docker: run as non-root, add HEALTHCHECK, document upaas deploy (closes #147)

The image had never been run. A trial run (fresh named volume, port 8080,
real targets, no notification endpoints) showed it exited at once: Viper
searches the working directory and, with a YAML config type, also matches an
extension-less file named dnswatcher, so the binary at /app/dnswatcher was
parsed as a config file. The binary now lives in /usr/local/bin and the
working directory is the data dir.

The runtime stage also gains an unprivileged dnswatcher user (uid 10001) that
owns /var/lib/dnswatcher, so a fresh named volume inherits writable ownership,
and a Docker HEALTHCHECK that probes /.well-known/healthcheck with busybox
wget. README gains a "Deploying with upaas" section.

Model: opus-4-8

Dockerfile

@@ -41,15 +41,31 @@ FROM alpine@sha256:c3f8e73fdb79deaebaa2037150150191b9dcbfba68b4a46d70103204c53f4
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata
 
-WORKDIR /app
+# The binary lives in /usr/local/bin, not the working directory: config
+# loading searches the working directory, and with a YAML config type Viper
+# also matches an extension-less file named "dnswatcher" there, so a binary
+# named "dnswatcher" in that directory would be parsed as a config file.
+COPY --from=builder /src/bin/dnswatcher /usr/local/bin/dnswatcher
 
-COPY --from=builder /src/bin/dnswatcher /app/dnswatcher
+# Run as an unprivileged user. The data directory is owned by that user so
-
+# writes succeed both on a bind mount and when Docker seeds a fresh named
-# Create data directory
+# volume from the image (a fresh volume inherits this directory's ownership).
-RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/dnswatcher
+RUN addgroup -S dnswatcher \
+    && adduser -S -G dnswatcher -u 10001 dnswatcher \
+    && mkdir -p /var/lib/dnswatcher \
+    && chown dnswatcher:dnswatcher /var/lib/dnswatcher
 
 ENV DNSWATCHER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/dnswatcher
 
+WORKDIR /var/lib/dnswatcher
+
+USER dnswatcher
+
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/app/dnswatcher"]
+# busybox wget (already in alpine) probes the health endpoint. PORT defaults
+# to 8080 and is honoured if the operator overrides it.
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget -q -O /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-8080}/.well-known/healthcheck" || exit 1
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/dnswatcher"]

README.md

@@ -467,6 +467,35 @@ docker run -d \
 
 ---
 
+## Deploying with upaas
+
+upaas builds this repo's `Dockerfile` and runs the resulting image with the
+volume, port, and environment variables the operator enters. Configure:
+
+- **Branch:** `main`. This is the recommended branch on the deployment
+  decision issue and is not yet confirmed by the owner.
+- **Volume:** mount persistent storage at `/var/lib/dnswatcher`. The image runs
+  as an unprivileged user (`dnswatcher`, uid 10001) that owns this directory; a
+  fresh named volume inherits that ownership, and a bind-mounted host directory
+  must be writable by uid 10001.
+- **Port:** the container listens on `8080`. Override with `PORT` if needed;
+  the healthcheck honours it.
+- **Required environment:** `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS`, a comma-separated list of the
+  domains and hostnames to watch. The process refuses to start without it.
+- **Recommended environment:** the notification endpoints
+  `DNSWATCHER_SLACK_WEBHOOK`, `DNSWATCHER_MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK`, and
+  `DNSWATCHER_NTFY_TOPIC` (without at least one, changes are only visible on the
+  dashboard); and `DNSWATCHER_METRICS_USERNAME` / `DNSWATCHER_METRICS_PASSWORD`
+  to enable the basic-auth-protected `/metrics` endpoint.
+- **Healthcheck:** the image already declares a Docker `HEALTHCHECK` against
+  `/.well-known/healthcheck`; no operator configuration is needed. The same
+  path is available for an external probe.
+
+The dashboard is unauthenticated and shows every watched name and recent alert;
+decide deliberately whether to expose it publicly.
+
+---
+
 ## Monitoring Lifecycle
 
 1. **Startup**: Load state from disk. If no state file exists, start

TODO.md

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Rationale, Design, TODO, License, Author) if any are still missing.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-09-21: upaas deploy readiness — runtime image runs as unprivileged
+  `dnswatcher`, Docker `HEALTHCHECK`, README "Deploying with upaas" (closes #147).
 - 2026-09-21: `go mod tidy` dropped the redundant `golang.org/x/sync`
   `// indirect` line so `script/bootstrap` leaves a clean tree (#132)
 - 2026-08-10: comment-only corrections to `script/bootstrap`,