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System Maintenance Guide

This guide covers routine maintenance procedures and best practices for keeping your Local AI Cyber Lab environment healthy and secure.

Regular Maintenance Tasks

Daily Tasks

  1. Monitor System Health:

    # Check system resources
    htop
    nvidia-smi
    df -h
    
    # Review service status
    docker-compose ps
    docker stats
    

  2. Log Review:

    # Check service logs
    docker-compose logs --since 24h
    
    # Review security logs
    tail -f logs/ai-guardian.log
    

  3. Backup Verification:

    # Verify backup completion
    ls -l backups/
    
    # Check backup integrity
    ./scripts/verify-backup.sh latest
    

Weekly Tasks

  1. Update Services:

    # Pull latest images
    docker-compose pull
    
    # Update services
    docker-compose up -d
    

  2. Security Checks:

    # Run security scan
    ./scripts/security-scan.sh
    
    # Update security rules
    ./scripts/update-security-rules.sh
    

  3. Clean Up:

    # Remove unused resources
    docker system prune
    
    # Clean old logs
    ./scripts/cleanup-logs.sh
    

Monthly Tasks

  1. Full System Backup:

    # Create complete backup
    ./scripts/full-backup.sh
    
    # Verify backup integrity
    ./scripts/verify-backup.sh full
    

  2. Performance Audit:

    # Run performance tests
    ./scripts/performance-test.sh
    
    # Generate performance report
    ./scripts/generate-report.sh
    

  3. Security Audit:

    # Full security audit
    ./scripts/security-audit.sh
    
    # Update security policies
    ./scripts/update-policies.sh
    

Maintenance Procedures

Backup Management

Creating Backups

  1. Database Backup:

    # Backup Supabase
    docker-compose exec supabase-db pg_dump -U postgres > backup.sql
    
    # Backup Vector DB
    ./scripts/backup-qdrant.sh
    

  2. Configuration Backup:

    # Backup env files
    cp .env .env.backup
    
    # Backup configurations
    tar -czf config-backup.tar.gz config/
    

  3. Model Backup:

    # Backup AI models
    ./scripts/backup-models.sh
    
    # Verify model checksums
    sha256sum models/* > models.checksums
    

Restore Procedures

  1. Database Restore:

    # Restore Supabase
    cat backup.sql | docker-compose exec -T supabase-db psql -U postgres
    
    # Restore Vector DB
    ./scripts/restore-qdrant.sh backup_file
    

  2. Configuration Restore:

    # Restore env files
    cp .env.backup .env
    
    # Restore configurations
    tar -xzf config-backup.tar.gz
    

System Updates

Service Updates

  1. Pre-update Checks:

    # Check service status
    docker-compose ps
    
    # Create backup
    ./scripts/backup.sh pre-update
    

  2. Update Process:

    # Pull updates
    docker-compose pull
    
    # Apply updates
    docker-compose up -d
    
    # Verify update
    docker-compose ps
    

  3. Post-update Tasks:

    # Check logs for errors
    docker-compose logs --tail=100
    
    # Run tests
    ./scripts/test-services.sh
    

Security Updates

  1. Update Security Rules:

    # Update AI Guardian rules
    ./scripts/update-ai-guardian.sh
    
    # Update firewall rules
    ./scripts/update-firewall.sh
    

  2. Apply Security Patches:

    # System updates
    apt update && apt upgrade -y
    
    # Container updates
    docker-compose pull
    

Performance Optimization

Resource Management

  1. Monitor Resources:

    # Check CPU usage
    top -b -n 1
    
    # Check memory
    free -h
    
    # Check disk space
    df -h
    

  2. Optimize Storage:

    # Clean Docker
    docker system prune -a
    
    # Clean old logs
    find logs/ -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete
    

Database Optimization

  1. Database Maintenance:

    # Vacuum database
    docker-compose exec supabase-db vacuumdb -U postgres -z
    
    # Analyze tables
    docker-compose exec supabase-db analyzedb -U postgres
    

  2. Index Optimization:

    # Reindex database
    docker-compose exec supabase-db reindexdb -U postgres
    

Monitoring Setup

System Monitoring

  1. Configure Prometheus:

    # prometheus/config/monitoring.yml
    scrape_configs:
      - job_name: 'system'
        static_configs:
          - targets: ['localhost:9100']
    

  2. Setup Alerts:

    # prometheus/config/alerts.yml
    groups:
      - name: system
        rules:
          - alert: HighCPUUsage
            expr: cpu_usage > 80
    

Log Management

  1. Configure Log Rotation:

    # Setup logrotate
    cat > /etc/logrotate.d/local-ai-cyber-lab << EOF
    /var/log/local-ai-cyber-lab/*.log {
        daily
        rotate 7
        compress
    }
    EOF
    

  2. Setup Log Aggregation:

    # Configure log shipping
    ./scripts/setup-log-shipping.sh
    

Emergency Procedures

Service Recovery

  1. Stop Services:

    docker-compose down
    

  2. Backup Data:

    ./scripts/emergency-backup.sh
    

  3. Reset State:

    docker system prune -a
    

  4. Restore Services:

    docker-compose up -d
    

Data Recovery

  1. Identify Issue:

    # Check logs
    docker-compose logs --tail=1000
    
    # Check disk space
    df -h
    

  2. Restore Data:

    # Restore from backup
    ./scripts/restore.sh latest
    
    # Verify restoration
    ./scripts/verify-restore.sh
    

Maintenance Checklist

  • [ ] Daily health check
  • [ ] Weekly updates
  • [ ] Monthly backups
  • [ ] Security audits
  • [ ] Performance optimization
  • [ ] Log rotation
  • [ ] Database maintenance
  • [ ] Storage cleanup
  • [ ] Configuration review
  • [ ] Documentation update

Additional Resources

  1. Docker Maintenance
  2. Database Optimization
  3. Monitoring Guide
  4. Backup Strategies