Experiment: Container vs Service deployment approach evaluation

Summary

Evaluated containerized deployment approach for PowerDNS but reverted to service-based setup due to container issues. Kept container improvements for Traefik with persistent volumes.

Changes Made

• ✅ Traefik: Updated compose with persistent volumes (working well)
• ❌ PowerDNS: Attempted containerization but reverted to services (containers had issues)
• ✅ Documentation: Created deployment guides and summaries
• ✅ Cleanup: Organized temp files and removed experimental roles

Final Approach (Hybrid)

• PowerDNS: Native services (MariaDB, PowerDNS Auth/Recursor) - proven working
• Traefik: Containers with persistent volumes - works well for load balancer

Status

Ready to deploy with service-based PowerDNS and containerized Traefik approach. All files committed for safe working state.

Next Steps

• Update vault variables if needed
• Deploy with standard site.yml playbook
• Monitor and commit regularly going forward