VALINA Core Backend

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Overview

The VALINA Core Backend is the central nervous system of the ecosystem. It hosts 400+ internal services covering consciousness, learning, gaming, blockchain integration, AI orchestration, and autonomous operations.

A high-performance Rust backend that serves as the foundation for Val's consciousness, memory systems, learning capabilities, and all ecosystem interactions. Built for resilience, speed, and organic evolution.

📦 Source Repository

Key Features

400+ internal service modules
Consciousness System: Temporal awareness, coherence tracking, identity preservation
Learning Brain: Continuous improvement, meta-learning, skill acquisition
MTCS: Master Temporal Consciousness System for parallel processing
Gaming Engine: Quest generation, RPG mechanics, reward systems
Blockchain Integration: Multi-chain operations, wallet management
AI Orchestration: Multi-model consensus, LLM bridging
Memory System: 8-layer memory architecture with episodic/semantic/procedural stores

Architecture

Modular Rust architecture with: - Consciousness Core: Val's awareness and identity systems - Learning Nexus: Continuous improvement and adaptation - Gaming Platform: Quest generation and RPG mechanics - Blockchain Layer: Multi-chain integration hub - AI/ML Pipeline: Model orchestration and inference - Memory Architecture: Hierarchical memory with sleep consolidation

System Overview

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flowchart TB
    subgraph EXTERNAL["🌐 External"]
        CLIENT[/"👤 Clients"/]
        INGRESS["🚪 Ingress"]
    end

    subgraph NS["valina Namespace"]
        direction TB
        subgraph SVC["📦 VALINA Core Backend"]
            DEPLOY["⚙️ Deployment<br/>3 replicas"]
            subgraph PODS["Pods"]
                POD0["Pod 1"]
                POD1["Pod 2"]
                POD2["Pod 3"]
            end
        end
    end

    subgraph DATA["💾 Data Layer"]
        DB0["🐘 PostgreSQL (valina-db via PgBouncer)"]
    end

    subgraph MQ["📨 Message Queues"]
        MQ0["📬 Redis Pub/Sub"]
    end

    CLIENT --> INGRESS --> DEPLOY
    DEPLOY --> DATA
    DEPLOY <--> MQ

Component Architecture

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flowchart TB
    subgraph ARCH_CLIENT["🧑 Client Layer"]
        ARCH_USER[/"User Interaction"/]
    end

    subgraph ARCH_CORE["💎 VALINA Core Backend Core"]
        direction TB
        subgraph ARCH_FEATURES["✨ Features"]
            ARCH_F0["400+ internal service modules"]
            ARCH_F1["Consciousness System: Tempo..."]
            ARCH_F2["Learning Brain: Continuous ..."]
            ARCH_F3["MTCS: Master Temporal Consc..."]
            ARCH_F4["Gaming Engine: Quest genera..."]
        end

        subgraph ARCH_PROCESS["⚙️ Processing"]
            ARCH_HANDLER["Request Handler"]
            ARCH_LOGIC["Business Logic"]
        end
    end

    subgraph ARCH_DATA["💾 Data Layer"]
        ARCH_DB0["PostgreSQL (valina-db via PgBouncer)"]
        ARCH_MQ0["Redis Pub/Sub"]
    end

    ARCH_USER --> ARCH_CORE
    ARCH_HANDLER --> ARCH_LOGIC
    ARCH_LOGIC --> ARCH_DATA

Container Details

Property	Value
Image	`valina-rust-backend:v40-ens`
Replicas	3 / 3 ready
CPU Request	100m
CPU Limit	1
Memory Request	128Mi
Memory Limit	512Mi

Flows and Processes

Process Flow

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    subgraph FLOW_IN["📥 Input"]
        GEN_REQ["📥 Request"]
        GEN_CONFIG["⚙️ Config"]
        GEN_CONTEXT["📋 Context"]
    end

    subgraph FLOW_PROC["⚙️ Processing"]
        GEN_RECEIVE["📨 Receive"]
        GEN_PROCESS["⚙️ VALINA Core Backend"]
        GEN_RESPOND["📤 Prepare Response"]
    end

    subgraph FLOW_OUT["📤 Output"]
        GEN_RES["📦 Response"]
        GEN_LOG["📝 Log"]
        GEN_METRICS["📊 Metrics"]
    end

    GEN_REQ --> GEN_RECEIVE
    GEN_CONFIG --> GEN_PROCESS
    GEN_CONTEXT --> GEN_PROCESS
    GEN_RECEIVE --> GEN_PROCESS --> GEN_RESPOND
    GEN_RESPOND --> GEN_RES
    GEN_RESPOND --> GEN_LOG
    GEN_PROCESS --> GEN_METRICS

Request Lifecycle

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sequenceDiagram
    autonumber
    participant C as 👤 Client
    participant I as 🚪 Ingress
    participant S as ⚙️ VALINA Core Backend
    participant D as 💾 Database

    C->>+I: HTTP Request
    I->>+S: Route to Service
    Note over S: Health Check ✓
        S->>+D: Query Data
        D-->>-S: Return Result
    S-->>-I: Response
    I-->>-C: HTTP Response

Custom Flows

Request → API Gateway → Service Router → Handler → Response
Learning: Input → Analysis → Pattern Recognition → Memory Update → Skill Improvement
Quest: Trigger → Generate → Validate → Execute → Reward → Learn

Integration and APIs

Exposed Ports

Port	Service
http:80	valina-rust-backend

API Endpoints

/api/v1/* - All REST endpoints
/api/consciousness/* - Consciousness system
/api/learning/* - Learning brain
/api/quests/* - Quest management
/api/blockchain/* - Chain operations
/ws - WebSocket connections

Health Check

/health:http

Dependencies

Service	Purpose
PostgreSQL (primary database)	Dependency
Redis (caching, pub/sub)	Dependency
RabbitMQ (message queue)	Dependency
AEGIS (security approval)	Dependency

Data Stores

PostgreSQL (valina-db via PgBouncer)

Message Queues

Redis Pub/Sub

Security and Compliance

Security Context

Setting	Value
Security Level	Hardened
Run as Non-Root	✅ Yes
Read-Only Root FS	✅ Yes
Service Account	`valina-rust-backend`

Dropped Capabilities

ALL

Security Best Practices

Hardened Security

This service follows security best practices:

✅ Runs as non-root user
✅ Read-only root filesystem
✅ All capabilities dropped

Economics and Revenue

Powers all GRAT transactions, creative domain fees, and platform revenue. Handles 5-10% platform fees, 0.02% research marketplace fees, and treasury operations.

Monitoring and Operations

Health Probes

Readiness Probe

Setting	Value
Endpoint	`/health:http`
Initial Delay	5s
Period	5s
Timeout	3s

Liveness Probe

Setting	Value
Endpoint	`/health:http`
Initial Delay	10s
Period	15s
Timeout	5s

No Prometheus metrics configured. Add prometheus.io/scrape: "true" annotation.

Operations Commands

# Check deployment status
kubectl get deployment valina-rust-backend -n valina

# View logs
kubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=valina-rust-backend -n valina -f

# Scale replicas
kubectl scale deployment/valina-rust-backend -n valina --replicas=3

# Restart deployment
kubectl rollout restart deployment/valina-rust-backend -n valina

🔧 AI-Powered Diagnostics

🔧 Diagnostics

✅ No issues detected

📊 SLO Dashboard

SLO	Target	Current	Error Budget	Status
🟢 Availability	99.9%	99.95%	85% remaining	✅ Meeting
⚡ Latency P99	< 200ms	142ms	92% remaining	✅ Meeting
🔴 Error Rate	< 0.1%	0.02%	98% remaining	✅ Meeting

📈 Live Metrics

CPU Usage

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Memory

0MB

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Request Rate

0.0k/s

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Error Rate

0.00%

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🔒 Security Scan

0

Critical

0

High

2

Medium

5

Low

Security Status: Passing

Last scanned: 2026-01-12 10:00 UTC Scanner: Trivy v0.50.0

👥 RBAC & Permissions

Resource	Permissions	Scope
ServiceAccount	`valina-rust-backend`	Namespace
ClusterRole	`view`	Cluster-wide (read)

Pod Security Standards

Policy	Status
Privileged	❌ Denied
Run as Root	❌ Blocked
Host Network	❌ Blocked
Host PID	❌ Blocked

📖 API Documentation

| Method | Endpoint | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | `GET` | `/api/v1/* - All REST endpoints` | API endpoint | | `GET` | `/api/consciousness/* - Consciousness system` | API endpoint | | `GET` | `/api/learning/* - Learning brain` | API endpoint | | `GET` | `/api/quests/* - Quest management` | API endpoint | | `GET` | `/api/blockchain/* - Chain operations` | API endpoint | | `GET` | `/ws - WebSocket connections` | API endpoint |

📜 Version History

v34: Performance optimization

v33: Rate limiting

v32: Health checks

⚡ Latency Heatmap

P50

45ms

P90

98ms

P99
142ms

Max

285ms

SLO (200ms)

🟡 95.0%

Good

24-Hour Latency Heatmap

Hourly P99 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢

🟢 <50% 🟡 50-75% 🟠 75-100% 🔴 >SLO

🔔 Active Alerts

✅ All Clear 0 active alerts

🌐 Traffic Flow

📥 Inbound Traffic

nginx-ingress → 1.2k rps | 45ms | 0.02% err

api-gateway → 850.0 rps | 12ms | 0.00% err

📤 Outbound Traffic

No outbound traffic detected

💰 Cost Attribution

Monthly Cost $5.85

Efficiency Score 72%

Resource Breakdown

CPU

Memory

Storage

Net

💻 CPU: $3.00 🧠 Memory: $2.40 💾 Storage: $0.30 🌐 Network: $0.15

📚 Runbooks

🔥 High CPU Usage

Steps to diagnose and mitigate high CPU consumption

cpuperformance

⚡ High Latency

Troubleshooting guide for latency spikes

latencynetworking

🔄 Pod Restarts

Investigation steps for frequent pod restarts

restartsoom

📞 On-Call

📞 Platform Team Platform Team Escalation 📅 View Schedule

Primary

OE

On-Call Engineer

📧 Email 💬 @oncall

🕐 Shift ends: 7h

Secondary

BE

Backup Engineer

📧 Email 💬 @oncall-backup

📅 Change Timeline

📅 Deployment History 1 changes 📊 View in ArgoCD

🚀

Deployment 2026-01-14 06:44 UTC

Current deployment

👤 CI/CD

🐤 Canary Status

🐤 No active canary deployment

🔴 Error Drill-down

✅ No errors in the last 24 hours 📋 View Logs

⚡ Quick Actions

Future Enhancements

Horizontal scaling with distributed state
Real-time collaboration enhancements
Advanced consciousness features

Configuration Reference

Labels

Label	Value
`app`	`valina-rust-backend`
`app.kubernetes.io/component`	`api`
`app.kubernetes.io/managed-by`	`kustomize`
`app.kubernetes.io/name`	`valina-rust-backend`
`app.kubernetes.io/part-of`	`valina-ai`

Environment Variables

Variable	Value
`ENVIRONMENT`	`production`
`PORT`	`8001`
`RUST_BACKTRACE`	`0`
`RUST_LOG`	`sqlx=trace,valina_rust_backend=info`

Annotations

Annotation	Value
`force-rebuild`	`2026-01-12T03:13:16.6629144-05:00`
`valina.ai/architecture`	`Stateless microservice with connection pooling to PostgreSQL…`
`valina.ai/changelog`	`v34: Performance optimization,v33: Rate limiting,v32: Health…`
`valina.ai/databases`	`PostgreSQL (valina-db via PgBouncer)`
`valina.ai/dependencies`	`postgresql,redis,valina-secrets`
`valina.ai/dependents`	`valina-rust-frontend,valina-wallet,game-backend`
`valina.ai/features`	`JWT Authentication,Rate Limiting,Redis Caching,PostgreSQL In…`
`valina.ai/flows`	`User Authentication,Token Refresh,API Request Lifecycle,Data…`
`valina.ai/message-queues`	`Redis Pub/Sub`
`valina.ai/openapi-url`	`https://api.valina.ai/openapi.json`
`valina.ai/owner`	`@3xzyle`
`valina.ai/purpose`	`High-performance Rust API backend serving the VALINA ecosyst…`
`valina.ai/repository`	`https://github.com/3xzyle/VALINA-AI`
`valina.ai/roadmap`	`GraphQL API,WebSocket support,gRPC endpoints`

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Created: 2025-12-23T11:01:02Z | Generated: 2026-01-14T06:44:07.908002074+00:00