feat(storage): add local-path-provisioner as the fleet's persistent-storage backend

k8s/argocd/apps/10-storage-observability.yaml

@@ -249,3 +249,26 @@ spec:
       selfHeal: true
     syncOptions:
       - CreateNamespace=true
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.com/riotpiao-poimen/homelab.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: k8s/infra/local-path
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: local-path-storage
+  # No CreateNamespace: the Namespace object (with its privileged PSA label,
+  # which the helper Pods need for their hostPath) is part of the manifest.
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true

k8s/infra/local-path/kustomization.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+# No commonLabels on purpose: this is a vendored third-party manifest and
+# kustomize would also rewrite the provisioner Deployment's selector, which
+# is immutable on re-apply.
+resources:
+  - local-path-storage.yaml

k8s/infra/local-path/local-path-storage.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+# Vendored from https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner
+#   deploy/local-path-storage.yaml @ v0.0.37 (release 2026-08-05)
+#
+# Local modifications (the only three; re-apply them on any re-vendor):
+#   1. the namespace carries pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged, because the
+#      provisioner's helper Pods mount a hostPath and this cluster defaults to the
+#      baseline policy, which forbids that;
+#   2. config.json nodePathMap is /var/lib/local-path-provisioner — Talos mounts the root
+#      filesystem read-only, so upstream's /opt path cannot be created;
+#   3. the helper Pod's busybox image is pinned to a tag instead of a floating name.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-storage
+  labels:
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit: privileged
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/warn: privileged
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner-service-account
+  namespace: local-path-storage
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner-role
+  namespace: local-path-storage
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "patch", "update", "delete"]
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["nodes", "persistentvolumeclaims", "configmaps", "pods", "pods/log"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["persistentvolumes"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "patch", "update", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["events"]
+    verbs: ["create", "patch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["storageclasses"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner-bind
+  namespace: local-path-storage
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: local-path-provisioner-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: local-path-provisioner-service-account
+    namespace: local-path-storage
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner-bind
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: local-path-provisioner-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: local-path-provisioner-service-account
+    namespace: local-path-storage
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-provisioner
+  namespace: local-path-storage
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: local-path-provisioner
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: local-path-provisioner
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: local-path-provisioner-service-account
+      containers:
+        - name: local-path-provisioner
+          image: docker.io/rancher/local-path-provisioner:v0.0.37
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command:
+            - local-path-provisioner
+            - --debug
+            - start
+            - --config
+            - /etc/config/config.json
+          ports:
+            - name: health
+              containerPort: 8080
+              protocol: TCP
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: health
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 12
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: health
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ready
+              port: health
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 5
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/config/
+          env:
+            - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+            - name: CONFIG_MOUNT_PATH
+              value: /etc/config/
+            - name: HEALTH_PORT
+              value: "8080"
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: local-path-config
+
+---
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: local-path
+provisioner: rancher.io/local-path
+volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
+reclaimPolicy: Delete
+
+---
+kind: ConfigMap
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: local-path-config
+  namespace: local-path-storage
+data:
+  config.json: |-
+    {
+            "nodePathMap":[
+            {
+                    "node":"DEFAULT_PATH_FOR_NON_LISTED_NODES",
+                    "paths":["/var/lib/local-path-provisioner"]
+            }
+            ]
+    }
+  setup: |-
+    #!/bin/sh
+    set -eu
+    mkdir -m 0777 -p "$VOL_DIR"
+  teardown: |-
+    #!/bin/sh
+    set -eu
+    rm -rf "$VOL_DIR"
+  helperPod.yaml: |-
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Pod
+    metadata:
+      name: helper-pod
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+      tolerations:
+        - key: node.kubernetes.io/disk-pressure
+          operator: Exists
+          effect: NoSchedule
+      containers:
+      - name: helper-pod
+        image: docker.io/library/busybox:1.36
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent