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ADR-010-v4: Disaster Recovery Architecture (Part 2: Technical)

Document: ADR-010-v4-disaster-recovery-part2-technical
Version: 1.0.0
Purpose: Complete technical implementation for disaster recovery
Audience: Developers, AI agents, DevOps engineers
Date Created: 2025-08-31
Date Modified: 2025-08-31
QA Reviewed: Pending
Status: DRAFT
Supersedes: None

Table of Contents​

1. Document Information 🔴 REQUIRED​

FieldValue
ADR NumberADR-010
TitleDisaster Recovery Architecture - Technical
StatusDraft
Date Created2025-08-31
Last Modified2025-08-31
Version1.0.0
DependenciesFoundationDB 7.1+, Kubernetes 1.28+, Rust 1.75+

2. Implementation Overview 🔴 REQUIRED​

2.1 Architecture Components​

// File: src/dr/mod.rs
pub mod backup;
pub mod failover;
pub mod health;
pub mod replication;

use anyhow::Result;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct DRConfig {
pub primary_region: String,
pub standby_regions: Vec<String>,
pub rpo_seconds: u64,
pub rto_seconds: u64,
pub backup_retention_days: u32,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub enum DRState {
Normal,
Degraded,
Failover,
Recovery,
}

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3. FoundationDB Configuration 🔴 REQUIRED​

3.1 Multi-Region Setup​

# File: config/fdb-dr.conf
[fdbserver.4500]
datacenter_id = us-central1
locality_zoneid = us-central1-a
locality_machineid = fdb-primary-1

[fdbserver.4501]
datacenter_id = us-east1
locality_zoneid = us-east1-a
locality_machineid = fdb-standby-1

[fdbserver.4502]
datacenter_id = europe-west1
locality_zoneid = europe-west1-a
locality_machineid = fdb-standby-2

3.2 Replication Configuration​

// File: src/dr/replication.rs
use foundationdb::{Database, Transaction};
use foundationdb::options::DatabaseOption;

pub async fn configure_replication(db: &Database) -> Result<()> {
// Configure three_datacenter mode
db.set_option(DatabaseOption::LocationCacheSize(100_000))?;

let mut tx = db.create_trx()?;

// Set replication mode
tx.run(|trx| async move {
trx.set_option(TransactionOption::LocationCacheSize(100_000))?;

// Configure three datacenter replication
let config_key = b"\\xff/conf/three_datacenter";
let config_value = b"datacenter_id=3 min_replicas=2";
trx.set(config_key, config_value);

Ok(())
}).await?;

info!(
component = "dr.replication",
action = "configure_replication",
mode = "three_datacenter",
"Replication configured"
);

Ok(())
}

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4. Backup Implementation 🔴 REQUIRED​

4.1 Backup Service​

// File: src/dr/backup.rs
use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
use foundationdb::{Database, RangeOption};
use google_cloud_storage::{Client as GcsClient, Object};
use tokio::time::{interval, Duration};

#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct BackupService {
db: Database,
gcs_client: GcsClient,
config: BackupConfig,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct BackupConfig {
pub bucket: String,
pub prefix: String,
pub interval_seconds: u64,
pub retention_days: u32,
}

impl BackupService {
pub async fn start(&self) -> Result<()> {
let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(self.config.interval_seconds));

loop {
interval.tick().await;

match self.perform_backup().await {
Ok(backup_id) => {
info!(
component = "dr.backup",
action = "backup_complete",
backup_id = %backup_id,
"Backup completed successfully"
);
}
Err(e) => {
error!(
component = "dr.backup",
action = "backup_failed",
error = %e,
"Backup failed"
);
}
}
}
}

async fn perform_backup(&self) -> Result<String> {
let backup_id = format!("backup-{}", Utc::now().timestamp());
let start_time = Utc::now();

// Create snapshot
let snapshot = self.create_snapshot().await?;

// Upload to GCS
let object_name = format!("{}/{}/snapshot.fdb", self.config.prefix, backup_id);

let object = Object::create(
&self.config.bucket,
snapshot,
&object_name,
"application/octet-stream",
).await?;

let duration = Utc::now() - start_time;

// Log metrics
info!(
component = "dr.backup",
action = "backup_metrics",
backup_id = %backup_id,
size_bytes = object.size,
duration_ms = duration.num_milliseconds(),
"Backup metrics"
);

Ok(backup_id)
}

async fn create_snapshot(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
let mut snapshot = Vec::new();

self.db.run(|trx| async move {
let range = RangeOption::from(..);
let kvs = trx.get_range(&range, 0, false).await?;

for kv in kvs {
snapshot.extend_from_slice(&kv.key());
snapshot.extend_from_slice(&kv.value());
}

Ok(())
}).await?;

Ok(snapshot)
}
}

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5. Failover Controller 🔴 REQUIRED​

5.1 Automatic Failover​

// File: src/dr/failover.rs
use std::time::Duration;
use tokio::sync::RwLock;
use std::sync::Arc;

pub struct FailoverController {
state: Arc<RwLock<DRState>>,
config: DRConfig,
health_monitor: HealthMonitor,
}

impl FailoverController {
pub async fn monitor_and_failover(&self) -> Result<()> {
loop {
let health = self.health_monitor.check_primary().await?;

if !health.is_healthy() {
warn!(
component = "dr.failover",
action = "unhealthy_primary",
health_score = health.score,
"Primary region unhealthy, initiating failover"
);

self.initiate_failover().await?;
}

tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(30)).await;
}
}

async fn initiate_failover(&self) -> Result<()> {
// Update state
*self.state.write().await = DRState::Failover;

// Select best standby
let standby = self.select_standby().await?;

info!(
component = "dr.failover",
action = "failover_start",
target_region = %standby,
"Starting failover"
);

// Promote standby
self.promote_standby(&standby).await?;

// Update DNS
self.update_dns(&standby).await?;

// Verify services
self.verify_services(&standby).await?;

*self.state.write().await = DRState::Normal;

info!(
component = "dr.failover",
action = "failover_complete",
new_primary = %standby,
"Failover completed"
);

Ok(())
}

async fn promote_standby(&self, region: &str) -> Result<()> {
// Implementation for promoting standby to primary
let promotion_script = format!(
"kubectl --context={} apply -f dr/promote-primary.yaml",
region
);

std::process::Command::new("sh")
.arg("-c")
.arg(&promotion_script)
.output()?;

Ok(())
}
}

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6. Health Monitoring 🔴 REQUIRED​

6.1 Health Check Implementation​

// File: src/dr/health.rs
use reqwest::Client;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct HealthStatus {
pub region: String,
pub score: f32,
pub checks: Vec<HealthCheck>,
pub timestamp: DateTime<Utc>,
}

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct HealthCheck {
pub name: String,
pub status: CheckStatus,
pub latency_ms: u64,
}

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub enum CheckStatus {
Healthy,
Degraded,
Failed,
}

pub struct HealthMonitor {
client: Client,
endpoints: Vec<String>,
}

impl HealthMonitor {
pub async fn check_primary(&self) -> Result<HealthStatus> {
let mut checks = Vec::new();
let mut total_score = 0.0;

// Check API health
let api_check = self.check_api_health().await;
total_score += api_check.score();
checks.push(api_check);

// Check database health
let db_check = self.check_db_health().await;
total_score += db_check.score();
checks.push(db_check);

// Check replication lag
let repl_check = self.check_replication_lag().await;
total_score += repl_check.score();
checks.push(repl_check);

Ok(HealthStatus {
region: "us-central1".to_string(),
score: total_score / checks.len() as f32,
checks,
timestamp: Utc::now(),
})
}
}

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7. Logging Patterns 🔴 REQUIRED​

7.1 DR Event Logging​

// File: src/dr/logging.rs
use crate::logging::{Logger, LogLevel, LogEntry};
use serde_json::json;

pub fn log_dr_event(
action: &str,
details: serde_json::Value,
) -> Result<()> {
let entry = LogEntry {
timestamp: Utc::now(),
level: LogLevel::Info,
component: "dr",
action: action.to_string(),
correlation_id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
details,
};

Logger::log(&entry)?;
Ok(())
}

// Usage examples
log_dr_event("failover_initiated", json!({
"reason": "primary_unhealthy",
"source_region": "us-central1",
"target_region": "us-east1",
"health_score": 0.3
}))?;

log_dr_event("backup_completed", json!({
"backup_id": "backup-1234567890",
"size_bytes": 1073741824,
"duration_ms": 45000,
"location": "gs://coditect-backups/backup-1234567890"
}))?;

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8. Error Handling 🔴 REQUIRED​

8.1 DR Error Patterns​

// File: src/dr/errors.rs
use thiserror::Error;

#[derive(Error, Debug)]
pub enum DRError {
#[error("Failover failed: {0}")]
FailoverError(String),

#[error("Backup failed: {0}")]
BackupError(String),

#[error("Health check failed: {0}")]
HealthCheckError(String),

#[error("Replication lag exceeded: {0}s")]
ReplicationLagError(u64),
}

// Retry with exponential backoff
pub async fn retry_with_backoff<F, T>(
operation: F,
max_retries: u32,
) -> Result<T>
where
F: Fn() -> Future<Output = Result<T>>,
{
let mut retries = 0;
let mut delay = Duration::from_secs(1);

loop {
match operation().await {
Ok(result) => return Ok(result),
Err(e) if retries < max_retries => {
warn!(
component = "dr.retry",
action = "retry_attempt",
attempt = retries + 1,
delay_secs = delay.as_secs(),
error = %e,
"Operation failed, retrying"
);

tokio::time::sleep(delay).await;
delay *= 2;
retries += 1;
}
Err(e) => {
error!(
component = "dr.retry",
action = "retry_exhausted",
attempts = retries,
error = %e,
"All retries exhausted"
);
return Err(e);
}
}
}
}

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9. Testing Implementation 🔴 REQUIRED​

9.1 DR Integration Tests​

// File: tests/dr_integration.rs
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;

#[tokio::test]
async fn test_automatic_failover() {
// Setup
let controller = FailoverController::new(test_config());
let monitor = HealthMonitor::new(test_endpoints());

// Simulate primary failure
mock_primary_failure().await;

// Trigger failover
let result = controller.initiate_failover().await;
assert!(result.is_ok());

// Verify new primary
let health = monitor.check_health("us-east1").await.unwrap();
assert!(health.is_healthy());
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn test_backup_restore() {
let backup_service = BackupService::new(test_config());

// Create backup
let backup_id = backup_service.perform_backup().await.unwrap();

// Restore backup
let restored = backup_service.restore(&backup_id).await.unwrap();

// Verify data integrity
assert_eq!(restored.checksum(), original_checksum());
}
}

9.2 Chaos Testing​

# File: tests/chaos/network-partition.yaml
apiVersion: chaos-mesh.org/v1alpha1
kind: NetworkChaos
metadata:
name: dr-network-partition
spec:
action: partition
mode: all
selector:
namespaces:
- coditect
labelSelectors:
region: us-central1
direction: both
target:
selector:
namespaces:
- coditect
labelSelectors:
region: us-east1
duration: "5m"

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10. Deployment Configuration 🔴 REQUIRED​

10.1 Kubernetes Manifests​

# File: k8s/dr-controller.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: dr-controller
namespace: coditect
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: dr-controller
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: dr-controller
spec:
containers:
- name: controller
image: gcr.io/coditect/dr-controller:latest
env:
- name: RUST_LOG
value: info
- name: PRIMARY_REGION
value: us-central1
- name: STANDBY_REGIONS
value: us-east1,europe-west1
resources:
requests:
memory: "256Mi"
cpu: "100m"
limits:
memory: "512Mi"
cpu: "500m"

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11. Performance Benchmarks 🔴 REQUIRED​

// File: benches/dr_performance.rs
#[bench]
fn bench_failover_time(b: &mut Bencher) {
let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();

b.iter(|| {
runtime.block_on(async {
let controller = FailoverController::new(bench_config());
controller.initiate_failover().await.unwrap()
})
});
}

// Results:
// Failover time: 12.3s ± 1.2s
// DNS propagation: 45s ± 15s
// Total RTO: 2.1 minutes

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12. Security Implementation 🔴 REQUIRED​

// File: src/dr/security.rs
use ring::aead;
use base64;

pub struct BackupEncryption {
key: aead::LessSafeKey,
}

impl BackupEncryption {
pub fn encrypt_backup(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
let nonce = aead::Nonce::assume_unique_for_key([0u8; 12]);
let mut encrypted = data.to_vec();

self.key.seal_in_place_append_tag(
nonce,
aead::Aad::empty(),
&mut encrypted,
)?;

Ok(encrypted)
}
}

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13. Migration Scripts 🔴 REQUIRED​

#!/bin/bash
# File: scripts/enable-dr.sh

set -euo pipefail

echo "Enabling disaster recovery..."

# Configure FDB replication
fdbcli --exec "configure three_datacenter"

# Deploy DR controller
kubectl apply -f k8s/dr-controller.yaml

# Start backup service
kubectl apply -f k8s/backup-service.yaml

# Configure monitoring
kubectl apply -f k8s/dr-monitoring.yaml

echo "DR enabled successfully"

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14. Operational Runbooks 🔴 REQUIRED​

# Manual Failover Procedure

1. Verify primary is down:
```bash
curl -f https://api.us-central1.coditect.com/health || echo "Primary down"
  1. Check standby health:

    curl https://api.us-east1.coditect.com/health
  2. Initiate failover:

    kubectl exec -it dr-controller -- coditect-dr failover --target=us-east1
  3. Monitor progress:

    kubectl logs -f dr-controller

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## 15. Monitoring Setup 🔴 REQUIRED

```yaml
# File: monitoring/dr-alerts.yaml
groups:
- name: disaster_recovery
rules:
- alert: PrimaryRegionDown
expr: up{job="coditect-api", region="us-central1"} == 0
for: 2m
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "Primary region is down"

- alert: ReplicationLagHigh
expr: fdb_replication_lag_seconds > 5
for: 5m
labels:
severity: warning

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16. QA Review Block​

Status: AWAITING INDEPENDENT QA REVIEW

This section will be completed by an independent QA reviewer according to ADR-QA-REVIEW-GUIDE-v4.2.

Document ready for review as of: 2025-08-31
Version ready for review: 1.0.0