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Sharper Boundaries, Safer Systems
Big changes under the hood: we've split and fortified our infrastructure. Todorix is now a full-fledged product of RixForge Ltd., with cleaner org structure, encrypted secrets, production-grade backups, and tighter automation. A future with Kubernetes is now officially on the horizon.
What's new?
- 🏷 Official Separation — Todorix is now officially a product of RixForge Ltd., and all assets, repos, routes, and configurations have been reorganized to reflect this change.
- 🔐 Secrets & Backup Encryption — All secret files and backup archives are now encrypted at rest, stored securely in a dedicated repository.
- 📦 Switched to Restic — We’ve replaced our homegrown backup script with Restic — a battle-tested, open source, actively maintained and audited tool for dependable backups.
- 📄 Improved Docs — Our setup and infrastructure documentation has been expanded with clearer instructions and better coverage of our architecture and tooling.
- 🚀 CI/CD Publishing — Releases are now automated via Jenkins pipelines, with full integration into our Git repo. Every change now runs through automated checks and tests before deployment.
- 🔁 CI/CD Pipeline Overhaul — Build and deployment phases have been modularized and refactored for better clarity and reliability inside our CI/CD pipelines.
- 📆 GitOps-Aligned Cron Jobs — Our server-side automation (cron jobs) now fully supports Slack notifications and has been updated to better reflect GitOps principles. More observability scripts have also been added.
- ☸️ Kubernetes Experiments — We’ve started prototyping Kubernetes-based deployments to prepare for a possible future move. Watch this space!
Version Highlights
🔐 Infrastructure & Security Enhancements
- Encrypted Secrets & Backups: All sensitive files are now encrypted and stored in a dedicated, secured repository for stronger confidentiality and isolation.
- Restic for Backups: Goodbye bash scripts — hello Restic. Our backup strategy is now fully based on this audited open-source tool for integrity and reliability.
🚀 CI/CD & Automation Overhaul
- Automated Releases via Jenkins: New versions of Todorix are now pushed through Jenkins pipelines — automatically tested, built, and published.
- Git-Integrated Checks: Code commits trigger checks right from our repository, letting us catch problems early and respond faster.
- Cron Job Upgrades: Our RixForge infrastructure automation has been updated with Slack reporting and better observability of system health.
🏷 Organizational Changes
- RixForge/Todorix Split: We've clarified ownership and structure — Todorix is now explicitly managed as a product of RixForge Ltd., with infrastructure and repositories reorganized accordingly.
🧪 Kubernetes Preview
- Early Experiments: We’ve begun initial experimentation with Kubernetes — evaluating its fit for our future infrastructure needs.
This release reinforces our commitment to operational excellence, clarity, and security. With cleaner separation between project and platform, encrypted systems, and a modernized CI/CD pipeline, Todorix is now better positioned to scale. Stay tuned — we’re just getting started.