ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE: Align with CNPG design intent
BEFORE (Complex, broken):
- Per-app roles (authentik, temporal) with Database CR owner field
- Database CR doesn't transfer ownership properly
- Needed manual permission grants (PostSync Job)
- Apps couldn't create tables without grants from 'app' role
AFTER (Simple, works):
- All apps use shared 'app' bootstrap user
- Database CRs: owner: app (matches actual ownership)
- No permission grants needed (owner has full rights)
- Isolation via separate database names only
CHANGES:
- Database CRs: owner changed from app-specific to 'app'
- ddb-cluster.yaml: removed managed.roles section
- Deleted grant-schema-permissions PostSync Job
- Follows Forgejo pattern (already working this way)
MANUAL STEPS REQUIRED:
1. Update authentik-secrets: AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__USER=app
2. Update temporal secrets: similar change
3. Recreate databases with app as owner
4. Restart applications
Benefits:
- Simpler architecture
- No permission grant complexity
- Aligns with CNPG single-cluster design
- Matches working Forgejo implementation
Authentik migrations need to CREATE SCHEMA (not just tables in public schema).
This requires GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE, not just schema-level permissions.
Added to PostSync Job:
- GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE authentik TO authentik
- GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE temporal TO temporal
- GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE temporal_visibility TO temporal
App user can grant these (it owns the databases).
ROOT CAUSE: CNPG Database CR creates databases but doesn't grant schema
permissions to the owner role. Bootstrap DB owner 'app' retains CREATE
privilege on public schema, blocking authentik/temporal from creating tables.
SECURITY FIX: Removed insecure 'GRANT TO PUBLIC' from postInitApplicationSQL.
SOLUTION: PostSync Job connects as 'app' (DB owner) and grants schema
permissions to named roles (authentik, temporal) in their respective databases.
Runs after Database CRs reconcile, survives CNPG database recreation.
Pattern: Per-database grants via PostSync, not cluster-wide PUBLIC grants.
Adds SQL to postInitApplicationSQL granting schema permissions to PUBLIC.
Allows any role (authentik, temporal, etc) to create tables in databases.
For existing cluster: run SQL manually (done).
For future bootstrap: automatic via initdb.
Pattern for apps: Database CR + app-specific init Job optional (co-located).
CNPG Database CR creates DBs but doesn't grant schema permissions properly.
Database owner is 'app' instead of specified role (authentik, temporal).
PostSync Job grants ALL on schema public to both app and named roles,
ensuring applications can create tables. Runs after Database CRs reconcile.
Fixes: authentik InsufficientPrivilege error on migration.
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