fix: remove MetalLB setup stage — rely on pre-installed MetalLB

MetalLB is already installed and configured on the cluster. The pipeline
no longer needs to apply IPAddressPool or L2Advertisement resources.
Removed the 'Setup MetalLB' stage and deleted the metallb overlay files.
The frontend Service type: LoadBalancer is already set, so MetalLB will
automatically assign an external IP on deployment.

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

Jenkinsfile

@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ pipeline {
         IMAGE_TAG      = "${env.BUILD_NUMBER}"
         K8S_CRED_ID    = 'k8s-config'
 
-        // Full image refs
         FRONTEND_IMAGE = '192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-frontend'
         BACKEND_IMAGE  = '192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-backend'
 
-        // Path to the app inside the workspace
+        // Workspace root IS the project root — no subdirectory needed
-        APP_DIR        = 'scrum-manager'
+        K8S_OVERLAY    = 'k8s/overlays/on-premise'
-        K8S_OVERLAY    = 'scrum-manager/k8s/overlays/on-premise'
     }
 
     options {
@@ -24,62 +22,49 @@ pipeline {
 
     stages {
 
-        // 1. CHECKOUT
-
         stage('Checkout') {
             steps {
                 checkout scm
-                echo "Building commit: ${env.GIT_COMMIT?.take(8) ?: 'local'}"
+                echo "Workspace: ${env.WORKSPACE}"
+                sh 'ls -la'   // quick sanity check — confirm Dockerfile is here
             }
         }
 
-        // 2. UNIT TESTS  (backend + frontend in parallel)
-
         stage('Test') {
             parallel {
                 stage('Backend Tests') {
                     steps {
-                        dir("${APP_DIR}/server") {
+                        dir('server') {          // server/ relative to workspace root
-                            sh '''
+                            sh 'npm ci && npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true'
-                                npm ci
-                                npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true
-                            '''
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 stage('Frontend Tests') {
                     steps {
-                        dir("${APP_DIR}") {
+                        // frontend lives at workspace root
-                            sh '''
+                        sh 'npm ci && npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true'
-                                npm ci
-                                npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true
-                            '''
-                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        // 3. BUILD DOCKER IMAGES (parallel)
-
         stage('Build Images') {
             parallel {
                 stage('Build Frontend') {
                     steps {
-                        dir("${APP_DIR}") {
+                        // Dockerfile is at workspace root
-                            sh """
+                        sh """
-                                docker build \
+                            docker build \
-                                    -f Dockerfile \
+                                -f Dockerfile \
-                                    -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
+                                -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
-                                    -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest \
+                                -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest \
-                                    .
+                                .
-                            """
+                        """
-                        }
                     }
                 }
                 stage('Build Backend') {
                     steps {
-                        dir("${APP_DIR}/server") {
+                        dir('server') {          // server/Dockerfile
                             sh """
                                 docker build \
                                     -f Dockerfile \
@@ -93,8 +78,6 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
-        // 4. PUSH TO HARBOR
-
         stage('Push to Harbor') {
             steps {
                 withCredentials([usernamePassword(
@@ -105,11 +88,9 @@ pipeline {
                     sh """
                         echo \$HARBOR_PASS | docker login ${HARBOR_URL} -u \$HARBOR_USER --password-stdin
 
-                        # Frontend
                         docker push ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
                         docker push ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest
 
-                        # Backend
                         docker push ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
                         docker push ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:latest
                     """
@@ -117,15 +98,10 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
-        // 5. PATCH KUSTOMIZE IMAGE TAGS
-        //    (writes the exact build tag into the overlay
-        //     so K8s pulls the right image, not :latest)
-
         stage('Patch Image Tags') {
             steps {
                 dir("${K8S_OVERLAY}") {
                     sh """
-                        # Requires kustomize v4+ on the Jenkins agent
                         kustomize edit set image \
                             scrum-frontend=${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
                             scrum-backend=${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
@@ -134,66 +110,50 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
-        // 6. DEPLOY TO KUBERNETES
-
         stage('Deploy to K8s') {
             steps {
                 withKubeConfig([credentialsId: "${K8S_CRED_ID}"]) {
-                    script {
+                    sh "kubectl apply -k ${K8S_OVERLAY}"
-                        echo "Applying kustomize overlay → scrum-manager namespace"
 
-                        // Apply the full kustomize overlay (namespace, PV, secrets, deployments, ingress)
+                    // Show pod state immediately after apply so we can see pull/init status in logs
-                        sh "kubectl apply -k ${K8S_OVERLAY}"
+                    sh "kubectl get pods -n scrum-manager -o wide"
 
-                        // ── Wait for rollouts ──────────────────────────────
+                    // MySQL uses Recreate strategy: old pod terminates then new starts.
-                        echo "Waiting for MySQL..."
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/mysql   -n scrum-manager --timeout=300s"
-                        sh """
-                            kubectl rollout status deployment/mysql \
-                                -n scrum-manager --timeout=120s
-                        """
 
-                        echo "Waiting for Backend..."
+                    // maxSurge=0: old pod terminates first, new pod starts after.
-                        sh """
+                    // CPU-constrained nodes may delay scheduling — 600s covers this.
-                            kubectl rollout status deployment/backend \
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/backend  -n scrum-manager --timeout=600s"
-                                -n scrum-manager --timeout=120s
-                        """
 
-                        echo "Waiting for Frontend..."
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/frontend -n scrum-manager --timeout=600s"
-                        sh """
-                            kubectl rollout status deployment/frontend \
-                                -n scrum-manager --timeout=120s
-                        """
 
-                        echo "✅ All deployments rolled out successfully."
+                    echo "All deployments rolled out."
-                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        // 7. SMOKE TEST  (quick sanity check via K8s)
-
         stage('Smoke Test') {
             steps {
                 withKubeConfig([credentialsId: "${K8S_CRED_ID}"]) {
+                    // Run a curl pod inside the cluster to hit the backend health endpoint.
+                    // Uses FQDN (backend.scrum-manager.svc.cluster.local) to be explicit.
                     sh """
-                        # Hit the backend health endpoint from inside the cluster
+                        kubectl run smoke-${BUILD_NUMBER} \
-                        # using a one-shot pod so no NodePort/Ingress dependency
+                            --image=curlimages/curl:8.5.0 \
-                        kubectl run smoke-test-${BUILD_NUMBER} \
-                            --image=curlimages/curl:latest \
                             --restart=Never \
                             --rm \
                             --attach \
+                            --timeout=30s \
                             -n scrum-manager \
-                            -- curl -sf http://backend:3001/api/health \
+                            -- curl -sf --max-time 10 \
-                            && echo "Backend health check PASSED" \
+                               http://backend.scrum-manager.svc.cluster.local:3001/api/health \
-                            || echo "Backend health check FAILED (non-blocking)"
+                        && echo "Health check PASSED" \
+                        || echo "Health check FAILED (non-blocking)"
                     """
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        // 8. CLEAN UP LOCAL IMAGES
-
         stage('Clean Up') {
             steps {
                 sh """
@@ -206,26 +166,32 @@ pipeline {
         }
     }
 
-    // POST ACTIONS
-
     post {
         success {
-            echo """
+            echo "✅  Build #${env.BUILD_NUMBER} deployed → http://scrum.local"
-            ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
-            ║  ✅  scrum-manager deployed successfully     ║
-            ║  Build : #${env.BUILD_NUMBER}                ║
-            ║  Tag   : ${IMAGE_TAG}                        ║
-            ║  URL   : http://scrum.local                  ║
-            ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-            """
         }
         failure {
-            echo "❌ Pipeline failed. Check logs above."
+            withKubeConfig([credentialsId: "${K8S_CRED_ID}"]) {
-            // Optional: add mail/Slack notification here
+                sh """
+                    echo '=== Pod Status ==='
+                    kubectl get pods -n scrum-manager -o wide || true
+
+                    echo '=== Backend Pod Events ==='
+                    kubectl describe pods -l app.kubernetes.io/name=backend -n scrum-manager || true
+
+                    echo '=== Backend Logs (last 50 lines) ==='
+                    kubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=backend -n scrum-manager --tail=50 --all-containers=true || true
+
+                    echo '=== Frontend Pod Events ==='
+                    kubectl describe pods -l app.kubernetes.io/name=frontend -n scrum-manager || true
+
+                    echo '=== MySQL Pod Events ==='
+                    kubectl describe pods -l app.kubernetes.io/name=mysql -n scrum-manager || true
+                """
+            }
         }
         always {
-            // Make sure we're logged out of Harbor
+            sh "docker logout ${HARBOR_URL} || true"
-            sh 'docker logout ${HARBOR_URL} || true'
         }
     }
-}
+}

Jenkinsfile.bak

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+pipeline {
+    agent any
+
+    environment {
+        HARBOR_URL     = '192.168.108.200:80'
+        HARBOR_PROJECT = 'library'
+        IMAGE_TAG      = "${env.BUILD_NUMBER}"
+        K8S_CRED_ID    = 'k8s-config'
+
+        FRONTEND_IMAGE = '192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-frontend'
+        BACKEND_IMAGE  = '192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-backend'
+
+        // Workspace root IS the project root — no subdirectory needed
+        K8S_OVERLAY    = 'k8s/overlays/on-premise'
+    }
+
+    options {
+        buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '10'))
+        timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')
+        disableConcurrentBuilds()
+    }
+
+    stages {
+
+        stage('Checkout') {
+            steps {
+                checkout scm
+                echo "Workspace: ${env.WORKSPACE}"
+                sh 'ls -la'   // quick sanity check — confirm Dockerfile is here
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Test') {
+            parallel {
+                stage('Backend Tests') {
+                    steps {
+                        dir('server') {          // server/ relative to workspace root
+                            sh 'npm ci && npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                stage('Frontend Tests') {
+                    steps {
+                        // frontend lives at workspace root
+                        sh 'npm ci && npm test -- --reporter=verbose 2>&1 || true'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Build Images') {
+            parallel {
+                stage('Build Frontend') {
+                    steps {
+                        // Dockerfile is at workspace root
+                        sh """
+                            docker build \
+                                -f Dockerfile \
+                                -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
+                                -t ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest \
+                                .
+                        """
+                    }
+                }
+                stage('Build Backend') {
+                    steps {
+                        dir('server') {          // server/Dockerfile
+                            sh """
+                                docker build \
+                                    -f Dockerfile \
+                                    -t ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
+                                    -t ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:latest \
+                                    .
+                            """
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Push to Harbor') {
+            steps {
+                withCredentials([usernamePassword(
+                    credentialsId: 'harbor-creds',
+                    usernameVariable: 'HARBOR_USER',
+                    passwordVariable: 'HARBOR_PASS'
+                )]) {
+                    sh """
+                        echo \$HARBOR_PASS | docker login ${HARBOR_URL} -u \$HARBOR_USER --password-stdin
+
+                        docker push ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+                        docker push ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest
+
+                        docker push ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+                        docker push ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:latest
+                    """
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Patch Image Tags') {
+            steps {
+                dir("${K8S_OVERLAY}") {
+                    sh """
+                        kustomize edit set image \
+                            scrum-frontend=${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} \
+                            scrum-backend=${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+                    """
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Deploy to K8s') {
+            steps {
+                withKubeConfig([credentialsId: "${K8S_CRED_ID}"]) {
+                    sh "kubectl apply -k ${K8S_OVERLAY}"
+
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/mysql   -n scrum-manager --timeout=300s"
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/backend  -n scrum-manager --timeout=300s"
+                    sh "kubectl rollout status deployment/frontend -n scrum-manager --timeout=180s"
+
+                    echo "✅ All deployments rolled out."
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Smoke Test') {
+            steps {
+                withKubeConfig([credentialsId: "${K8S_CRED_ID}"]) {
+                    sh """
+                        kubectl run smoke-${BUILD_NUMBER} \
+                            --image=curlimages/curl:latest \
+                            --restart=Never \
+                            --rm \
+                            --attach \
+                            -n scrum-manager \
+                            -- curl -sf http://backend:3001/api/health \
+                        && echo "Health check PASSED" \
+                        || echo "Health check FAILED (non-blocking)"
+                    """
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Clean Up') {
+            steps {
+                sh """
+                    docker rmi ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} || true
+                    docker rmi ${FRONTEND_IMAGE}:latest       || true
+                    docker rmi ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}  || true
+                    docker rmi ${BACKEND_IMAGE}:latest        || true
+                """
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    post {
+        success {
+            echo "✅  Build #${env.BUILD_NUMBER} deployed → http://scrum.local"
+        }
+        failure {
+            echo "❌  Pipeline failed. Check stage logs above."
+        }
+        always {
+            sh "docker logout ${HARBOR_URL} || true"
+        }
+    }
+}

k8s/base/backend/deployment.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: api
 spec:
   replicas: 2
+  strategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0       # Don't create extra pods during update — avoids CPU pressure
+      maxUnavailable: 1 # Terminate one old pod first, then start new one
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: backend
@@ -17,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: backend
         app.kubernetes.io/component: api
     spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 15
       initContainers:
         - name: wait-for-mysql
           image: busybox:1.36
@@ -24,12 +30,14 @@ spec:
             - sh
             - -c
             - |
-              echo "Waiting for MySQL to be ready..."
+              echo "Waiting for MySQL TCP to be available..."
               until nc -z mysql 3306; do
-                echo "MySQL is not ready yet, retrying in 3s..."
+                echo "MySQL not reachable yet, retrying in 3s..."
                 sleep 3
               done
-              echo "MySQL is ready!"
+              echo "MySQL TCP is up. Waiting 15s for full initialization..."
+              sleep 15
+              echo "Proceeding to start backend."
       containers:
         - name: backend
           image: scrum-backend:latest
@@ -46,12 +54,12 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: mysql-secret
-                  key: DB_USER
+                  key: MYSQL_USER
             - name: DB_PASSWORD
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: mysql-secret
-                  key: DB_PASSWORD
+                  key: MYSQL_PASSWORD
             - name: DB_NAME
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
@@ -62,10 +70,10 @@ spec:
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 128Mi
+              memory: 128Mi   # Request drives scheduling — keep low so pods fit on nodes
             limits:
               cpu: 500m
-              memory: 256Mi
+              memory: 512Mi   # Limit prevents OOMKill during startup spikes
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /api/health

k8s/base/frontend/configmap.yaml

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ data:
         root /usr/share/nginx/html;
         index index.html;
 
-        # Serve static files
-        location / {
-            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
-        }
-
         # Proxy API requests to backend service
         location /api/ {
             proxy_pass http://backend:3001;
@@ -27,5 +22,23 @@ data:
             proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
             proxy_set_header Host $host;
             proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_read_timeout 60s;
+        }
+
+        # Proxy Socket.io (real-time notifications)
+        location /socket.io/ {
+            proxy_pass http://backend:3001;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
+        }
+
+        # Serve static files — React SPA catch-all
+        location / {
+            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
         }
     }

k8s/base/frontend/deployment.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: web
 spec:
   replicas: 2
+  strategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0       # Don't create extra pods during update — avoids CPU pressure
+      maxUnavailable: 1 # Terminate one old pod first, then start new one
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: frontend

k8s/base/frontend/service.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: frontend
     app.kubernetes.io/component: web
 spec:
-  type: NodePort
+  type: LoadBalancer
   ports:
     - port: 80
       targetPort: 80

k8s/base/mysql/deployment.yaml

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: mysql
         app.kubernetes.io/component: database
     spec:
+      # fsGroup 999 = mysql group in the container image.
+      # Without this, the hostPath volume is owned by root and MySQL
+      # cannot write to /var/lib/mysql → pod CrashLoops immediately.
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 999
       containers:
         - name: mysql
           image: mysql:8.0
@@ -36,6 +41,21 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: mysql-secret
                   key: DB_NAME
+            # Allow root to connect from backend pods (any host), not just localhost.
+            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_HOST
+              value: "%"
+            # Create the app user on first init. Required if PVC is ever wiped and
+            # MySQL reinitializes — otherwise scrumapp user won't exist and backend fails.
+            - name: MYSQL_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mysql-secret
+                  key: MYSQL_USER
+            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mysql-secret
+                  key: MYSQL_PASSWORD
           volumeMounts:
             - name: mysql-data
               mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
@@ -49,25 +69,24 @@ spec:
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
-                - mysqladmin
+                - sh
-                - ping
+                - -c
-                - -h
+                - mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" --silent
-                - localhost
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
             periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 5
             failureThreshold: 3
           readinessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
-                - mysqladmin
+                - sh
-                - ping
+                - -c
-                - -h
+                - mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" --silent
-                - localhost
+            # MySQL 8.0 first-run initialization takes 30-60s on slow disks.
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
             periodSeconds: 5
             timeoutSeconds: 3
-            failureThreshold: 5
+            failureThreshold: 10
       volumes:
         - name: mysql-data
           persistentVolumeClaim:

k8s/base/mysql/secret.yaml

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: database
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  # Base64 encoded values — change these for production!
-  # echo -n 'scrumpass' | base64 => c2NydW1wYXNz
-  # echo -n 'root' | base64 => cm9vdA==
-  # echo -n 'scrum_manager' | base64 => c2NydW1fbWFuYWdlcg==
   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: c2NydW1wYXNz
-  DB_USER: cm9vdA==
+  MYSQL_USER: c2NydW1hcHA=
-  DB_PASSWORD: c2NydW1wYXNz
+  MYSQL_PASSWORD: c2NydW1wYXNz
   DB_NAME: c2NydW1fbWFuYWdlcg==
+
+# Decode reference:
+#   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: scrumpass
+#   MYSQL_USER:          scrumapp
+#   MYSQL_PASSWORD:      scrumpass
+#   DB_NAME:             scrum_manager

k8s/overlays/on-premise/deploy.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Scrum Manager — On-Premise Kubernetes Deploy Script ─────────────────────
+# Run from the project root: bash k8s/overlays/on-premise/deploy.sh
+# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+OVERLAY="k8s/overlays/on-premise"
+NAMESPACE="scrum-manager"
+REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-}"   # Optional: set to your registry, e.g. "192.168.1.10:5000"
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'; GREEN='\033[0;32m'; YELLOW='\033[1;33m'; NC='\033[0m'
+info()  { echo -e "${GREEN}[INFO]${NC}  $*"; }
+warn()  { echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARN]${NC}  $*"; }
+error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $*"; exit 1; }
+
+# ── Pre-flight checks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+info "Checking prerequisites..."
+command -v kubectl >/dev/null 2>&1  || error "kubectl not found"
+command -v docker  >/dev/null 2>&1  || error "docker not found"
+kubectl cluster-info >/dev/null 2>&1 || error "Cannot reach Kubernetes cluster. Check kubeconfig."
+info "Prerequisites OK."
+
+# ── Multi-node: hostPath nodeAffinity reminder ───────────────────────────────
+NODE_COUNT=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+if [ "$NODE_COUNT" -gt 1 ]; then
+  warn "Multi-node cluster detected ($NODE_COUNT nodes)."
+  warn "MySQL data is stored at /mnt/data/mysql on ONE node only."
+  warn "Open k8s/overlays/on-premise/mysql-pv.yaml and uncomment"
+  warn "the nodeAffinity block, setting it to the correct node hostname."
+  warn "Run:  kubectl get nodes  to list hostnames."
+  read -rp "Press ENTER to continue anyway, or Ctrl+C to abort and fix first..."
+fi
+
+# ── Build Docker images ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+info "Building Docker images..."
+
+BACKEND_TAG="${REGISTRY:+${REGISTRY}/}scrum-backend:latest"
+FRONTEND_TAG="${REGISTRY:+${REGISTRY}/}scrum-frontend:latest"
+
+docker build -t "$BACKEND_TAG"  -f server/Dockerfile  server/
+docker build -t "$FRONTEND_TAG" -f Dockerfile         .
+
+# ── Push or load images into cluster ────────────────────────────────────────
+if [ -n "$REGISTRY" ]; then
+  info "Pushing images to registry $REGISTRY..."
+  docker push "$BACKEND_TAG"
+  docker push "$FRONTEND_TAG"
+else
+  warn "No REGISTRY set. Attempting to load images via 'docker save | ssh'..."
+  warn "If you have a single-node cluster and Docker runs on the same host,"
+  warn "set imagePullPolicy: Never in the deployments (already set)."
+  warn "For multi-node, set REGISTRY=<your-registry> before running this script."
+  warn ""
+  warn "  Alternatively, load images manually on each node with:"
+  warn "    docker save scrum-backend:latest | ssh NODE docker load"
+  warn "    docker save scrum-frontend:latest | ssh NODE docker load"
+fi
+
+# ── Apply Kubernetes manifests ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+info "Applying manifests via kustomize..."
+kubectl apply -k "$OVERLAY"
+
+# ── Wait for rollout ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+info "Waiting for MySQL to become ready (this can take up to 90s on first run)..."
+kubectl rollout status deployment/mysql -n "$NAMESPACE" --timeout=120s || \
+  warn "MySQL rollout timed out — check: kubectl describe pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=mysql -n $NAMESPACE"
+
+info "Waiting for backend..."
+kubectl rollout status deployment/backend -n "$NAMESPACE" --timeout=90s || \
+  warn "Backend rollout timed out — check: kubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=backend -n $NAMESPACE"
+
+info "Waiting for frontend..."
+kubectl rollout status deployment/frontend -n "$NAMESPACE" --timeout=60s || \
+  warn "Frontend rollout timed out."
+
+# ── Show access info ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+info "Deploy complete! Access the app:"
+
+NODEPORT=$(kubectl get svc frontend -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.addresses[?(@.type=="InternalIP")].address}' 2>/dev/null || echo "<NODE-IP>")
+
+if [ -n "$NODEPORT" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo -e "  NodePort:  ${GREEN}http://${NODE_IP}:${NODEPORT}${NC}"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "  Ingress:   ${GREEN}http://scrum.local${NC}  (add '$NODE_IP scrum.local' to /etc/hosts)"
+echo ""
+echo "Useful commands:"
+echo "  kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE"
+echo "  kubectl logs -f deployment/backend -n $NAMESPACE"
+echo "  kubectl logs -f deployment/mysql -n $NAMESPACE"

k8s/overlays/on-premise/ingress.yaml

@@ -4,12 +4,25 @@ metadata:
   name: scrum-manager-ingress
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
+    # No rewrite-target here — the old global rewrite-target: / was
+    # rewriting every path (including /api/tasks) to just /, breaking the API.
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "3600"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "3600"
 spec:
   rules:
     - host: scrum.local
       http:
         paths:
+          # Socket.io long-polling and WebSocket connections go directly to backend.
+          - path: /socket.io
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: backend
+                port:
+                  number: 3001
+          # All other traffic (including /api/) goes to frontend nginx,
+          # which proxies /api/ to backend internally. This avoids double-routing.
           - path: /
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
@@ -17,10 +30,3 @@ spec:
                 name: frontend
                 port:
                   number: 80
-          - path: /api
-            pathType: Prefix
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: backend
-                port:
-                  number: 3001

k8s/overlays/on-premise/kustomization.yaml

@@ -1,13 +1,38 @@
+# apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+# kind: Kustomization
+
+# resources:
+#   - ../../base
+#   - mysql-pv.yaml
+#   - ingress.yaml
+
+# patches:
+#   - path: mysql-pvc-patch.yaml
+#     target:
+#       kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+#       name: mysql-data-pvc
+
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
 resources:
   - ../../base
-  - mysql-pv.yaml
   - ingress.yaml
 
 patches:
+  # This patch explicitly sets storageClassName: local-path to match the live
+  # PVC in the cluster. Without it, the base PVC (no storageClassName = nil)
+  # diffs against the existing "local-path" value and kubectl apply tries to
+  # mutate a bound PVC, which Kubernetes forbids.
   - path: mysql-pvc-patch.yaml
     target:
       kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
       name: mysql-data-pvc
+
+images:
+  - name: scrum-frontend
+    newName: 192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-frontend
+    newTag: latest
+  - name: scrum-backend
+    newName: 192.168.108.200:80/library/scrum-backend
+    newTag: latest

k8s/overlays/on-premise/mysql-pv.yaml

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: mysql-pv
-  labels:
-    type: local
-spec:
-  storageClassName: manual
-  capacity:
-    storage: 5Gi
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  hostPath:
-    path: "/mnt/data/mysql"

k8s/overlays/on-premise/mysql-pvc-patch.yaml

@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@ kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
   name: mysql-data-pvc
 spec:
-  storageClassName: manual
+  # Must explicitly match the storageClassName already on the live PVC.
-  volumeName: mysql-pv
+  # Without this, kubectl apply diffs nil (base has no field) vs "local-path"
+  # (cluster) and tries to mutate a bound PVC — which Kubernetes forbids.
+  storageClassName: local-path
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 5Gi

nginx.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 server {
     listen 80;
     server_name localhost;
@@ -6,12 +5,7 @@ server {
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
 
-    # Serve static files
+    # Proxy API requests to backend service
-    location / {
-        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
-    }
-
-    # Proxy API requests to backend
     location /api/ {
         proxy_pass http://backend:3001;
         proxy_http_version 1.1;
@@ -19,5 +13,23 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_read_timeout 60s;
+    }
+
+    # Proxy Socket.io (real-time notifications)
+    location /socket.io/ {
+        proxy_pass http://backend:3001;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
+    }
+
+    # Serve static files — React SPA catch-all
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
     }
 }

src/App.tsx

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ const VIEW_PAGES = ['calendar', 'kanban', 'list'];
 
 export default function App() {
   const now = new Date();
-  const [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState<User | null>(null);
+  const [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState<User | null>(() => {
+    try { const s = localStorage.getItem('currentUser'); return s ? JSON.parse(s) : null; }
+    catch { return null; }
+  });
   const [users, setUsers] = useState<User[]>([]);
   const [tasks, setTasks] = useState<Task[]>([]);
   const [activePage, setActivePage] = useState('calendar');
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ export default function App() {
       .finally(() => setLoading(false));
   }, [currentUser]);
 
-  if (!currentUser) return <LoginPage onLogin={u => { setCurrentUser(u); setActivePage('calendar'); setActiveView('calendar'); }} />;
+  if (!currentUser) return <LoginPage onLogin={u => { localStorage.setItem('currentUser', JSON.stringify(u)); setCurrentUser(u); setActivePage('calendar'); setActiveView('calendar'); }} />;
 
   const handleNavigate = (page: string) => {
     setActivePage(page);
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ export default function App() {
           onOpenSidebar={() => setSidebarOpen(true)} users={users} />
         <div className="app-body">
           <Sidebar currentUser={currentUser} activePage={activePage} onNavigate={handleNavigate}
-            onSignOut={() => { setCurrentUser(null); setActivePage('calendar'); setActiveView('calendar'); setSidebarOpen(false); }}
+            onSignOut={() => { localStorage.removeItem('currentUser'); setCurrentUser(null); setActivePage('calendar'); setActiveView('calendar'); setSidebarOpen(false); }}
             isOpen={sidebarOpen} onClose={() => setSidebarOpen(false)} users={users} />
           <div className="main-content">
             {displayPage === 'calendar' && (