diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-api/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-api/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb557280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-api/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-api
+  name: IndeedHub API
+  version: "1.0.0"
+  description: IndeedHub backend API (Nostr auth, media, payments).
+  category: community
+
+  # Hyphen name matches runtime references + the live container (adoption);
+  # alias `api` is the short hostname the frontend nginx proxies to
+  # (http://api:4000). Reaches its backends by their short aliases
+  # (postgres/redis/minio) on indeedhub-net — unchanged from the legacy installer.
+  container_name: indeedhub-api
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/indeedhub-api:1.0.0
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    network_aliases: [api]
+    # The JWT signing secret is owned here (no backend container owns it); the
+    # db + minio passwords are owned by indeedhub-postgres / indeedhub-minio and
+    # only consumed here. ensure_generated_secrets no-ops when a file already
+    # exists, so live values on .228 are preserved (postgres pw is fixed at
+    # PGDATA init — regenerating would lock the API out).
+    generated_secrets:
+      - name: indeedhub-jwt
+        kind: hex32
+    secret_env:
+      - key: DATABASE_PASSWORD
+        secret_file: indeedhub-db-password
+      - key: AWS_SECRET_KEY
+        secret_file: indeedhub-minio-password
+      - key: NOSTR_JWT_SECRET
+        secret_file: indeedhub-jwt
+
+  dependencies:
+    - app_id: indeedhub-postgres
+    - app_id: indeedhub-redis
+    - app_id: indeedhub-minio
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 2Gi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: []
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  volumes: []
+
+  environment:
+    - PORT=4000
+    - DATABASE_HOST=postgres
+    - DATABASE_PORT=5432
+    - DATABASE_USER=indeedhub
+    - DATABASE_NAME=indeedhub
+    - QUEUE_HOST=redis
+    - QUEUE_PORT=6379
+    - S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio:9000
+    - AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+    - AWS_ACCESS_KEY=indeeadmin
+    - S3_PUBLIC_BUCKET_NAME=indeedhub-public
+    - S3_PRIVATE_BUCKET_NAME=indeedhub-private
+    - S3_PUBLIC_BUCKET_URL=/storage
+    - NOSTR_JWT_EXPIRES_IN=7d
+    # Fixed across the fleet (envelope-encryption master key baked by the legacy
+    # installer); not node-specific, so a plain env literal, not a secret.
+    - AES_MASTER_SECRET=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
+    - ENVIRONMENT=production
+
+  health_check:
+    type: tcp
+    endpoint: localhost:4000
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 10
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-ffmpeg/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-ffmpeg/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f93f148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-ffmpeg/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-ffmpeg
+  name: IndeedHub FFmpeg Worker
+  version: "1.0.0"
+  description: IndeedHub background media transcoding worker.
+  category: community
+
+  # Hyphen name matches runtime references + the live container (adoption). No
+  # network_alias: nothing connects TO the worker — it only dials out to
+  # postgres/redis/minio (resolved by their aliases on indeedhub-net).
+  container_name: indeedhub-ffmpeg
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/indeedhub-ffmpeg:1.0.0
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    secret_env:
+      - key: DATABASE_PASSWORD
+        secret_file: indeedhub-db-password
+      - key: AWS_SECRET_KEY
+        secret_file: indeedhub-minio-password
+
+  dependencies:
+    - app_id: indeedhub-api
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 4Gi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: []
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  volumes: []
+
+  environment:
+    - DATABASE_HOST=postgres
+    - DATABASE_PORT=5432
+    - DATABASE_USER=indeedhub
+    - DATABASE_NAME=indeedhub
+    - QUEUE_HOST=redis
+    - QUEUE_PORT=6379
+    - S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio:9000
+    - AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+    - AWS_ACCESS_KEY=indeeadmin
+    - S3_PUBLIC_BUCKET_NAME=indeedhub-public
+    - S3_PRIVATE_BUCKET_NAME=indeedhub-private
+    - ENVIRONMENT=production
+    - AES_MASTER_SECRET=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-minio/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-minio/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79e0d267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-minio/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-minio
+  name: IndeedHub MinIO
+  version: "RELEASE.2024-11-07T00-52-20Z"
+  description: MinIO S3-compatible object storage for IndeedHub media.
+  category: community
+
+  # Hyphen name matches runtime references + the live container (adoption);
+  # alias `minio` is the short hostname the api/ffmpeg use (S3_ENDPOINT=
+  # http://minio:9000) AND the frontend nginx proxies to (http://minio:9000).
+  container_name: indeedhub-minio
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/minio:RELEASE.2024-11-07T00-52-20Z
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    network_aliases: [minio]
+    # `server /data` — the minio entrypoint args from the legacy installer.
+    custom_args: [server, /data]
+    generated_secrets:
+      - name: indeedhub-minio-password
+        kind: hex32
+    secret_env:
+      - key: MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD
+        secret_file: indeedhub-minio-password
+
+  dependencies:
+    - storage: 50Gi
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 1Gi
+    disk_limit: 50Gi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: []
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  # Named volume matches the live indeedhub-minio-data volume on .228.
+  volumes:
+    - type: volume
+      source: indeedhub-minio-data
+      target: /data
+      options: [rw]
+
+  # MINIO_ROOT_USER "indeeadmin" is the fixed admin identity baked by the legacy
+  # installer (api/ffmpeg use it as AWS_ACCESS_KEY); the password is the
+  # generated secret above. Not secret, so it stays a plain env value.
+  environment:
+    - MINIO_ROOT_USER=indeeadmin
+
+  health_check:
+    type: http
+    endpoint: http://localhost:9000
+    path: /minio/health/live
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 5
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-postgres/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-postgres/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d09211f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-postgres/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-postgres
+  name: IndeedHub Postgres
+  version: "16.13-alpine"
+  description: Postgres database backend for IndeedHub.
+  category: community
+
+  # Container named indeedhub-postgres (hyphen) to match the runtime's existing
+  # per-app references (health_monitor tiers/deps, crash_recovery) and the live
+  # .228 install, so the orchestrator ADOPTS the running container instead of
+  # recreating it. `network_aliases: [postgres]` keeps the short hostname the
+  # api/ffmpeg/relay reach by (DATABASE_HOST=postgres) resolvable on
+  # indeedhub-net, reproducing the legacy `--network-alias postgres`.
+  container_name: indeedhub-postgres
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/postgres:16.13-alpine
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    network_aliases: [postgres]
+    generated_secrets:
+      - name: indeedhub-db-password
+        kind: hex32
+    secret_env:
+      - key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+        secret_file: indeedhub-db-password
+
+  dependencies:
+    - storage: 10Gi
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 1Gi
+    disk_limit: 10Gi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: [CHOWN, DAC_OVERRIDE, FOWNER, SETGID, SETUID]
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  # Named podman volume (matches the live indeedhub-postgres-data volume on .228);
+  # preserves all existing database content across the migration.
+  volumes:
+    - type: volume
+      source: indeedhub-postgres-data
+      target: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+      options: [rw]
+
+  environment:
+    - POSTGRES_USER=indeedhub
+    - POSTGRES_DB=indeedhub
+
+  health_check:
+    type: tcp
+    endpoint: localhost:5432
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 3
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-redis/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-redis/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9997b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-redis/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-redis
+  name: IndeedHub Redis
+  version: "7.4.8-alpine"
+  description: Redis queue/cache backend for IndeedHub.
+  category: community
+
+  # Hyphen name matches runtime references + the live container (adoption);
+  # alias `redis` is the short hostname the api/ffmpeg reach (QUEUE_HOST=redis).
+  container_name: indeedhub-redis
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/redis:7.4.8-alpine
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    network_aliases: [redis]
+
+  dependencies:
+    - storage: 1Gi
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 256Mi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: [SETGID, SETUID]
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  # Named volume matches the live indeedhub-redis-data volume on .228.
+  volumes:
+    - type: volume
+      source: indeedhub-redis-data
+      target: /data
+      options: [rw]
+
+  environment: []
+
+  health_check:
+    type: tcp
+    endpoint: localhost:6379
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 3
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub-relay/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub-relay/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..842fe0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indeedhub-relay/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+app:
+  id: indeedhub-relay
+  name: IndeedHub Nostr Relay
+  version: "0.9.0"
+  description: nostr-rs-relay backing IndeedHub's Nostr identity + comments.
+  category: community
+
+  # Hyphen name matches runtime references + the live container (adoption);
+  # alias `relay` is the short hostname the frontend nginx proxies to
+  # (http://relay:8080 for the /relay websocket).
+  container_name: indeedhub-relay
+
+  container:
+    image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/nostr-rs-relay:0.9.0
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
+    network: indeedhub-net
+    network_aliases: [relay]
+
+  dependencies:
+    - storage: 2Gi
+
+  resources:
+    memory_limit: 256Mi
+    disk_limit: 2Gi
+
+  security:
+    capabilities: []
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
+
+  ports: []
+
+  # Named volume matches the live indeedhub-relay-data volume on .228.
+  volumes:
+    - type: volume
+      source: indeedhub-relay-data
+      target: /usr/src/app/db
+      options: [rw]
+
+  environment: []
+
+  health_check:
+    type: tcp
+    endpoint: localhost:8080
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 3
diff --git a/apps/indeedhub/manifest.yml b/apps/indeedhub/manifest.yml
index cf625470..45c8ad3c 100644
--- a/apps/indeedhub/manifest.yml
+++ b/apps/indeedhub/manifest.yml
@@ -1,58 +1,70 @@
 app:
   id: indeedhub
   name: IndeeHub
-  version: 1.0.0
+  version: "1.0.0"
   description: Bitcoin documentary streaming platform featuring God Bless Bitcoin and other educational content about Bitcoin, sovereignty, and decentralized technology. Sign in with your Nostr identity.
   category: community
 
+  # The user-facing launcher (app_id "indeedhub"). Container is named "indeedhub"
+  # (matches the runtime's per-app references + the live container, so the
+  # orchestrator adopts it). Its nginx (listen 7777) proxies to the backends by
+  # their short aliases on indeedhub-net: api:4000, minio:9000, relay:8080.
+  container_name: indeedhub
+
   container:
     image: 146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025/indeedhub:1.0.0
-    pull_policy: always  # Pull from registry; falls back to local build
+    pull_policy: if-not-present
     network: indeedhub-net
 
   dependencies:
+    - app_id: indeedhub-api
     - storage: 1Gi
 
   resources:
-    cpu_limit: 2
     memory_limit: 512Mi
     disk_limit: 1Gi
 
   security:
     capabilities: []
-    readonly_root: true
-    no_new_privileges: true
-    user: 1001
-    seccomp_profile: default
-    network_policy: bridge
-    apparmor_profile: default
+    readonly_root: false
+    network_policy: isolated
 
   ports:
     - host: 7778
       container: 7777
-      protocol: tcp  # Web UI. Port 7777 on the host is reserved for Nostr relay.
+      protocol: tcp  # Web UI. Port 7777 on the host is reserved for the Nostr relay.
 
+  # Writable scratch the baked nginx needs; matches the legacy installer's
+  # --tmpfs /run + /var/cache/nginx.
   volumes:
-    - type: tmpfs
-      target: /tmp
-      options: [rw,noexec,nosuid,size=64m]
-    - type: tmpfs
-      target: /app/.next/cache
-      options: [rw,noexec,nosuid,size=128m]
     - type: tmpfs
       target: /run
-      options: [rw,nosuid,nodev,size=16m]
+      options: [rw, nosuid, nodev, size=16m]
     - type: tmpfs
       target: /var/cache/nginx
-      options: [rw,nosuid,nodev,size=32m]
+      options: [rw, nosuid, nodev, size=32m]
 
-  environment:
-    - NODE_ENV=production
-    - NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+  environment: []
+
+  # Defensive + idempotent. The current indeedhub:1.0.0 image already bakes the
+  # iframe-friendly nginx (X-Frame-Options omitted, nostr-provider.js present +
+  # <script> injected), so these are mostly no-ops on that tag — but they keep
+  # the app iframe-loadable + the provider script fresh for any image build that
+  # predates the bake. copy_from_host pulls /opt/archipelago/web-ui/nostr-provider.js
+  # (kept current by frontend OTA releases). Replaces the legacy hardcoded
+  # patch_indeedhub_nostr_provider() Rust hook.
+  hooks:
+    post_install:
+      - exec: ["sed", "-i", "/X-Frame-Options/d", "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf"]
+      - copy_from_host:
+          src: "web-ui/nostr-provider.js"
+          dest: "/usr/share/nginx/html/nostr-provider.js"
+      - exec: ["sh", "-c", "grep -q nostr-provider /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf || sed -i 's#</head>#<script src=\"/nostr-provider.js\"></script></head>#' /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf"]
+      - exec: ["nginx", "-s", "reload"]
 
   health_check:
     type: http
-    endpoint: http://localhost:3000
+    endpoint: http://localhost:7777
     path: /
     interval: 30s
     timeout: 10s
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/stacks.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/stacks.rs
index 2d410c88..ed088964 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/stacks.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/stacks.rs
@@ -696,6 +696,23 @@ fn immich_stack_app_ids() -> &'static [&'static str] {
     &["immich-postgres", "immich-redis", "immich"]
 }
 
+fn indeedhub_stack_app_ids() -> &'static [&'static str] {
+    // Dependency order: backends + their generated secrets first, then the api
+    // (owns indeedhub-jwt; reads the db/minio secrets the backends materialised),
+    // then the ffmpeg worker, then the user-facing frontend ("indeedhub", which
+    // carries the post_install nginx hook). The frontend's nginx reaches the
+    // backends by their short network_aliases (api/minio/relay) on indeedhub-net.
+    &[
+        "indeedhub-postgres",
+        "indeedhub-redis",
+        "indeedhub-minio",
+        "indeedhub-relay",
+        "indeedhub-api",
+        "indeedhub-ffmpeg",
+        "indeedhub",
+    ]
+}
+
 const REGISTRY: &str = "146.59.87.168:3000/lfg2025";
 
 const NETBIRD_DASHBOARD_IMAGE: &str = "docker.io/netbirdio/dashboard:v2.38.0";
@@ -1422,6 +1439,20 @@ impl RpcHandler {
 
     /// Install the IndeedHub multi-container stack.
     pub(super) async fn install_indeedhub_stack(&self) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+        // Manifest-driven path (#20 phase 3): render the 7-member stack from
+        // apps/indeedhub-*/manifest.yml via the orchestrator (dedicated
+        // indeedhub-net + network_aliases, generated_secrets, the frontend's
+        // post_install nginx hook, reboot-survivable). The manifests use the exact
+        // live container names / named volumes, so on an existing node this ADOPTS
+        // the running stack rather than recreating it (data preserved). Falls back
+        // to the legacy installer below only when the orchestrator doesn't know
+        // these app_ids (manifests not yet deployed). See PRODUCTION-MASTER-PLAN.md.
+        if let Some(orchestrated) =
+            install_stack_via_orchestrator(self, "indeedhub", indeedhub_stack_app_ids()).await?
+        {
+            return Ok(orchestrated);
+        }
+
         let registry = crate::container::registry::load_registries(&self.config.data_dir)
             .await
             .unwrap_or_default()