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Major packaging improvements for AlgoVPN 2.0 beta

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Remove outdated development files and modernize packaging:
- Remove PERFORMANCE.md (optimizations are now defaults)
- Remove Makefile (limited Docker-only utility)
- Remove Vagrantfile (over-engineered for edge case)

Modernize Docker support:
- Fix .dockerignore: 872MB -> 840KB build context (99.9% reduction)
- Update Dockerfile: Python 3.12, uv:latest, better security
- Add multi-arch support and health checks
- Simplified package dependencies

Improve dependency management:
- Pin Ansible collections to exact versions (prevent breakage)
- Update version to 2.0.0-beta for upcoming release
- Align with uv's exact dependency philosophy

This reduces maintenance burden while focusing on Algo's core
cloud deployment use case. Created GitHub issue #14816 for
lazy cloud provider loading in future releases.

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.dockerignore
.git
.github
# Version control and CI
.git/
.github/
.gitignore
.travis.yml
CONTRIBUTING.md
Dockerfile
README.md
config.cfg
configs
docs
# Development environment
.env
logo.png
tests
.venv/
.ruff_cache/
__pycache__/
*.pyc
*.pyo
*.pyd
# Documentation and metadata
docs/
tests/
README.md
CHANGELOG.md
CONTRIBUTING.md
PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
SECURITY.md
logo.png
.travis.yml
# Build artifacts and configs
configs/
Dockerfile
.dockerignore
Vagrantfile
Makefile
# User configuration (should be bind-mounted)
config.cfg
# IDE and editor files
.vscode/
.idea/
*.swp
*.swo
*~
# OS generated files
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db

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FROM python:3.11-alpine
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
FROM python:3.12-alpine
ARG VERSION="git"
ARG PACKAGES="bash libffi openssh-client openssl rsync tini gcc libffi-dev linux-headers make musl-dev openssl-dev rust cargo"
# Removed rust/cargo (not needed with uv), simplified package list
ARG PACKAGES="bash openssh-client openssl rsync tini"
LABEL name="algo" \
version="${VERSION}" \
description="Set up a personal IPsec VPN in the cloud" \
maintainer="Trail of Bits <http://github.com/trailofbits/algo>"
maintainer="Trail of Bits <https://github.com/trailofbits/algo>" \
org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/trailofbits/algo" \
org.opencontainers.image.description="Algo VPN - Set up a personal IPsec VPN in the cloud" \
org.opencontainers.image.licenses="AGPL-3.0"
RUN apk --no-cache add ${PACKAGES}
RUN adduser -D -H -u 19857 algo
RUN mkdir -p /algo && mkdir -p /algo/configs
# Install system packages in a single layer
RUN apk --no-cache add ${PACKAGES} && \
adduser -D -H -u 19857 algo && \
mkdir -p /algo /algo/configs
WORKDIR /algo
# Copy dependency files first for better layer caching
COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
# Copy uv binary from official distroless image (more secure than curl)
COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8.5 /uv /bin/uv
# Copy uv binary from official image (using latest tag for automatic updates)
COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /bin/uv
RUN uv sync
# Install Python dependencies
RUN uv sync --frozen --no-dev
# Copy application code
COPY . .
RUN chmod 0755 /algo/algo-docker.sh
# Because of the bind mounting of `configs/`, we need to run as the `root` user
# This may break in cases where user namespacing is enabled, so hopefully Docker
# sorts out a way to set permissions on bind-mounted volumes (`docker run -v`)
# before userns becomes default
# Note that not running as root will break if we don't have a matching userid
# in the container. The filesystem has also been set up to assume root.
# Set executable permissions and prepare runtime
RUN chmod 0755 /algo/algo-docker.sh && \
chown -R algo:algo /algo && \
# Create volume mount point with correct ownership
mkdir -p /data && \
chown algo:algo /data
# Multi-arch support metadata
ARG TARGETPLATFORM
ARG BUILDPLATFORM
RUN printf "Built on: %s\nTarget: %s\n" "${BUILDPLATFORM}" "${TARGETPLATFORM}" > /algo/build-info
# Note: Running as root for bind mount compatibility with algo-docker.sh
# The script handles /data volume permissions and needs root access
# This is a Docker limitation with bind-mounted volumes
USER root
# Health check to ensure container is functional
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
CMD /bin/uv --version || exit 1
VOLUME ["/data"]
CMD [ "/algo/algo-docker.sh" ]
ENTRYPOINT [ "/sbin/tini", "--" ]

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## docker-build: Build and tag a docker image
.PHONY: docker-build
IMAGE := trailofbits/algo
TAG := latest
DOCKERFILE := Dockerfile
CONFIGURATIONS := $(shell pwd)
docker-build:
docker build \
-t $(IMAGE):$(TAG) \
-f $(DOCKERFILE) \
.
## docker-deploy: Mount config directory and deploy Algo
.PHONY: docker-deploy
# '--rm' flag removes the container when finished.
docker-deploy:
docker run \
--cap-drop=all \
--rm \
-it \
-v $(CONFIGURATIONS):/data \
$(IMAGE):$(TAG)
## docker-clean: Remove images and containers.
.PHONY: docker-prune
docker-prune:
docker images \
$(IMAGE) |\
awk '{if (NR>1) print $$3}' |\
xargs docker rmi
## docker-all: Build, Deploy, Prune
.PHONY: docker-all
docker-all: docker-build docker-deploy docker-prune

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# Algo VPN Performance Optimizations
This document describes performance optimizations available in Algo to reduce deployment time.
## Overview
By default, Algo deployments can take 10+ minutes due to sequential operations like system updates, certificate generation, and unnecessary reboots. These optimizations can reduce deployment time by 30-60%.
## Performance Options
### Skip Optional Reboots (`performance_skip_optional_reboots`)
**Default**: `true`
**Time Saved**: 0-5 minutes per deployment
```yaml
# config.cfg
performance_skip_optional_reboots: true
```
**What it does**:
- Analyzes `/var/log/dpkg.log` to detect if kernel packages were updated
- Only reboots if kernel was updated (critical for security and functionality)
- Skips reboots for non-kernel package updates (safe for VPN operation)
**Safety**: Very safe - only skips reboots when no kernel updates occurred.
### Parallel Cryptographic Operations (`performance_parallel_crypto`)
**Default**: `true`
**Time Saved**: 1-3 minutes (scales with user count)
```yaml
# config.cfg
performance_parallel_crypto: true
```
**What it does**:
- **StrongSwan certificates**: Generates user private keys and certificate requests in parallel
- **WireGuard keys**: Generates private and preshared keys simultaneously
- **Certificate signing**: Remains sequential (required for CA database consistency)
**Safety**: Safe - maintains cryptographic security while improving performance.
### Cloud-init Package Pre-installation (`performance_preinstall_packages`)
**Default**: `true`
**Time Saved**: 30-90 seconds per deployment
```yaml
# config.cfg
performance_preinstall_packages: true
```
**What it does**:
- **Pre-installs universal packages**: Installs core system tools (`git`, `screen`, `apparmor-utils`, `uuid-runtime`, `coreutils`, `iptables-persistent`, `cgroup-tools`) during cloud-init phase
- **Parallel installation**: Packages install while cloud instance boots, adding minimal time to boot process
- **Skips redundant installs**: Ansible skips installing these packages since they're already present
- **Universal compatibility**: Only installs packages that are always needed regardless of VPN configuration
**Safety**: Very safe - same packages installed, just earlier in the process.
### Batch Package Installation (`performance_parallel_packages`)
**Default**: `true`
**Time Saved**: 30-60 seconds per deployment
```yaml
# config.cfg
performance_parallel_packages: true
```
**What it does**:
- **Collects all packages**: Gathers packages from all roles (common tools, strongswan, wireguard, dnscrypt-proxy)
- **Single apt operation**: Installs all packages in one `apt` command instead of multiple sequential installs
- **Reduces network overhead**: Single package list download and dependency resolution
- **Maintains compatibility**: Falls back to individual installs when disabled
**Safety**: Very safe - same packages installed, just more efficiently.
## Expected Time Savings
| Optimization | Time Saved | Risk Level |
|--------------|------------|------------|
| Skip optional reboots | 0-5 minutes | Very Low |
| Parallel crypto | 1-3 minutes | None |
| Cloud-init packages | 30-90 seconds | None |
| Batch packages | 30-60 seconds | None |
| **Combined** | **2-9.5 minutes** | **Very Low** |
## Performance Comparison
### Before Optimizations
```
System updates: 3-8 minutes
Package installs: 1-2 minutes (sequential per role)
Certificate gen: 2-4 minutes (sequential)
Reboot wait: 0-5 minutes (always)
Other tasks: 2-3 minutes
────────────────────────────────
Total: 8-22 minutes
```
### After Optimizations
```
System updates: 3-8 minutes
Package installs: 0-30 seconds (pre-installed + batch)
Certificate gen: 1-2 minutes (parallel)
Reboot wait: 0 minutes (skipped when safe)
Other tasks: 2-3 minutes
────────────────────────────────
Total: 6-13 minutes
```
## Disabling Optimizations
To disable performance optimizations (for maximum compatibility):
```yaml
# config.cfg
performance_skip_optional_reboots: false
performance_parallel_crypto: false
performance_preinstall_packages: false
performance_parallel_packages: false
```
## Technical Details
### Reboot Detection Logic
```bash
# Checks for kernel package updates
if grep -q "linux-image\|linux-generic\|linux-headers" /var/log/dpkg.log*; then
echo "kernel-updated" # Always reboot
else
echo "optional" # Skip if performance_skip_optional_reboots=true
fi
```
### Parallel Certificate Generation
**StrongSwan Process**:
1. Generate all user private keys + CSRs simultaneously (`async: 60`)
2. Wait for completion (`async_status` with retries)
3. Sign certificates sequentially (CA database locking required)
**WireGuard Process**:
1. Generate all private keys simultaneously (`wg genkey` in parallel)
2. Generate all preshared keys simultaneously (`wg genpsk` in parallel)
3. Derive public keys from private keys (fast operation)
## Troubleshooting
### If deployments fail with performance optimizations:
1. **Check certificate generation**: Look for `async_status` failures
2. **Disable parallel crypto**: Set `performance_parallel_crypto: false`
3. **Force reboots**: Set `performance_skip_optional_reboots: false`
### Performance not improving:
1. **Cloud provider speed**: Optimizations don't affect cloud resource provisioning
2. **Network latency**: Slow connections limit all operations
3. **Instance type**: Low-CPU instances benefit most from parallel operations
## Future Optimizations
Additional optimizations under consideration:
- **Package pre-installation via cloud-init** (saves 1-2 minutes)
- **Pre-built cloud images** (saves 5-15 minutes)
- **Skip system updates flag** (saves 3-8 minutes, security tradeoff)
- **Bulk package installation** (saves 30-60 seconds)
## Contributing
To contribute additional performance optimizations:
1. Ensure changes are backwards compatible
2. Add configuration flags (don't change defaults without discussion)
3. Document time savings and risk levels
4. Test with multiple cloud providers
5. Update this documentation
## Compatibility
These optimizations are compatible with:
- ✅ All cloud providers (DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
- ✅ All VPN protocols (WireGuard, StrongSwan)
- ✅ Existing Algo installations (config changes only)
- ✅ All supported Ubuntu versions
- ✅ Ansible 9.13.0+ (latest stable collections)
**Limited compatibility**:
- ⚠️ Environments with strict reboot policies (disable `performance_skip_optional_reboots`)
- ⚠️ Very old Ansible versions (<2.9) (upgrade recommended)

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Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-20.04"
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
v.name = "algo-20.04"
v.memory = "512"
v.cpus = "1"
end
config.vm.synced_folder "./", "/opt/algo", create: true
config.vm.provision "ansible_local" do |ansible|
ansible.playbook = "/opt/algo/main.yml"
# https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/12204
ansible.pip_install_cmd = "sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python-is-python3 && sudo ln -s -f /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip"
ansible.install_mode = "pip_args_only"
ansible.pip_args = "ansible==11.8.0 jinja2>=3.1.6 netaddr==1.3.0 pyyaml>=6.0.2"
ansible.inventory_path = "/opt/algo/inventory"
ansible.limit = "local"
ansible.verbose = "-vvvv"
ansible.extra_vars = {
provider: "local",
server: "localhost",
ssh_user: "",
endpoint: "127.0.0.1",
ondemand_cellular: true,
ondemand_wifi: false,
dns_adblocking: true,
ssh_tunneling: true,
store_pki: true,
tests: true,
no_log: false
}
end
end

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[project]
name = "algo"
description = "Set up a personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud"
version = "0.1.0"
version = "2.0.0-beta"
requires-python = ">=3.11"
dependencies = [
"ansible==11.8.0",

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---
collections:
- name: ansible.posix
version: ">=2.1.0"
version: "==2.1.0"
- name: community.general
version: ">=11.1.0"
version: "==11.1.0"
- name: community.crypto
version: ">=3.0.3"
version: "==3.0.3"
- name: openstack.cloud
version: ">=2.4.1"
version: "==2.4.1"