foxhunt/QUICK_START_SERVICES.md

Quick Start: Running Foxhunt Services

Last Updated: 2025-10-05 Validation Status: ✅ 3/4 services operational

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TL;DR - What Works Now

# These services are ready to run (with infrastructure):
✅ target/debug/trading_service        # Port 50052 - Main trading engine
✅ target/debug/backtesting_service    # Port 50053 - Strategy testing
✅ target/debug/ml_training_service    # Port 50054 - ML model training

# This service needs compilation fix:
❌ target/debug/api_gateway            # Port 50051 - Gateway & auth

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Prerequisites

Option 1: Full Infrastructure (Required for Production)

# PostgreSQL (required by all services)
docker run -d --name foxhunt-postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=foxhunt \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  postgres:14

# Redis (required by api_gateway)
docker run -d --name foxhunt-redis \
  -p 6379:6379 \
  redis:7-alpine

# Vault (optional - services fall back to env vars)
docker run -d --name foxhunt-vault \
  -e VAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID=dev-token \
  -p 8200:8200 \
  vault:1.12

Option 2: Offline Testing (No Infrastructure)

Services will start but show expected connection errors:

• ✅ Configuration validation works
• ✅ CLI commands work (ml_training_service)
• ❌ Actual service functionality requires infrastructure

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Running Services

Service 1: ml_training_service (Best CLI)

Why start here: Most complete CLI, works offline for config validation

# Check help menu (works offline)
target/debug/ml_training_service --help

# Validate configuration (works offline)
target/debug/ml_training_service config

# Check health (expects running service)
target/debug/ml_training_service health

# Start the service (requires PostgreSQL)
target/debug/ml_training_service serve

Expected Output (without infrastructure):

Validating configuration...
✅ Configuration is valid

Configuration summary:
  Server: 0.0.0.0:50054
  Database URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/foxhunt
  ML Config: Using defaults

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Service 2: trading_service

Note: Requires PostgreSQL to start

# Start the service
target/debug/trading_service

Expected Output (without PostgreSQL):

Error: Failed to create HFT-optimized database pool

Caused by:
    0: Connection failed: error returned from database: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
    1: error returned from database: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

Expected Output (with PostgreSQL):

[INFO] Trading service starting on port 50052
[INFO] Connected to PostgreSQL
[INFO] Initialized order manager
[INFO] Service ready to accept connections

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Service 3: backtesting_service

Note: Requires PostgreSQL to start

# Start the service
target/debug/backtesting_service

Expected Output (without PostgreSQL):

[INFO] Starting Foxhunt Backtesting Service
[INFO] Configuration loaded from environment variables
[INFO] Backtesting configuration loaded successfully
[INFO] Initializing storage manager with HFT optimizations
Error: Failed to initialize storage manager

Expected Output (with PostgreSQL):

[INFO] Starting Foxhunt Backtesting Service
[INFO] Connected to PostgreSQL
[INFO] Backtesting engine initialized
[INFO] Service listening on port 50053

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Service 4: api_gateway (Needs Fix)

Current Status: ❌ Compilation errors (20 errors)

Fix Required (30 minutes):

# See API_GATEWAY_FIX_GUIDE.md for details
# Quick fix:
sed -i 's/SecretString::new(\([^)]*\))/SecretString::new(\1.into())/g' \
    services/api_gateway/src/auth/mfa/totp.rs

# Rebuild
cargo build -p api_gateway

After Fix:

# Start the service
target/debug/api_gateway

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Environment Variables

Required Configuration

# PostgreSQL connection
export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/foxhunt"

# Redis connection (api_gateway only)
export REDIS_URL="redis://localhost:6379"

# Vault connection (optional)
export VAULT_ADDR="http://localhost:8200"
export VAULT_TOKEN="dev-token"

# Service ports (optional - these are defaults)
export API_GATEWAY_PORT=50051
export TRADING_SERVICE_PORT=50052
export BACKTESTING_SERVICE_PORT=50053
export ML_TRAINING_SERVICE_PORT=50054

Optional Configuration

# Logging
export RUST_LOG=info              # Options: trace, debug, info, warn, error
export LOG_FORMAT=json            # Options: json, pretty

# Performance
export TOKIO_WORKER_THREADS=8     # Number of async worker threads
export DATABASE_POOL_SIZE=20      # Database connection pool size

# Rate limiting (api_gateway)
export RATE_LIMIT_RPS=10000       # Requests per second limit

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Service Health Checks

ml_training_service

# Using CLI
target/debug/ml_training_service health

# Using curl (when service is running)
curl http://localhost:50054/health

Other Services

# gRPC health check (requires grpcurl)
grpcurl -plaintext localhost:50052 grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
grpcurl -plaintext localhost:50053 grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
grpcurl -plaintext localhost:50051 grpc.health.v1.Health/Check

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Testing Service Communication

Test 1: Service Reachability

# Check if ports are open
nc -zv localhost 50051  # api_gateway
nc -zv localhost 50052  # trading_service
nc -zv localhost 50053  # backtesting_service
nc -zv localhost 50054  # ml_training_service

Test 2: Database Connectivity

# Test PostgreSQL connection
psql -h localhost -U postgres -d foxhunt -c "SELECT version();"

# Test Redis connection
redis-cli ping

Test 3: Service Logs

# Run services with debug logging
RUST_LOG=debug target/debug/trading_service 2>&1 | tee trading.log
RUST_LOG=debug target/debug/backtesting_service 2>&1 | tee backtesting.log
RUST_LOG=debug target/debug/ml_training_service serve 2>&1 | tee ml_training.log

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Common Issues & Solutions

Issue 1: "password authentication failed for user postgres"

Cause: PostgreSQL not running or wrong credentials

Solution:

# Check if PostgreSQL is running
docker ps | grep postgres

# Restart PostgreSQL
docker restart foxhunt-postgres

# Verify connection manually
psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "SELECT 1;"

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Issue 2: "Connection refused (os error 111)"

Cause: Service not running or wrong port

Solution:

# Check what's running on the port
netstat -tlnp | grep 50052

# Verify service is running
ps aux | grep trading_service

# Check logs for startup errors
tail -f trading.log

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Issue 3: Services crash immediately

Cause: Usually missing dependencies or config issues

Solution:

# Run with full error output
RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=trace target/debug/trading_service

# Check system resources
free -h        # Memory
df -h          # Disk
ulimit -n      # File descriptors (should be >1024)

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Issue 4: "api_gateway won't compile"

Cause: secrecy crate API changes

Solution:

# See API_GATEWAY_FIX_GUIDE.md for full instructions
sed -i 's/SecretString::new(\([^)]*\))/SecretString::new(\1.into())/g' \
    services/api_gateway/src/auth/mfa/totp.rs

cargo build -p api_gateway

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Docker Compose (Recommended)

Create docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.8'

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:14
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_DB: foxhunt
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

  vault:
    image: vault:1.12
    environment:
      VAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID: dev-token
    ports:
      - "8200:8200"
    cap_add:
      - IPC_LOCK

volumes:
  postgres_data:

Start all infrastructure:

docker-compose up -d

Stop all infrastructure:

docker-compose down

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Development Workflow

Step 1: Start Infrastructure

# Using Docker Compose (recommended)
docker-compose up -d

# Verify everything is running
docker-compose ps

# Check logs if needed
docker-compose logs postgres
docker-compose logs redis

Step 2: Build Services

# Build all services
cargo build --workspace

# Or build individually
cargo build -p trading_service
cargo build -p backtesting_service
cargo build -p ml_training_service
cargo build -p api_gateway  # After fixing compilation

Step 3: Run Database Migrations

# TODO: Add migration commands when available
# Example:
# sqlx migrate run --database-url postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/foxhunt

Step 4: Start Services

# In separate terminals (or use tmux/screen)
RUST_LOG=info target/debug/ml_training_service serve
RUST_LOG=info target/debug/trading_service
RUST_LOG=info target/debug/backtesting_service
RUST_LOG=info target/debug/api_gateway  # After fix

Step 5: Verify Everything Works

# Check all services are listening
netstat -tlnp | grep -E "5005[1-4]"

# Test health checks
target/debug/ml_training_service health

# Check logs for errors
grep -i error *.log

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Production Deployment

Pre-Deployment Checklist

• All services compile without errors
• PostgreSQL migrations applied
• Redis running and accessible
• Vault configured (or using env vars)
• Environment variables set
• Firewall rules configured
• SSL/TLS certificates ready (for production)
• Monitoring configured (Prometheus/Grafana)
• Log aggregation configured
• Backup strategy in place

Systemd Service Files (Linux)

Create /etc/systemd/system/foxhunt-trading.service:

[Unit]
Description=Foxhunt Trading Service
After=network.target postgresql.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=foxhunt
WorkingDirectory=/opt/foxhunt
Environment="RUST_LOG=info"
Environment="DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:password@localhost:5432/foxhunt"
ExecStart=/opt/foxhunt/trading_service
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start:

sudo systemctl enable foxhunt-trading
sudo systemctl start foxhunt-trading
sudo systemctl status foxhunt-trading

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Monitoring & Logs

View Service Logs

# Real-time logs
tail -f trading.log

# With timestamps and filtering
tail -f trading.log | grep ERROR

# All services (if using systemd)
journalctl -u foxhunt-trading -f
journalctl -u foxhunt-backtesting -f

Metrics (Prometheus)

Services expose metrics on their respective ports:

# Scrape metrics
curl http://localhost:50052/metrics  # trading_service
curl http://localhost:50053/metrics  # backtesting_service
curl http://localhost:50054/metrics  # ml_training_service
curl http://localhost:50051/metrics  # api_gateway (after fix)

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Getting Help

Service Status Check

# Quick status of all services
./scripts/offline_service_validation.sh

# Or manually
for port in 50051 50052 50053 50054; do
    nc -zv localhost $port && echo "Port $port: OK" || echo "Port $port: FAIL"
done

Debug Mode

# Run with full debugging
RUST_LOG=trace RUST_BACKTRACE=full target/debug/trading_service 2>&1 | tee debug.log

Common Commands Reference

# Build
cargo build --workspace                  # Build all
cargo build -p trading_service           # Build one

# Run
target/debug/trading_service             # Run service
RUST_LOG=debug target/debug/trading_service  # Run with debug logs

# Test
cargo test --workspace                   # Test all
cargo test -p trading_service            # Test one

# Clean
cargo clean                              # Clean all build artifacts

# Check
cargo check --workspace                  # Fast compilation check
cargo clippy --workspace                 # Linting

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Next Steps

1. ✅ Fix api_gateway (30 minutes) - See API_GATEWAY_FIX_GUIDE.md
2. ✅ Set up infrastructure (10 minutes) - Use Docker Compose above
3. ✅ Run database migrations (TBD - scripts not yet created)
4. ✅ Start all services (2 minutes) - Follow Step 4 above
5. ✅ Verify deployment (5 minutes) - Check health endpoints
6. ✅ Integration testing (variable) - Test service communication

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Document Version: 1.0 Last Validated: 2025-10-05 Services Status: 3/4 operational (75%)