR"

# If the user doesn't have a .inputrc, use the one in /etc.
if [ ! -r "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then
  export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
fi

# Set the default system $PATH:
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"

# For root users, ensure that /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in
# the $PATH.  Some means of connection don't add these by default (sshd comes
# to mind).
if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
  echo $PATH | grep /usr/local/sbin 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
  if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
  fi


Check if profile.d is sourced in /etc/profile


57:# Append any additional sh scripts found in /etc/profile.d/:
58:for profile_script in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do


`/etc/profile` does source `/etc/profile.d/`. The question is whether Unraid's terminal opens a login shell (`bash -l`) or not. SSH always does — the web terminal may not.

Safest fix: also patch `/etc/profile` directly with the PATH line so it applies regardless:


18	fi
19
20	# Set the default system $PATH:
21	PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
22
23	# For root users, ensure that /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in
24	# the $PATH.  Some means of connection don't add these by default (sshd comes
25	# to mind).
26	if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
27	  echo $PATH | grep /usr/local/sbin 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null

fi

# Set the default system $PATH:
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"

# For root users, ensure that /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in
# the $PATH.  Some means of connection don't add these by default (sshd comes
# to mind).
if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
  echo $PATH | grep /usr/local/sbin 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null


`/etc/profile` is also in RAM — wiped on reboot. Since you confirmed the terminal uses `~/.bashrc`, the fix is to have `/boot/config/go` write to `~/.bashrc` on every boot before you open a terminal.


Edit

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> /root/.bashrc


The file /boot/config/go has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> /root/.bashrc

#!/bin/bash

# Start Unraid management utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp

# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for all terminal sessions (Claude Code lives here)
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' > /etc/profile.d/local_bin_path.sh

# Wait for PCI/USB initialization
sleep 5

# Stub the ITE USB hub PCI controller
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "vfio-pci" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver_override
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind

+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> /root/.bashrc


Also write it to `~/.bashrc` right now so it works this session without a reboot:


Bash

grep -q 'local/bin' /root/.bashrc 2>/dev/null || echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> /root/.bashrc && echo "set"

Add PATH to current .bashrc if not already there


set


Yes — close and reopen the terminal, type `claude`, and it should just work. No exports, no sourcing.


push all changes


git status && echo "---" && git log --oneline -5

Check git status and recent commits


On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 5 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

You are in a sparse checkout with 100% of tracked files present.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
	modified:   Tools/claude_startup.sh

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
---
0ded0c8 arr_sync: cache-first remote API calls, SSH fallback
d70c682 load_config: source partner confs from /tmp cache
0b3d7d5 editor: add word wrap toggle to status bar
c1919fe Monitor: fix memory bar ZFS field name zfs_kb → arc_kb
127b070 Verbose logging: add config dump log() calls to Monitors, Media, Tools, Rsync, Fallback


git diff Tools/claude_startup.sh && echo "---" && git diff Configurations/master.conf

Show diffs for changed files


diff --git a/Tools/claude_startup.sh b/Tools/claude_startup.sh
index 4eb6cb5..beac684 100755
--- a/Tools/claude_startup.sh
+++ b/Tools/claude_startup.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@
 # ==============================================================================================
 #
 # claude_startup.sh
-#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude.
+#     Set up persistent symlinks only — default, used by array_started.sh on boot.
 #
-# claude_startup.sh --setup
-#     Set up persistent symlinks only — do not launch Claude.
-#     Used by array_started.sh to prepare the environment on boot without
-#     immediately launching an interactive session.
+# claude_startup.sh --launch
+#     Set up persistent symlinks and launch Claude interactively.
 #
 # ==============================================================================================

@@ -36,8 +34,8 @@ PERSIST_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/claude-code"
 CLAUDE_DATA="$PERSIST_DIR/.claude"
 CLAUDE_BIN="$PERSIST_DIR/local/share/claude"

-LAUNCH=true
-[[ "$1" == "--setup" ]] && LAUNCH=false
+LAUNCH=false
+[[ "$1" == "--launch" ]] && LAUNCH=true

 # Standalone — no common.sh dependency
 _log()  { echo "  ✅  $*"; }
---


git diff Configurations/master.conf | head -20

Check master.conf diff


Verify claude_startup line is in master.conf


"Tools/claude_startup.sh"                     # persist Claude data + binary to appdata; re-symlink on boot


Check full git status from varaverk directory


On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 5 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

You are in a sparse checkout with 100% of tracked files present.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
	modified:   Tools/claude_startup.sh

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")


git ls-files Configurations/master.conf && git log --oneline origin/main..HEAD

Check if master.conf is tracked and see unpushed commits


0ded0c8 arr_sync: cache-first remote API calls, SSH fallback
d70c682 load_config: source partner confs from /tmp cache
0b3d7d5 editor: add word wrap toggle to status bar
c1919fe Monitor: fix memory bar ZFS field name zfs_kb → arc_kb
127b070 Verbose logging: add config dump log() calls to Monitors, Media, Tools, Rsync, Fallback


`master.conf` isn't tracked in git (intentional — host-specific config). Only `claude_startup.sh` needs committing. There are also 5 existing commits to push.


git add Tools/claude_startup.sh && git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
claude_startup: flip default to setup-only, add --launch flag

Default behavior is now setup-only (symlinks + binary, no interactive launch)
so array_started.sh can call it directly without arguments. Use --launch to
start an interactive Claude session.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
EOF
)"

Commit claude_startup.sh changes


[main debe147] claude_startup: flip default to setup-only, add --launch flag
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


Push all commits to origin


The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use. The tool use was rejected (eg. if it was a file edit, the new_string was NOT written to the file). STOP what you are doing and wait for the user to tell you how to proceed.

Note: The user's next message may contain a correction or preference. Pay close attention — if they explain what went wrong or how they'd prefer you to work, consider saving that to memory for future sessions.


[Request interrupted by user for tool use]


do not coauthor this, unless i specify... push it please