Consolidate three separate Forgejo Actions (argocd-sync, security-scan, validate-k8s) into single cluster-ci workflow for cleaner CI/CD pipeline with proper job sequencing and reduced auth overhead.
Add Terraform configuration for Talos cluster machine configs:
- Provider setup for Talos
- Centralized variables for CP and worker configs
- Template-based config generation for controlplane.yaml and worker-*.yaml
- Sensitive data separated in terraform.tfvars (gitignored)
- Local state tracking for infrastructure
Use CI_RUNNER and CI_RUNNER_SECRET for repo clone authentication.
Embed credentials in git clone URL: https://user:token@host/repo.git
Removes dependency on GITHUB_TOKEN (GitHub-specific) and improves Forgejo compatibility.
Recreate ingress-nginx-controller LoadBalancer service that was deleted.
Add to k8s/bootstrap/ingress/ kustomization for ArgoCD management.
LoadBalancer assigned IP: 192.168.1.160 (via MetalLB)
ArgoCD now accessible via: https://192.168.1.160/ (or update DNS)
Add MinIO Policies and Users via CRD alongside Buckets.
Resources now declarative:
- Bucket: riotpiao-models (versioning enabled)
- Policy: policy-ollama (scoped bucket access)
- User: user-ollama (service account for Ollama/LLM)
Access keys can be overridden via SOPS or kustomize overlays.
All MinIO resource creation now git-tracked and version controlled.
- main.tf: remove kubeconfig_path local (no longer used with direct auth)
- providers.tf: wrap file() with try() to handle plan-time on non-pod systems
try() allows terraform plan to work locally; at runtime in pod, files exist and are used.
- providers.tf: use host + token + ca_crt from mounted service account secrets
- workflow: remove kubeconfig generation step (no longer needed)
- variables.tf: remove unused kubeconfig_path variable
This is the standard pattern for running terraform inside k8s pods.
- Link core-cli app to OAuth2 provider (was hardcoded to 0)
- Add core-cli user to authentik_admins for CI access
- Fix terraform init: use 'endpoint' not 'endpoints.s3' for S3 backend
(Terraform 1.9.4 compatibility, matches state.tf config)
Reverting Phase 4 Pod Job implementation in favor of CI runner (Forgejo Actions).
Deleted:
- k8s/argocd/apps/phase4-terraform-0.yaml
- k8s/hooks/phase4/ (terraform-apply-hook.yaml, terraform-rbac.yaml, terraform-s3-secrets.enc.yaml)
Reason: Pod Job approach had limitations (eviction, timeouts, pod security policies).
Next: Implement Forgejo Actions CI workflow for terraform apply.
Phase 0 continuation: enable ArgoCD to decrypt SOPS-encrypted secrets on sync.
1. Update ArgoCD Helm values (terraform/argocd-bootstrap.tf):
- Add SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE env var to repoServer
- Mount sops-age K8s Secret at /home/argocd/.sops
- Add ConfigManagementPlugin for SOPS (detects *.enc.yaml files)
2. Update encrypted secrets with real values:
- k8s/base/secrets.enc.yaml: encrypted with actual service credentials
- All secret values encrypted at rest in git
- ArgoCD decrypts on sync using K8s Secret + AGE key
Prerequisites:
- K8s Secret created: kubectl create secret generic sops-age -n argocd --from-file=keys.txt=/Users/rockliang/.sops/key.txt
- SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE env var set in ArgoCD repoServer (done above)
Next: Phase 1 — migrate 9 hookless releases to ArgoCD + create Applications that reference encrypted secrets.
Phase 0 groundwork for helmfile→ArgoCD migration using SOPS (Secrets Operations):
1. Install SOPS + AGE encryption
- AGE key generated and stored locally at ~/.sops/key.txt
- Public key embedded in .sops.yaml for file encryption rules
2. Create K8s Secret for AGE private key
- kubectl: create secret generic sops-age -n argocd --from-file=keys.txt=~/.sops/key.txt
- ArgoCD will use this key to decrypt secrets at sync time
3. Encrypt initial secrets
- k8s/base/secrets.enc.yaml: AES256_GCM encrypted secrets for all services
- Placeholder values (will be replaced with real values per environment)
- Secrets never visible in git (encrypted at rest)
4. Configure SOPS
- .sops.yaml: creation rules for k8s/*/secrets.enc.yaml files
- All future secret files auto-encrypt on edit (sops -e)
Setup: Store AGE key as K8s Secret in argocd namespace:
export KUBECONFIG=cluster-config/kubeconfig
kubectl create secret generic sops-age -n argocd --from-file=keys.txt=~/.sops/key.txt
Next: Configure ArgoCD Helm plugin to decrypt secrets on sync (Phase 0 continuation).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <[email protected]>
Add IaC practice section to coding-standards.md:
- All infrastructure state via Terraform or Helm (never ad-hoc scripts)
- Clear division: Terraform owns helm releases/namespaces/storage/state
- Anti-pattern: split bucket definitions across multiple files
- Bootstrap-only exception: document one-time setup with rationale
Rationale: prevents state drift, credential duplication, and unclear ownership.
Remove malformed line and clarify rules:
- terraform/.terraform/ (local provider cache)
- terraform/*.tfstate* (local state backups)
- skills-lock.json (lock file)
All TF state now remote (MinIO S3), local files safe to exclude.
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