All CI workflows across all repos were broken. Three root causes:
1. Runner labels pointed to bare Alpine image (forgejo/runner:6) which has
no Node.js, no docker, no Go/Rust, no root, no apt-get. Every workflow
step failed immediately.
Fix: Change labels to official Debian language images:
golang → docker://golang:1.26-bookworm
node → docker://node:22-bookworm
rust → docker://rust:1-bookworm
2. Docker socket not shared between dind sidecar and runner container.
dind creates /run/docker.sock in its own filesystem. Runner container
has a separate filesystem and can't see it. Workflow containers that
run 'docker build' get 'Cannot connect to Docker daemon'.
Fix: Share /run between dind and runner via emptyDir volume.
Add docker_host: automount to runner config so the socket is
mounted into workflow containers automatically.
Note: /var/run is a symlink to /run in Alpine — must mount at /run.
3. Init container skipped re-registration if .runner file existed on PVC.
Changing labels in values.yaml had no effect until PVC was manually
deleted — not GitOps-friendly.
Fix: Always rm .runner and re-register on pod start. Labels stay
in sync with values.yaml automatically.
Also removes custom Dockerfiles and build-runner-images workflow — no longer
needed since official images provide the language tools directly.
- All runners now based on code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:6 (has runner binary)
- Dockerfile adds Node.js + specialized tools (Go, Rust, docker)
- CI workflow will build custom images and push to registry
- Image Updater will auto-detect and update values.yaml
- ArgoCD will sync new custom images when available
- Dockerfile.node extends node:22-bookworm with docker.io
- No need for install step in every workflow
- Values-node.yaml references custom image
- Build and push manually (no CI needed)
Previous image (golang:1.26-bookworm) lacks Node.js, causing GitHub Actions
to fail with: 'exec: "node": executable file not found'
Solution:
- Change golang runner image from golang:1.26-bookworm to docker:27-cli
- docker:27-cli includes: Node.js, Go toolchain, git, docker CLI, full dev tools
- Verified tag exists: docker manifest inspect docker:27-cli ✓
This allows actions/checkout@v4 and other GitHub Actions to run properly
on the golang runner pod.
Note: node:22-bookworm runner already has Node.js, no change needed.
Previous image (rust:1.83-bookworm) lacks Node.js, causing GitHub Actions
to fail with: 'exec: "node": executable file not found'
Solution:
- Change rust runner image from rust:1.83-bookworm to docker:27-cli
- docker:27-cli includes: Node.js, git, docker CLI, full dev tools
- Verified tag exists: docker manifest inspect docker:27-cli ✓
This allows actions/checkout@v4 and other GitHub Actions to run properly
on the rust runner pod.
- Reverted to node:22-bookworm (no custom image)
- Removed Dockerfile.node (no CI to build it)
- Docker install step in riotpiao workflow is already the workaround
- Removed .gitea/workflows/build-runner-node.yml
- Homelab is GitOps only, not a buildable artifact
- Runner images managed via direct Dockerfile edits + manual pushes
- Dockerfile.node extends node:22-bookworm + docker.io
- CI workflow builds and pushes to forgejo registry on changes
- values-node.yaml references custom image instead of stock node
- Removes need to install docker in every workflow using node runner
- Fix template to use .Values.gc.schedule instead of hardcoded cron
- Change schedule from daily 03:00 UTC to every 30 minutes
- Prevents DinD PVC fill-up (was at 93% before manual prune)
Schedule runners on az-b (talos-cp-2) which has more Longhorn storage
and breathing room (367Gi available vs worker-1's 369Gi but over-provisioned).
PVCs deleted and will recreate on new zone. Runners will re-register.
- Add gc-cronjob.yaml: daily prune of DinD Docker images/volumes/build-cache
and actcache across all forgejo-runner pods. Keeps :latest tagged images,
deletes non-latest older than 72h.
- Expand runner reg PVCs from 1Gi to 20Gi (all three runners) to prevent
action tool cache from filling disk.
- Rust runner gets explicit 20Gi persistence override.
- GC only renders from golang (default) values to avoid duplicate resources.
kmsvc-manage, kmsvc-cli require Go 1.26.0 in go.mod but runner was
using golang:1.25-bookworm container. Update to golang:1.26-bookworm
to match project requirements.
- Runner egress: allow 192.168.1.160/32:443. forgejo.riotpiao.com resolves to
the ingress LB, inside the 192.168.1.0/24 block the NetworkPolicy denies, so
docker push hung until timeout.
- dind CA: also mount homelab-ca at /etc/docker/certs.d/forgejo.riotpiao.com/,
the path dockerd actually reads for per-registry trust.
- Pull secret: dockerconfigjson for the api namespace; /v2/ answers 401.
- AppProject: allow the Forgejo repo as a source for api-gw.
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