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Adds deploy/ct/metervault.sh (host) + deploy/install/metervault-install.sh (in-LXC), modeled on MQTTower's community-scripts installer but adapted for MeterVault: it lives on public Gitea (not GitHub) and is a single Blazor app + TimescaleDB (not multi-mode). The host script sources the community-scripts framework, creates a Debian 12 LXC and runs the install script via pct exec. The install script sets up PostgreSQL 16 + TimescaleDB, installs the .NET SDK, builds the app from the public Gitea repo (no prebuilt tarball exists — releases ship as a container image), writes /etc/metervault/environment + a systemd unit on port 8760, and installs an 'update' command (git pull + rebuild). scripts/run-metervault-ct-install.sh is the maintainer helper. All three pass shellcheck (warning-level clean) and bash -n. README documents the one-liner. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Kib2MniVFbD95fkgLgBBnB
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# MeterVault
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A self-hosted, local-first **energy & utility metering platform**. MeterVault pulls meter data
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from Home Assistant, Tasmota and raw MQTT on a schedule, stores every reading timestamped and
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immutable, normalizes it into consumption, and turns it into cost dashboards. Energy types
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(electricity, water, heating oil, gas, district heat, …) and meters are **user-defined — nothing
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is hardcoded**.
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Successor to a hand-maintained *Energiebilanz* spreadsheet. See [`docs/SDD.md`](docs/SDD.md) for the
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full design.
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## Features
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- **Automatic ingestion** from MQTT/Tasmota (persistent subscriptions) and Home Assistant (REST
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poll or push), plus manual entry, a REST push API, and CSV import.
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- **Immutable raw readings** on a TimescaleDB hypertable; a normalized, append-only **consumption**
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layer on top — reproducible, auditable.
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- **Seven measurement modes** (cumulative/generation registers, burner runtime, tank/consumable,
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direct delta, instant rate, virtual). Handles meter swaps, counter resets, tank dip-sticks with
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calibration, and **virtual meters** defined by an expression (PV self-consumption, savings, net).
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- **Tariff engine** with time-ranged price history (unit/base/feed-in), scoped global / per type /
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per meter; **cost categories** decoupled from energy types; meterless manual costs.
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- **Continuous aggregates** (daily/monthly/yearly, local timezone) so dashboards never scan raw.
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- **Dashboard**: cost KPIs with period-over-period deltas, "what costs most", a "what cost more/
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less" difference view, trends, a **PV/Solar panel** (generation, self-consumption, autarky %,
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savings), an **oil/consumable panel** (tank gauge, deliveries, burner runtime, effective L/h,
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forecast-to-empty) and a **per-meter detail view** (raw readings, consumption, sources, tariff
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timeline, events), one-click reference-data load, CSV dry-run.
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- **Per-energy-type flow pages** (Electricity, Water, …): a **Sankey diagram** of the meter chain —
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a downstream meter is a *subsection* of an upstream one (main → car, pool, garden, …), arrow
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thickness ∝ amount, with an auto-computed "Other/unmetered" remainder. Meters can have several
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upstreams (a merge, e.g. grid + solar → house).
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- **Admin UI**: full create/edit/delete for energy types, meters (with consumption recompute on
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mode/baseline change, and cycle-safe upstream-meter wiring), ingest sources, tariffs, cost
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categories, and MQTT/Home-Assistant connectors; a "Test connection" for Home Assistant;
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effective-settings view.
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- **REST API + OpenAPI/Swagger**, API-key auth, reverse-proxy trust (Authelia/Traefik).
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- **JSON config export/import** for portability; Docker Compose + multi-arch image.
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## Quick start (Docker)
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```bash
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docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d
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# open http://localhost:8760 → Import → "Load reference data" for a populated demo
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# ...or start pre-populated: METERVAULT_SEED=true docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d
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# API docs at http://localhost:8760/swagger
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```
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## Quick start (Proxmox VE LXC)
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A community-scripts–style installer builds a self-contained LXC (Debian + PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB +
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the app as a systemd service). Run **on the Proxmox host**:
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```bash
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bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://git.finalfactory.de/FinalFactory/MeterVault/raw/branch/master/deploy/ct/metervault.sh)"
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```
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It asks the standard container questions, optionally loads the demo dataset, and prints the URL
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(`http://<ct-ip>:8760`) plus the generated DB password. Re-run `update` inside the container to pull
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the latest source and rebuild. It builds from this public Gitea repo (there is no prebuilt tarball —
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releases ship as a container image). See [`deploy/ct/metervault.sh`](deploy/ct/metervault.sh) and
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[`deploy/install/metervault-install.sh`](deploy/install/metervault-install.sh).
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Configuration is via environment variables (`Section__Key` double-underscore mapping), e.g.:
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| Variable | Purpose |
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|----------|---------|
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| `ConnectionStrings__Default` | PostgreSQL/Timescale connection string |
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| `MeterVault__TimeZone` | Local timezone for buckets/display (default `Europe/Berlin`) |
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| `MeterVault__ApiKeys__0` | An API key accepted on the `X-Api-Key` header |
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| `MeterVault__AllowAnonymousApi` | `true` to open the REST API without a key (trusted LAN only) |
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| `MeterVault__ReverseProxyTrust` | `true` to honour `X-Forwarded-User` behind an auth proxy |
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| `MeterVault__EnableLiveIngestion` | `false` to disable the MQTT/HA workers |
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| `MeterVault__SeedReferenceData` | `true` to load the bundled demo dataset on first start (idempotent) |
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The REST API is **closed by default**: with no `ApiKeys` configured and `AllowAnonymousApi` off, it
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returns 401. Set at least one API key (or open it explicitly for a trusted network).
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Secrets (broker/HA tokens) are **never** stored in the database — endpoint configs hold the *name*
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of an environment variable, resolved at runtime.
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## Pushing readings (Home Assistant)
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```bash
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curl -X POST http://localhost:8760/api/v1/readings \
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-H "X-Api-Key: $METERVAULT_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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-d '[{"meterId": 1, "time": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z", "value": 47200}]'
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```
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See [`docs/wiring.md`](docs/wiring.md) for wiring up Tasmota, MQTT and Home Assistant.
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## Development
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```bash
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dotnet build
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dotnet test # integration tests spin a TimescaleDB via Testcontainers (needs Docker)
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dotnet test tests/Core.Tests # fast unit tests, no Docker
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dotnet run --project src/App
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```
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Architecture, project layout and conventions live in [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md).
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## Releasing
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Edit the [`VERSION`](VERSION) file on `master`; Gitea Actions tags `vX.Y.Z` and builds/pushes a
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multi-arch image to the Gitea container registry (`.gitea/workflows/`). Locally:
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`pwsh deploy/build-and-push.ps1 -Registry git.finalfactory.de -Image finalfactory/metervault -Push`.
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Requires a Docker-capable `act_runner`; the image build itself is self-contained.
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## License
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Not yet chosen (see SDD §14). Add a `LICENSE` before the first public tag.
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