immich: share the group account's people with everyone

chore(deps): update helm chart mariadb-operator to v26

.github/workflows/validate.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

actual-budget/helm-actual-budget.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
   project: default
   source:
     repoURL: https://community-charts.github.io/helm-charts
-    targetRevision: 1.8.9
+    targetRevision: 1.9.5
     chart: actualbudget
     helm:
       values: |

actual-budget/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -55,3 +55,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

apps/templates/cloudnative-pg-folder.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: cloudnative-pg-folder
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://github.com/rubenhensen/k8scd.git
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: cloudnative-pg
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: cnpg-system
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true

apps/templates/default-folder.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: default-folder
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://github.com/rubenhensen/k8scd.git
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: default
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: default
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true

apps/templates/envoy-gateway-helm.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
     repoURL: docker.io/envoyproxy
     chart: gateway-helm
     # v1.9 supports Kubernetes 1.33 to 1.36
-    targetRevision: v1.9.2
+    targetRevision: 1.9.3
     helm:
       values: |
         config:

apps/templates/external-secrets-folder.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: external-secrets-folder
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://github.com/rubenhensen/k8scd.git
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: external-secrets
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: external-secrets
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true

apps/templates/plugin-barman-cloud-helm.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: plugin-barman-cloud
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    chart: plugin-barman-cloud
+    repoURL: https://cloudnative-pg.github.io/charts
+    targetRevision: 0.8.1
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        # CNPG's barman cloud plugin, which backs the PostgreSQL clusters
+        # up to Garage on the NAS (authentik/postgresql-backup.yaml,
+        # immich/postgresql-backup.yaml). It has to run in the operator's
+        # namespace; the chart gets its TLS certificates from cert-manager.
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 64Mi
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: cnpg-system
+  syncPolicy:
+    syncOptions:
+    - ServerSideApply=true
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true

authentik/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ spec:
 ---
 # The CNPG operator checks each instance on its status port and connects to
 # PostgreSQL; the instance manager inside each pod watches its Cluster
-# through the API server.
+# through the API server. The barman cloud sidecar sends the WAL and the
+# base backups to Garage on the NAS (postgresql-backup.yaml).
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy
 metadata:
@@ -135,3 +136,34 @@ spec:
             cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
       ports:
         - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.99/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 3900
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

authentik/postgresql-backup.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Backups of authentik's database by CNPG itself, through the barman cloud
+# plugin (apps/templates/plugin-barman-cloud-helm.yaml): a base backup every
+# night, and every WAL segment as soon as it is full or 5 minutes old
+# (archive_timeout). Both go to the bucket cnpg-authentik in Garage on the
+# NAS (nas/garage), so the database can be restored to any moment of the
+# last 30 days. Velero copies the data directory while PostgreSQL runs,
+# which is not a consistent copy.
+# The key is Garage's cnpg-authentik, in Vault as kv/cnpg-authentik-s3; it
+# can only reach this bucket.
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: authentik-postgres-s3
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: vault-backend
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  refreshInterval: 15m
+  target:
+    name: authentik-postgres-s3
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      engineVersion: v2
+      data:
+        ACCESS_KEY_ID: "{{ .access_key_id }}"
+        ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: "{{ .secret_access_key }}"
+        # Garage rejects requests signed for another region
+        REGION: garage
+  data:
+    - secretKey: access_key_id
+      remoteRef:
+        key: kv/cnpg-authentik-s3
+        property: access_key_id
+    - secretKey: secret_access_key
+      remoteRef:
+        key: kv/cnpg-authentik-s3
+        property: secret_access_key
+---
+apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ObjectStore
+metadata:
+  name: authentik-postgres
+  annotations:
+    # The CRD comes with the plugin's own app
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: SkipDryRunOnMissingResource=true
+spec:
+  retentionPolicy: 30d
+  configuration:
+    destinationPath: s3://cnpg-authentik/
+    endpointURL: http://192.168.1.99:3900
+    s3Credentials:
+      accessKeyId:
+        name: authentik-postgres-s3
+        key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      secretAccessKey:
+        name: authentik-postgres-s3
+        key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      region:
+        name: authentik-postgres-s3
+        key: REGION
+    wal:
+      compression: gzip
+    data:
+      compression: gzip
+  instanceSidecarConfiguration:
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 10m
+        memory: 64Mi
+    env:
+      # Newer boto3 adds checksums that S3-compatible stores can reject;
+      # the plugin's docs suggest sending them only when required.
+      - name: AWS_REQUEST_CHECKSUM_CALCULATION
+        value: when_required
+      - name: AWS_RESPONSE_CHECKSUM_VALIDATION
+        value: when_required
+---
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ScheduledBackup
+metadata:
+  name: authentik-postgres-daily
+spec:
+  cluster:
+    name: authentik-postgres
+  # 03:00 UTC, after Longhorn's and Velero's backups; immediate: one right
+  # away, so WAL archiving has a base backup to start from.
+  schedule: "0 0 3 * * *"
+  immediate: true
+  backupOwnerReference: self
+  method: plugin
+  pluginConfiguration:
+    name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io

authentik/postgresql-cluster.yaml

@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ spec:
   instances: 1
   # Pinned so a new operator default (PostgreSQL 18 since CNPG 1.26.3) can't
   # start an in-place major upgrade. CNPG filled this in at creation.
-  imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:17.4
+  imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:17.11
   primaryUpdateStrategy: unsupervised
+  # WAL archiving and base backups to Garage, see postgresql-backup.yaml
+  plugins:
+    - name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+      isWALArchiver: true
+      parameters:
+        barmanObjectName: authentik-postgres
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 50m

backup-testing/restore-test.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # k3s in Docker, to prove the backups can be restored. Nothing on the NAS
 # changes:
 # - one backup (backups/<name>/) and the kopia repositories of the chosen
-#   namespaces (kopia/<namespace>/) are copied read-only from MinIO with
+#   namespaces (kopia/<namespace>/) are copied read-only from the NAS with
 #   rclone into a Docker volume. A second Velero on the real bucket could
 #   run kopia maintenance on the same repositories as the cluster's own
 # - `rclone serve s3` serves that copy to a Velero 1.18.2 in k3s, with a
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Defaults: the newest Completed daily-backup, and ntfy freshrss
 # actual-budget. Not gatus: a restored Gatus would start sending alerts.
 #
-# It reads Velero's MinIO key from the cluster (velero/cloud-credentials)
+# It reads Velero's S3 key from the cluster (velero/velero-s3-credentials)
 # into a temporary directory, and the copied backup holds every Secret of
 # the cluster; all of it is deleted at the end. KEEP=1 keeps the test
 # cluster (kubeconfig in the printed directory) until you run it with
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ wait_for() {
   done
 }
 
-# Endpoint, region and bucket as Velero itself uses them. MinIO answers a
-# request signed for the wrong region (rclone defaults to us-east-1) with a
-# bare 400 on HEAD.
+# Endpoint, region and bucket as Velero itself uses them. The NAS rejects a
+# request signed for the wrong region (rclone defaults to us-east-1); MinIO
+# did so with a bare 400 on HEAD.
 if [[ -n ${FROM_VOLUME:-} ]]; then
   BUCKET=${BUCKET:-velero-backups}
 else
   bsl=$(pk -n velero get backupstoragelocations default -o json)
-  MINIO=${MINIO:-$(jq -r '.spec.config.s3Url' <<<"$bsl")}
+  S3URL=${S3URL:-$(jq -r '.spec.config.s3Url' <<<"$bsl")}
   REGION=${REGION:-$(jq -r '.spec.config.region // "us-east-1"' <<<"$bsl")}
   BUCKET=${BUCKET:-$(jq -r '.spec.objectStorage.bucket' <<<"$bsl")}
 fi
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ if [[ -n ${FROM_VOLUME:-} ]]; then
   docker run --rm -v "$FROM_VOLUME:/from:ro" -v "$VOL:/data" alpine:3.22 cp -a /from/. /data/
 else
 echo "== copy from the NAS (read-only)"
-(umask 077; pk -n velero get secret cloud-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.cloud}' | base64 -d |
+(umask 077; pk -n velero get secret velero-s3-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.cloud}' | base64 -d |
   awk -F' *= *' '/aws_access_key_id/ {print "RCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$2}
                  /aws_secret_access_key/ {print "RCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$2}' > "$WORK/nas.env"
-  printf 'RCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_TYPE=s3\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_PROVIDER=Minio\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_ENDPOINT=%s\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_REGION=%s\n' "$MINIO" "$REGION" >> "$WORK/nas.env")
+  printf 'RCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_TYPE=s3\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_PROVIDER=Other\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_ENDPOINT=%s\nRCLONE_CONFIG_NAS_REGION=%s\n' "$S3URL" "$REGION" >> "$WORK/nas.env")
 copy() { docker run --rm --env-file "$WORK/nas.env" -v "$VOL:/data" "$RCLONE" copy --stats-one-line "nas:$BUCKET/$1" "/data/$BUCKET/$1"; }
 copy "backups/$backup"
 for ns in "${namespaces[@]}"; do copy "kopia/$ns"; done

bolletjestrui/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -54,3 +54,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

cert-manager/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# cert-manager's three pods reach each other, DNS and the API server (the
+# node, port 16443), and take connections only from each other and the
+# node: the API server calls the webhook from there and the kubelet probes
+# come from there too (10.1.7.64 is the node's Calico VXLAN address,
+# projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr). Nothing scrapes the metrics on
+# 9402. The HTTP-01 solver pods run in each Certificate's own namespace
+# (acme-http01-solver in <namespace>/networkpolicy.yaml), not here.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+---
+# The controller talks to Let's Encrypt (443), and before it lets Let's
+# Encrypt check a challenge it fetches http://<host>/.well-known/... itself
+# (80). Every certificate's host has a public address, node001's or the
+# home router's (checked 2026-10-26), so the LAN stays out.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: controller-to-internet
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: cert-manager
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
+  policyTypes:
+    - Egress
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
+            except:
+              - 10.0.0.0/8
+              - 100.64.0.0/10
+              - 169.254.0.0/16
+              - 172.16.0.0/12
+              - 192.168.0.0/16
+      ports:
+        - port: 80
+        - port: 443

cloudnative-pg/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# The CloudNativePG operator reaches DNS, the API server (the node, port
+# 16443) and the PostgreSQL instances it runs in other namespaces: the
+# instance manager's status port (8000) and PostgreSQL (5432), which the
+# instances' own policies let in (postgres-cnpg in authentik and immich).
+# Besides its own namespace it takes connections only from the node: the
+# API server calls its webhook (9443) from there and the kubelet probes
+# come from there too (10.1.7.64 is the node's Calico VXLAN address,
+# projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr). The chart's Application
+# (apps/templates/cloudnativepg-helm.yaml) only installs the chart, so
+# this folder gets an Application of its own, cloudnative-pg-folder.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector: {}
+          podSelector:
+            matchExpressions:
+              - key: cnpg.io/cluster
+                operator: Exists
+      ports:
+        - port: 8000
+        - port: 5432

default/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Nothing runs in default (2026-10-26: only the kubernetes Service, whose
+# endpoint is the API server on the node, which this doesn't touch). A pod
+# started here, by `kubectl run` or a manifest without a namespace, gets
+# no network at all, instead of reaching the LAN, Vault and every app.
+# Anything that needs a network gets a namespace and a policy of its own.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default-deny
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress

dns/cronjob.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
         - name: sync
-          image: python:3.12-alpine
+          image: python:3.15-alpine
           command:
             - sh
             - -c

dns/kustomization.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ resources:
   - external-secret.yaml
   - rbac.yaml
   - cronjob.yaml
+  - networkpolicy.yaml
 
 configMapGenerator:
   - name: dns-sync-script

dns/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# The only pod here is the dns-sync Job (a PostSync hook): it installs its
+# Python packages from PyPI and pushes domains/ to TransIP's API, so it
+# reaches DNS and the internet (not the LAN, the API server or other
+# namespaces). Nothing connects to it.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
+            except:
+              - 10.0.0.0/8
+              - 100.64.0.0/10
+              - 169.254.0.0/16
+              - 172.16.0.0/12
+              - 192.168.0.0/16
+      ports:
+        - port: 443

docs/immich-scouts-online.md

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ view, and everything is shared with everyone automatically.
 - **immich has no user groups**; albums are shared per user, as viewer or
   editor. The owner and editors of an album may add users and change
   their roles. Search only covers your own photos and those of partners
-  you show in your timeline.
+  you show in your timeline. People (face recognition) are per user too,
+  and a partner's library doesn't bring its people along; since 3.3 a
+  user can share people with the users in their cluster group.
 
 ## Design
 
@@ -46,7 +48,10 @@ view, and everything is shared with everyone automatically.
   every user into every album of the group account (`fotoupload@`), as
   editor or viewer by quota; the group account's library as a partner of
   everyone, shown in the timeline; album invitations for albums older than
-  a week hidden; sessions of OAuth users older than 30 days ended. Albums
+  a week hidden; sessions of OAuth users older than 30 days ended;
+  everyone in the group account's cluster group with its people shared
+  (names editable by those who may upload, added 2026-10-28, when nobody
+  but the group account could search by face). Albums
   that kaderleden create get the group account as editor first (in the
   database, since the API only lets an album's owner or editors share
   it), so they go to everyone too; names starting with "Privé"/"Prive"

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ One node: opti1, an OptiPlex 5060 with an i5-8600T, 32 GB and one 1 TB
 SATA SSD that is 72% full. microk8s v1.36.5 from 1.36/edge, snap held.
 35 Argo CD apps (with metrics-server), all Synced/Healthy; every Longhorn
 volume has one replica. authentik 2026.8.5, Vault 2.2.1. Backups go to the
-NAS (192.168.1.99): Longhorn to NFS at 00:00 (7 kept), Velero to MinIO at
-01:00 (daily kept 30 days, weekly 90 days). Gatus on s1 (node001, Hetzner)
-and s2 (home) watch each other and alert through ntfy; s2 also gets an
-hourly report from inside the cluster on the backups, Vault's seal, the
-Argo CD apps and the CNPG clusters.
+NAS (192.168.1.99): Longhorn to NFS at 00:00 (7 kept), Velero to Garage
+(MinIO until 2026-10-26) at 01:00 (daily kept 30 days, weekly 90 days).
+Gatus on s1 (node001, Hetzner) and s2 (home) watch each other and alert
+through ntfy; s2 also gets an hourly report from inside the cluster on the
+backups, Vault's seal, the Argo CD apps and the CNPG clusters.
 Every app namespace has NetworkPolicies, and CI renders and validates all
 apps on every PR. node001 runs mail and tunnels the public hosts home.
 
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ docs/longhorn-second-ssd.md:
   2026-10-25). The snap is held, so microk8s gets no updates at all until
   someone refreshes it
 - [ ] Second SSD, docs/longhorn-second-ssd.md
-- [ ] Optional: `MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_REVISION=v2` for immich ML
+- [x] `MACHINE_LEARNING_MODEL_REVISION=v2` for immich ML (PR #39,
+  2026-10-25; the models are cached on a volume)
 
 ## Next, in order
 
@@ -63,25 +64,28 @@ belong to the group.
 There is no off-site copy (2026-10-25). The plan: swap S3 buckets with a
 friend.
 
-- [ ] Ours to his bucket: Hyper Backup on the Synology, destination "S3
-  Storage" with his endpoint as a custom server. Client-side encryption
-  on: the kopia repositories use Velero's default password
-  (`static-passw0rd`), so without it he could read everything, the
-  group's photos included. Keep the encryption key next to the Vault
-  unseal key. Source: the shared folder with MinIO's `velero-backups`
-  bucket (~150-200 GB). Daily after the Velero backup, Smart Recycle,
-  mail on failure
+- [ ] Ours to his bucket: `rclone sync` from Garage's `velero-backups`
+  (~190 GB) to his bucket through an rclone `crypt` remote, in Docker on
+  the NAS like the copy from MinIO (see 5). Encrypted on our side: the
+  kopia repositories use Velero's default password (`static-passw0rd`),
+  so without it he could read everything, the group's photos included.
+  Keep the crypt passwords next to the Vault unseal key. Daily after the
+  Velero backup, ntfy on failure. Hyper Backup, the earlier plan, backs up
+  shared folders; Garage keeps its objects as blocks plus a metadata
+  database, and a copy of that folder taken while Garage runs is not
+  consistent
 - [ ] Needed from him: endpoint, which S3 server he runs, space (~200 GB
   now, 500 GB to grow), and versioning or object lock on the bucket, so
   whoever takes over the NAS can't delete the off-site copy as well
-- [ ] His backups with us: Garage (not MinIO, see 5) in Container Manager
-  on the Synology, in its own shared folder, with a bucket and key for him
-  and a quota. Only the S3 API public, as `s3.rubenhensen.nl` through
-  node001 and Envoy with a cert-manager certificate; the admin API stays
-  on the LAN. The cluster side (DNS, node001 tunnel, Certificate,
-  HTTPRoute) goes in git. Needed: how much space he wants, free space on
-  the NAS
-- [ ] Decide which copy of the immich library goes off-site (see 5)
+- [ ] His backups with us: a bucket and key for him, with a quota, in the
+  Garage on the NAS (`nas/garage`, see 5). Only the S3 API public, as
+  `s3.rubenhensen.nl` through node001 and Envoy with a cert-manager
+  certificate; the admin API stays on the LAN. The cluster side (DNS,
+  node001 tunnel, Certificate, HTTPRoute) goes in git. Needed: how much
+  space he wants, free space on the NAS
+- [x] Which copy of the immich library goes off-site: Velero's, with the
+  rest of the bucket (decided 2026-10-26). It is most of the ~190 GB, so
+  ask him for room for it
 - [ ] A restore test that runs on a schedule. `backup-testing/` predates
   Envoy Gateway and still rewrites `*.hensen.io` and bypasses sol-auth.
   Planned on 2026-10-25, not run: a second Velero on the real bucket is
@@ -108,9 +112,12 @@ friend.
   MinIO runs region `minio`; the script now reads endpoint, region and
   bucket from Velero's location. Copying freshrss's kopia repository took
   14 of the ~17 minutes
-- [ ] Run it on a schedule. It needs Docker and the MinIO key, so not in
-  the cluster itself: the Mac (launchd) or node001, ideally with a
-  read-only MinIO user
+- [x] Ran it again on 2026-10-26 against the copy in Garage
+  (daily-backup-20261026010028, same namespaces), before Velero switched
+  over (see 5): passed, in 5 minutes instead of 17
+- [ ] Run it on a schedule. It needs Docker and an S3 key, so not in the
+  cluster itself: the Mac (launchd) or node001, ideally with a read-only
+  Garage key (`garage key create`, `garage bucket allow --read`)
 
 ### 3. authentik 2026.2.1 → 2026.8.5
 
@@ -193,18 +200,52 @@ Findings from 2026-10-25:
 - Velero copies the CNPG and MariaDB data directories file by file while
   the databases run, which is not a consistent copy. The Longhorn backups
   start from a snapshot and are crash-consistent. CNPG can back up to
-  MinIO itself (barman cloud plugin), with point-in-time recovery.
+  Garage itself (barman cloud plugin), with point-in-time recovery.
 - The PartiallyFailed daily backup of 10-23 (emptyDirs of Velero's own
   maintenance job pods) was fixed that afternoon by
   `velero/skip-emptydir-policy.yaml`.
 
-- [ ] Whether the immich library stays in Velero. It stays for now
-  (2026-10-25); decide again with the off-site copy (2)
-- [ ] CNPG backups through the barman cloud plugin
-- [ ] Velero's target, MinIO on the NAS, is no longer maintained: no
+- [x] Whether the immich library stays in Velero: it stays, since
+  Velero's bucket is what goes off-site (2; decided 2026-10-26)
+- [x] CNPG backups through the barman cloud plugin (PR #56, merged
+  2026-10-26 22:43 UTC): authentik's and immich's PostgreSQL 17 back up
+  to their own bucket in Garage (`cnpg-authentik`, `cnpg-immich`), a base
+  backup at 03:00 UTC and the WAL every 5 minutes, kept 30 days. Adding
+  the sidecar restarted both instances; authentik was down from 22:44 to
+  22:48, since the old pod waited for its connections to close. The first
+  base backups: 46 MB in 29 s and 776 MB in 3.5 minutes. immich's
+  `immediate` backup ran before the plugin was up and failed; a manual one
+  (`immich-postgres-17-first`) went through
+- [ ] Restore one of them into a new Cluster (`bootstrap.recovery` from
+  the ObjectStore, to a point in time) to see that it works. After that,
+  decide whether Velero still needs to copy the CNPG data directories
+- [ ] Take `cnpg-authentik` and `cnpg-immich` along in the off-site copy
+  (2)
+- [x] Velero's target, MinIO on the NAS, is no longer maintained: no
   community images since October 2025, maintenance mode since December
-  2025, and the repository is archived. Move Velero to the Garage from 2
-  and switch MinIO off
+  2025, and the repository is archived. Since 2026-10-26 Velero backs up
+  to Garage on the same NAS (`nas/garage`, PR #35). The bucket was copied
+  with rclone (185 GiB in about 6 hours, then a catch-up sync just before
+  the switch), so the existing backups and kopia repositories carried on:
+  after the switch all 55 backups were still listed, and a manual backup
+  of ntfy found the existing repository and used the night's snapshot as
+  its parent. Two things made the NAS slow during the copy: Garage on
+  LMDB with `metadata_fsync`, ~270 disk writes/s while idle (now SQLite,
+  see `nas/garage/garage.toml`), and MinIO's scanner, which kept one disk
+  at 97% busy. The scanner is now at `slowest` (`mc admin config set local
+  scanner speed=slowest` in the MinIO container); it may have slowed
+  Velero's backups to MinIO as well
+- [ ] Switch MinIO off once Velero has run on Garage for a week (from
+  2026-11-02): stop the container, then delete `/volume1/minio` (343 GiB)
+  and the hand-made Secret `velero/cloud-credentials` (MinIO's key). Only
+  MinIO still has the kopia repositories of namespaces that are gone
+  (~156 GB: nextcloud, ttrss, whisper-priv, whisper-webui, blog, ghost,
+  mbg-wordpress, sogo, sogo-mail, outrun-game, owntracks); decide first
+  whether any of them is worth keeping
+- [ ] Garage's SQLite WAL (`meta/db.sqlite-wal`) was 1.7 GB on
+  2026-10-26 next to a 270 MB database, and going by the folders in
+  `meta/snapshots`, each 6-hourly metadata snapshot takes about 70
+  minutes. Not growing; check again after a week of normal use
 
 ### 6. Monitoring
 
@@ -273,10 +314,23 @@ Counted 2026-10-25 over the 73 running containers:
   OIDC logins of Vault and FreshRSS reach authentik, all 24
   ExternalSecrets refresh, raft intact; Gitea no longer reaches the NAS
   or Vault, and a pod in `default` no longer reaches Vault or Gitea
-- [ ] The infrastructure namespaces (cert-manager, cnpg-system,
+- [ ] Certificates couldn't renew in those 11 namespaces: Envoy may only
+  reach each app's own port, and cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver listens on
+  8089. ynab's renewal hung from 2026-10-26 17:35 UTC; a policy for the
+  solver pods, applied by hand in actual-budget that evening, let it
+  through within 20 seconds (now valid until 2027-01-24). PR #51 adds it
+  to all 11. Without it the next renewals hang too: gitea on 11-15,
+  bolletjestrui on 11-18, the rest from 12-03
+- [x] The infrastructure namespaces (cert-manager, cnpg-system,
   external-secrets, envoy-gateway-system, velero, mariadb-system, dns,
-  default) still have none; `default` can reach the LAN and everything
-  without a policy
+  default), merged 2026-10-26: PR #54 for envoy-gateway-system (22:31
+  UTC), PR #53 for the rest (22:42 UTC; one commit per namespace, and
+  `default` denies everything). Checked afterwards: all 16 public hosts
+  answer as before; server-side dry runs reach the CNPG, ESO,
+  cert-manager and MariaDB webhooks (all fail closed); Velero's location
+  Available, every ExternalSecret synced, the dns-sync job ran, no errors
+  from the operators after the barman plugin had started. Velero's policy
+  only lets it reach Garage, not MinIO's port 9000
 - [x] Requests: PR #33, merged 2026-10-25 11:23 UTC, for everything that
   had none except the Vault server, from `kubectl top` every 5 minutes
   from 03:13 to 08:40 UTC (highest memory plus 10%, CPU at p95, 10m
@@ -309,10 +363,14 @@ Counted 2026-10-25 over the 73 running containers:
   `litespeed-cache` only caches pages on a LiteSpeed server, so it does
   little here, `wordpress-importer` is usually for a one-off import, and
   `code-snippets` runs PHP from the dashboard
-- [ ] Rate limiting per visitor in Envoy needs the client's address, which
-  node001 loses: it passes TLS through, so every request arrives from
-  46.224.26.65. That needs the PROXY protocol from node001's nginx to Envoy
-  (ClientTrafficPolicy `enableProxyProtocol`)
+- [ ] Rate limiting per visitor in Envoy, on hold. Since PR #50
+  (2026-10-26) node001 passes the visitor's address on with the PROXY
+  protocol, and the apps see it: authentik logs it, Apache logs it for
+  WordPress, so Wordfence's lockout after 20 failed logins now hits one
+  visitor instead of everyone. Envoy Gateway's local rate limit can't
+  count per address (no `Distinct`); that takes its global rate limit,
+  with a Redis and a ratelimit service next to it. Not worth two more
+  components on the one node while the apps' own limits work
 - [x] Probes for gitea (`/api/healthz`), freshrss (TCP, since
   mod_auth_openidc answers 401 to non-browsers) and serpbear (`/login`)
   (2026-10-25). Liveness only after 5 failures 30s apart, to ride out the
@@ -323,8 +381,10 @@ Counted 2026-10-25 over the 73 running containers:
 
 ### 8. Renovate and CI
 
-10 Renovate PRs are open, the oldest from February, and nothing checks a
-PR before Argo CD applies it.
+On 2026-10-25 10 Renovate PRs were open, the oldest from February, and
+nothing checked a PR before Argo CD applied it. All of them have since been
+merged or closed (below), none are open (checked 2026-10-25), and CI checks
+every PR.
 
 - [x] `.github/workflows/validate.yaml` runs `tools/ci/validate.py` on
   every PR and push (2026-10-25): it renders all 36 apps the way Argo CD
@@ -348,7 +408,10 @@ PR before Argo CD applies it.
   fail the run; tested with a planted Secret and an untagged image), plus
   PR annotations for containers without requests or probes. freshrss's
   `alpine/git` init container had no tag; now `v2.52.0`
-- [ ] Automerge patch versions of low-risk apps now that CI runs
+- [ ] Automerge patch versions of low-risk apps now that CI runs: PR #52
+  (ntfy, gatus, freshrss, serpbear, actual-budget and CI's own tools;
+  three days after the release, only on weekday evenings and at the
+  weekend, when the cluster can be reached)
 - [x] Renovate listed external-snapshotter twice (#15 and #24): its
   `argocd` manager and a custom `github-tags` regex both matched. The
   regex is gone; Renovate should close #15 by itself
@@ -405,11 +468,10 @@ step after that, if downtime starts to matter.
   there and the volumes hold nothing (0 bytes in every backup). Drop both
   mounts and the two PVCs, or make them ConfigMap files if custom config
   is wanted
-- [ ] `kubectl delete namespace secrets`, empty since its app went
-- [ ] 41 Failed Velero backups: the dailies from 2026-09-26 to 10-21 and
-  the weeklies since 08-02. Velero doesn't restore from a Failed backup;
-  left alone they expire by 2027-01-16.
-  `kubectl -n velero exec deploy/velero -c velero -- /velero backup delete $(kubectl -n velero get backups.velero.io -o json | jq -r '.items[] | select(.status.phase=="Failed") | .metadata.name' | xargs) --confirm`
+- [x] The namespace `secrets` was already gone on 2026-10-26
+- [x] The Failed Velero backups (the dailies from 2026-09-26 to 10-21 and
+  the weeklies since 08-02; 40 by then, one had expired), deleted through
+  Velero on 2026-10-26. Left: 13 Completed, 3 PartiallyFailed
 - [ ] The mariadb-operator Backup `mbgwp-pre-migration-backup`, a dump
   from 2026-02-22 on its own 10 GiB volume (which has a Longhorn backup
   from 2026-10-22). The PVC has no owner, so it goes separately:
@@ -446,7 +508,7 @@ critical / high:
 | tensorchord/cloudnative-vectorchord:17.11-1.1.1 | 17 | 136 | immich's database; look for a newer tag |
 | longhornio/longhorn-instance-manager:v1.7.3 | 11 | 159 | still serves 16 volumes, see below |
 | actualbudget/actual-server:26.6.0 | 8 | 83 | chart 1.8.9; Renovate now covers it |
-| gitea/gitea:1.27.3 | 8 | 43 | PR #26 (28.2.0) |
+| gitea/gitea:1.27.3 | 8 | 43 | now 28.2.0 (PR #26, 2026-10-25); not scanned again |
 | immich-server / machine-learning v3.3.5 | 7, 7 | 113, 78 | a newer immich release |
 | towfiqi/serpbear:3.1.0 | 6 | 77 | a newer release |
 | rubenhensen/bolletjestrui:main-10268f1 | 5 | 76 | rebuild on a current base image |

external-secrets/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# External Secrets' three pods reach each other, DNS and the API server
+# (the node, port 16443); the controller also reads Vault
+# (vault-active.vault.svc:8200, which vault/networkpolicy.yaml lets it
+# into). Besides their own namespace they take connections only from the
+# node: the API server calls the webhook from there and the kubelet probes
+# come from there too (10.1.7.64 is the node's Calico VXLAN address,
+# projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr). The Password generator behind
+# gatus/backup-check-token needs no network. The chart's Application
+# (apps/templates/external-secrets-helm.yaml) only installs the chart, so
+# this folder gets an Application of its own, external-secrets-folder.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: controller-to-vault
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: external-secrets
+  policyTypes:
+    - Egress
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: vault
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: vault
+      ports:
+        - port: 8200

freshrss/freshrss-deployment.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         io.kompose.service: freshrss
     spec:
       initContainers:
-        - image: alpine/git:v2.52.0
+        - image: alpine/git:v2.54.0
           name: git
           command:
           - git
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ spec:
               value: Europe/Amsterdam
           # 1.30.3 ships PHP 8.4.27, which fixes CVE-2026-109618 and
           # CVE-2026-109619.
-          image: freshrss/freshrss:1.30.3
+          image: freshrss/freshrss:1.30.4
           name: freshrss
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80

freshrss/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -56,3 +56,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

gateway/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Envoy Gateway: the controller and the proxy it runs (envoyproxy.yaml).
+# Both reach each other (the proxy gets its config from the controller on
+# 18000) and DNS, and take connections from each other and the node: the
+# API server calls the controller's topology webhook (9443) from there and
+# the kubelet probes come from there too (10.1.7.64 is the node's Calico
+# VXLAN address, projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr). Nothing scrapes
+# the metrics on 19001.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+---
+# The proxy holds the node's ports 80 and 443 (10080 and 10443 inside) and
+# takes connections there from anywhere: the internet through node001 and
+# the router, the LAN, and pods that call a public hostname. It reaches
+# every app it routes to (pods in any namespace; their own policies decide
+# which port), Home Assistant on 192.168.1.202:8123 (outside the cluster,
+# home-assistant/), and the internet on 443 for Longhorn's OIDC login
+# (authentik's token endpoint, at its public address).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: proxy
+  namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - ports:
+        - port: 10080
+        - port: 10443
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.202/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 8123
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
+            except:
+              - 10.0.0.0/8
+              - 100.64.0.0/10
+              - 169.254.0.0/16
+              - 172.16.0.0/12
+              - 192.168.0.0/16
+      ports:
+        - port: 443
+---
+# Everything but the proxy (the controller, and the chart's certgen job on
+# upgrades) reaches the API server (the node, port 16443). The controller
+# also fetches the OIDC discovery document of Longhorn's SecurityPolicy
+# from authentik's public address.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: control-plane
+  namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchExpressions:
+      - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+        operator: NotIn
+        values:
+          - envoy
+  policyTypes:
+    - Egress
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
+            except:
+              - 10.0.0.0/8
+              - 100.64.0.0/10
+              - 169.254.0.0/16
+              - 172.16.0.0/12
+              - 192.168.0.0/16
+      ports:
+        - port: 443

gatus/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -83,3 +83,29 @@ spec:
             cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
       ports:
         - port: 16443
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

gitea/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -55,3 +55,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

immich/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ spec:
 ---
 # The CNPG operator checks each instance on its status port and connects to
 # PostgreSQL; the instance manager inside each pod watches its Cluster
-# through the API server (the node, port 16443).
+# through the API server (the node, port 16443). The barman cloud sidecar
+# sends the WAL and the base backups to Garage on the NAS
+# (postgresql-backup.yaml).
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy
 metadata:
@@ -100,3 +102,34 @@ spec:
             cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
       ports:
         - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.99/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 3900
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

immich/postgresql-backup.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# Backups of immich's database (albums, faces, the photos' metadata; the
+# photos themselves are files on immich-claim) by CNPG itself, through the
+# barman cloud plugin (apps/templates/plugin-barman-cloud-helm.yaml): a base
+# backup every night, and every WAL segment as soon as it is full or 5
+# minutes old (archive_timeout). Both go to the bucket cnpg-immich in Garage
+# on the NAS (nas/garage), so the database can be restored to any moment of
+# the last 30 days. Velero copies the data directory while PostgreSQL runs,
+# which is not a consistent copy. Only the PostgreSQL 17 cluster; the 14
+# one is about to go.
+# The key is Garage's cnpg-immich, in Vault as kv/cnpg-immich-s3; it can
+# only reach this bucket.
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: immich-postgres-17-s3
+  namespace: immich
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: vault-backend
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  refreshInterval: 15m
+  target:
+    name: immich-postgres-17-s3
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      engineVersion: v2
+      data:
+        ACCESS_KEY_ID: "{{ .access_key_id }}"
+        ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: "{{ .secret_access_key }}"
+        # Garage rejects requests signed for another region
+        REGION: garage
+  data:
+    - secretKey: access_key_id
+      remoteRef:
+        key: kv/cnpg-immich-s3
+        property: access_key_id
+    - secretKey: secret_access_key
+      remoteRef:
+        key: kv/cnpg-immich-s3
+        property: secret_access_key
+---
+apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ObjectStore
+metadata:
+  name: immich-postgres-17
+  namespace: immich
+  annotations:
+    # The CRD comes with the plugin's own app
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: SkipDryRunOnMissingResource=true
+spec:
+  retentionPolicy: 30d
+  configuration:
+    destinationPath: s3://cnpg-immich/
+    endpointURL: http://192.168.1.99:3900
+    s3Credentials:
+      accessKeyId:
+        name: immich-postgres-17-s3
+        key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      secretAccessKey:
+        name: immich-postgres-17-s3
+        key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      region:
+        name: immich-postgres-17-s3
+        key: REGION
+    wal:
+      compression: gzip
+    data:
+      compression: gzip
+  instanceSidecarConfiguration:
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 10m
+        memory: 64Mi
+    env:
+      # Newer boto3 adds checksums that S3-compatible stores can reject;
+      # the plugin's docs suggest sending them only when required.
+      - name: AWS_REQUEST_CHECKSUM_CALCULATION
+        value: when_required
+      - name: AWS_RESPONSE_CHECKSUM_VALIDATION
+        value: when_required
+---
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ScheduledBackup
+metadata:
+  name: immich-postgres-17-daily
+  namespace: immich
+spec:
+  cluster:
+    name: immich-postgres-17
+  # 03:00 UTC, after Longhorn's and Velero's backups; immediate: one right
+  # away, so WAL archiving has a base backup to start from.
+  schedule: "0 0 3 * * *"
+  immediate: true
+  backupOwnerReference: self
+  method: plugin
+  pluginConfiguration:
+    name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io

immich/postgresql-cluster-17.yaml

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ spec:
     shared_preload_libraries:
       - "vchord.so"
 
+  # WAL archiving and base backups to Garage, see postgresql-backup.yaml
+  plugins:
+    - name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+      isWALArchiver: true
+      parameters:
+        barmanObjectName: immich-postgres-17
+
   # Filled once from the PostgreSQL 14 cluster (immich-postgres) after its
   # embedding columns were turned into real[] and pgvecto.rs was dropped,
   # see docs/upgrade-k8s-1.33.md.

immich/share-sync.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 # - the group account's library is shared as a partner and shown in
 #   everyone's timeline, so search covers it (immich only searches your own
 #   and your timeline partners' photos);
+# - everyone is put in the group account's cluster group and gets its
+#   people (person sharing, immich 3.3): people are per user, and a partner
+#   library doesn't bring its people along. Those who may upload can name
+#   them, for everyone;
 # - the invitation notifications for albums older than a week are hidden,
 #   or a new member would get one per album;
 # - sessions of OAuth users older than SESSION_MAX_AGE_DAYS are ended, so
@@ -15,8 +19,11 @@
 #   Online.
 # Albums and partners go through the API. Joining other people's albums
 # (the API only lets an album's owner or editors share it), the timeline
-# flag (which only the receiving user can set), the notifications and the
-# sessions go straight to the database.
+# flag and the cluster group (which only the receiving user can set or
+# accept), sharing the people (the API wants person.update, which the
+# group's key lacks, and with password login off nobody can log in as the
+# group to add it), the notifications and the sessions go straight to the
+# database.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -24,6 +31,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: immich
 data:
   sync.py: |
+    import collections
     import json
     import os
     import subprocess
@@ -129,6 +137,62 @@ data:
         'UPDATE partner SET "inTimeline" = true WHERE "sharedById" = :\'group\' AND NOT "inTimeline"',
         group=group_id,
     )
+    # What accepting an invitation to the group account's cluster group does
+    # (ClusterGroupService.acceptRequest): the person groups only the member
+    # has people in move along. Members with people in groups that others
+    # also have people in are left alone; that only happens after sharing.
+    for (email,) in sql(
+        """
+        BEGIN;
+        CREATE TEMP TABLE moving ON COMMIT DROP AS
+        SELECT u.id FROM "user" u, "user" g
+        WHERE g.id = :'group' AND u.id = ANY (:'members'::uuid[])
+          AND u."clusterGroupId" <> g."clusterGroupId"
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+            SELECT 1 FROM person p
+            JOIN person o ON o."personGroupId" = p."personGroupId" AND o."ownerId" <> p."ownerId"
+            WHERE p."ownerId" = u.id
+          );
+        UPDATE person_group SET "clusterGroupId" = (SELECT "clusterGroupId" FROM "user" WHERE id = :'group')
+        WHERE id IN (SELECT p."personGroupId" FROM person p JOIN moving m ON m.id = p."ownerId");
+        DELETE FROM cluster_group_request
+        WHERE "userId" IN (SELECT id FROM moving)
+          AND "clusterGroupId" = (SELECT "clusterGroupId" FROM "user" WHERE id = :'group');
+        UPDATE "user" SET "clusterGroupId" = (SELECT "clusterGroupId" FROM "user" WHERE id = :'group')
+        WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM moving)
+        RETURNING email;
+        COMMIT;
+        """,
+        group=group_id,
+        members="{" + ",".join(members) + "}",
+    ):
+        print(f"put {email} in the group's cluster group", flush=True)
+    # What PUT /people/users does for the group account: its people, with
+    # their names, in every member's people list and search filters. Write
+    # access (naming people, for everyone) for those who may upload.
+    shared = sql(
+        """
+        INSERT INTO person_user ("personGroupId", "sharedById", "sharedWithId", role)
+        SELECT p."personGroupId", p."ownerId", m.id, m.role::person_user_role_enum
+        FROM person p
+        JOIN "user" g ON g.id = p."ownerId"
+        CROSS JOIN unnest(:'ids'::uuid[], :'roles'::text[]) AS m(id, role)
+        JOIN "user" u ON u.id = m.id AND u."clusterGroupId" = g."clusterGroupId"
+        WHERE p."ownerId" = :'group' AND NOT p."isHidden"
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+            SELECT 1 FROM person_user pu
+            WHERE pu."personGroupId" = p."personGroupId" AND pu."sharedById" = p."ownerId"
+              AND pu."sharedWithId" = m.id AND pu.role = m.role::person_user_role_enum
+          )
+        ON CONFLICT ("personGroupId", "sharedById", "sharedWithId") DO UPDATE SET role = EXCLUDED.role
+        RETURNING "sharedWithId", role
+        """,
+        group=group_id,
+        ids="{" + ",".join(wanted) + "}",
+        roles="{" + ",".join("read" if role == "viewer" else "write" for role in wanted.values()) + "}",
+    )
+    for (uid, role), count in sorted(collections.Counter(map(tuple, shared)).items()):
+        print(f"share {count} people with {members[uid]} ({role})", flush=True)
     sql(
         """
         UPDATE notification SET "deletedAt" = now()

mariadb-operator/kustomization.yaml

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - operator-crds-helm.yaml
   - operator-helm.yaml
+  - networkpolicy.yaml

mariadb-operator/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# The mariadb-operator's three pods reach each other, DNS and the API
+# server (the node, port 16443); the operator also connects to MariaDB on
+# 3306 for the databases, users and grants it manages (mbgwp's
+# mariadb-from-operator lets it in). Besides their own namespace they take
+# connections only from the node: the API server calls the webhook from
+# there and the kubelet probes come from there too (10.1.7.64 is the node's
+# Calico VXLAN address, projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr). This
+# folder's Application deploys into argocd (the operator's own
+# Applications), hence the namespace here.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  namespace: mariadb-system
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector: {}
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
+      ports:
+        - port: 3306

mariadb-operator/operator-crds-helm.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
   source:
     chart: mariadb-operator-crds
     repoURL: https://mariadb-operator.github.io/mariadb-operator
-    targetRevision: 25.10.4
+    targetRevision: 26.10.2
   syncPolicy:
     automated:
       prune: true

mariadb-operator/operator-helm.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
   source:
     chart: mariadb-operator
     repoURL: https://mariadb-operator.github.io/mariadb-operator
-    targetRevision: 25.10.4
+    targetRevision: 26.10.2
     helm:
       values: |
         resources:

mbgwp/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -85,3 +85,29 @@ spec:
               kubernetes.io/metadata.name: mariadb-system
       ports:
         - port: 3306
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

nas/garage/README.md

@@ -31,5 +31,12 @@ Velero's key is in Vault as `kv/velero-s3` (`access_key_id`,
 `velero/external-secret.yaml`. Without the cluster, `$g key info velero
 --show-secret` on the NAS shows it again.
 
+CNPG's backups (`authentik/postgresql-backup.yaml`,
+`immich/postgresql-backup.yaml`) have a bucket and a key per cluster, so
+neither database can touch the other's backups. Made on 2026-10-26 the
+same way as Velero's, with `cnpg-authentik` and `cnpg-immich` as both
+bucket and key name; the keys are in Vault as `kv/cnpg-authentik-s3` and
+`kv/cnpg-immich-s3`.
+
 Renovate updates the image tag in `compose.yaml`, but nothing deploys it:
 after merging, `docker compose pull && docker compose up -d` on the NAS.

ntfy/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -65,3 +65,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

renovate.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "config:recommended",
     "customManagers:githubActionsVersions"
   ],
+  "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
   "argocd": {
     "description": "Every app folder; Renovate's regexes are RE2, which has no lookahead, so the other folders are skipped through ignorePaths",
     "managerFilePatterns": [
@@ -88,6 +89,27 @@
         "major"
       ],
       "enabled": false
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Patch updates of apps that hold little state and are easy to roll back, and of CI's tools, merge themselves once CI passes: three days after the release, in the evening or at the weekend, when the cluster can be reached. Not the databases, operators, Vault, authentik, Longhorn, Velero, immich, Gitea or WordPress. Renovate merges itself; the repo has no branch protection for GitHub's auto-merge to wait on",
+      "matchFileNames": [
+        "ntfy/**",
+        "gatus/**",
+        "freshrss/**",
+        "serpbear/**",
+        "actual-budget/**",
+        ".github/workflows/**"
+      ],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": [
+        "patch"
+      ],
+      "minimumReleaseAge": "3 days",
+      "automerge": true,
+      "platformAutomerge": false,
+      "automergeSchedule": [
+        "* 17-21 * * 1-5",
+        "* 10-21 * * 0,6"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }

serpbear/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -54,3 +54,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

vault/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -66,3 +66,29 @@ spec:
               - 169.254.0.0/16
               - 172.16.0.0/12
               - 192.168.0.0/16
+---
+# cert-manager's HTTP-01 solver, which runs only while a certificate
+# renews: Let's Encrypt and cert-manager's own self check reach it on 8089
+# through Envoy. The policies above let Envoy reach the app's port only,
+# which left the solver unreachable (found 2026-10-26, when ynab's renewal
+# hung).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: acme-http01-solver
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      acme.cert-manager.io/http01-solver: "true"
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: envoy-gateway-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      ports:
+        - port: 8089

velero/nas-svc.yaml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: nas-minio-external
-spec:
-  type: ExternalName
-  externalName: 192.168.1.99
-  ports:
-    - port: 9000
-      protocol: TCP

velero/networkpolicy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Velero, its node agent, and the pods it starts here (the data movers of
+# each pod volume backup or restore, kopia's maintenance jobs, the chart's
+# CRD upgrade job) reach each other, DNS, the API server (the node, port
+# 16443) and Garage on the NAS (192.168.1.99:3900, nas/garage). The node
+# agent reads volumes through its hostPath mount, not the network. Besides
+# their own namespace they take connections only from the node (kubelet
+# probes; 10.1.7.64 is the node's Calico VXLAN address,
+# projectcalico.org/IPv4VXLANTunnelAddr); nothing scrapes the metrics on
+# 8085. MinIO (the NAS, port 9000) is not allowed: going back to it means
+# adding its port here as well.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - from:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.1.7.64/32
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - podSelector: {}
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.204/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 16443
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 192.168.1.99/32
+      ports:
+        - port: 3900

velero/velero-helm.yaml

@@ -27,20 +27,22 @@ spec:
               - mountPath: /target
                 name: plugins
         configuration:
+          # Garage on the NAS (nas/garage). Until 2026-10-26 this was MinIO on
+          # the same NAS; the bucket was copied over with rclone, so the
+          # existing backups and kopia repositories carried on.
           backupStorageLocation:
             - name: default
               bucket: velero-backups
               provider: aws
               config:
-                region: minio
+                region: garage
                 s3ForcePathStyle: true
-                s3Url: http://192.168.1.99:9000
-                insecureSkipTLSVerify: "true"
+                s3Url: http://192.168.1.99:3900
           volumeSnapshotLocation:
             - name: default
               provider: aws
               config:
-                region: minio
+                region: garage
           features: EnableCSI
           # Kopia maintenance ran every hour for each of the 15 repositories,
           # and once a day as a full run of several minutes that writes its
@@ -59,11 +61,8 @@ spec:
                   memoryRequest: 256Mi
                   memoryLimit: 2Gi
         credentials:
-          # Use existing secret created by External Secrets Operator
-          # existingSecret: velero-minio-credentials
-          # extraEnvVars:
-          # AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE: /credentials/cloud
-          existingSecret: cloud-credentials
+          # From Vault, velero/external-secret.yaml
+          existingSecret: velero-s3-credentials
         deployNodeAgent: true
         nodeAgent:
           containerSecurityContext: