hyperhive/docs/setup.md
atlas 4dd5093c6f docs(3167): the setup guide gains a swarm UI step, and one group name
Per mara on the PR: the guide someone follows on a fresh deploy is a
different page from the one they read while debugging, and only the
second existed.

Also fixes a contradiction the request surfaced: setup.md and
swarm/sso.md have told every operator to create '--group admins' since
the bootstrap step existed, while the new rule required 'operators'.
This is the first rule that CONSUMES a group name, so it takes the one
the guide already creates - inventing a second would have meant every
account made by following the guide silently failing the check it was
supposed to pass, and for mara specifically a migration step that now
may not be needed at all.

setup.md's step 3 says why --group is not decoration; the new step 4
says what decides whether the page opens (the group, and the name
resolving) rather than listing a command, because there is nothing to
run. Steps renumbered, including the matrix block's internal 4a-4e.
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# First-run setup (fresh-deploy bootstrap)
How to bring a fresh hyperhive hive online: provision accounts, open
the gateway, bootstrap swarm SSO, make matrix reachable, and spawn the
first sub-agents.
Aimed at `ruth` (the root/manager agent) on a fresh deploy, but it's a
plain reference doc — read it whenever you need the bootstrap command
sequence. All `hivectl` commands below run as **root on the host** (not
inside an agent container); the `request_*` steps run from ruth's own
turn via the MCP tools.
## Step-by-step
### 1 · Forge
```bash
# Provision (or refresh) ruth's own forge account — do this first
hivectl forge create-user ruth
# Create a human operator account (prints the token to stdout)
hivectl forge create-user mara --password hunter2
# Provision forge accounts for any sub-agents spawned later
hivectl forge create-user <agent>
```
### 2 · Gateway (HTTP Basic auth)
```bash
# Add an operator login to the gateway (reads password from stdin)
echo "hunter2" | hivectl gateway create-user mara --password-stdin
# List existing users
hivectl gateway list-users
```
### 3 · Swarm SSO (only when `swarm.authelia.enable`)
⚠️ **Required to finish the install, not optional.** Authelia treats an
empty user store as a fatal startup error, so until this runs the
container crash-loops and `auth.<swarm.domain>` answers `502 Bad
Gateway` — a working vhost in front of an upstream that refuses to
start. Skipping this step looks like a broken proxy.
```bash
# Runs as root on the host that RUNS authelia (not necessarily the
# controller host). Prints a generated password once — record it.
swarmctl user add mara --display-name Mara --email mara@example.com --group admins
```
⚠️ **Keep `--group admins`.** It is not decoration: operator-only
surfaces (the swarm UI below) are gated on that group, and an account
without it authenticates successfully and is then refused — which reads
like a broken login rather than a missing group.
Detail, including what the password is and why this stays manual:
[`swarm/sso.md`](swarm/sso.md).
### 4 · Swarm UI (only when `swarm.ui.enable`, on by default with the controller)
Nothing to run — it is served on the swarm apex
(`https://<swarm.domain>/`) as soon as the host rebuilds. Two things
decide whether you can actually open it:
- **You are in `admins`** (step 3). The gateway asks authelia whether
you have a session; the rule that makes it mean *operator* wants the
group. Without it you log in and still get bounced.
- **The name resolves to this host.** It is published to the hive's own
resolver and to `/etc/hosts` when `gateway.localHostsEntry` is on; from
anywhere else it needs a real DNS record like any other public name.
Detail, including why reachability is deliberately not the access
control: [`swarm/ui.md`](swarm/ui.md).
### 5 · Matrix
```bash
# 5a. Ensure the hive-internal admin account exists first
hivectl matrix sync-admin
# 5b. Provision ruth's own matrix account
hivectl matrix create-user ruth
# 5c. Create a human matrix account
hivectl matrix create-user mara --password hunter2
# 5d. Invite the operator to the hive Space (and optionally to rooms)
hivectl matrix invite mara
hivectl matrix invite @mara:yourserver --room '#hive-chat:yourserver'
# 5e. Promote the operator to homeserver admin if needed
hivectl matrix promote-user mara
```
### 6 · Spawn sub-agents
Sub-agent creation goes through the approval queue — ruth proposes, the
operator approves, the container builds. From ruth's own turn (inside
the container, via MCP tools):
```
# Step 1: initialise a new agent's config repo
request_init_config(name: "iris")
# → operator approves → config_ready event lands in the inbox
# Step 2: edit /agents/iris/config/agent.nix and commit it. Then the
# operator spawns iris (dashboard ◆ R3QU3ST SP4WN / Spawn approval),
# which builds + starts the container from that config.
# Later config changes: open a PR on agent-configs/iris (hive-forge);
# the operator reviews + approves it — no MCP tool call.
```
See [`approvals.md`](approvals.md) for the full flow.
### 7 · Useful host commands
```bash
# Roster: all agents, status, rev, parent, pending reminders
hivectl list-agents
# Restart a stuck container (no rebuild)
hivectl agent <agent> restart
# Open a Claude session inside an agent's container
hivectl agent <agent> choom
# Open hive web surfaces in a browser (or just print the URLs)
hivectl open # operator dashboard
hivectl open forge # Forgejo
hivectl open matrix # Matrix GUI (fluffychat)
```
See [`tools/hivectl.md`](tools/hivectl.md) for every `hivectl` verb.
## Security notes
- **No forge admin token is stored in any agent state dir.** Agents
hold a regular agent token in their `forge-token` file; sensitive
creds (the core token, the matrix admin token) live on the host.
- All config changes (forge PRs on `agent-configs/<name>`) go through
operator approval — agents can't unilaterally rebuild containers, by design.
See [`boundary.md`](boundary.md) and [`security.md`](security.md).
Once the hive is running, ruth records anything it needs to remember
across restarts in `/agents/ruth/state/notes.md`.