boma/docs/decisions/010-forgejo-ci.md
sjat db76be2a63 review-repo: clear O7-O12 clarity items
- ADR-011: ruled-out row was "digest-pinning stateful" (contradicted Decision 2);
  now "digest-only (no readable tag)" — tag@digest is adopted (O7)
- ADR-003/010: act_runner names ubongo as the runner host, runner VM as a future
  option (O8)
- ADR-008: WireGuard Molecule-exclusion row reframed to NetBird wt0 data plane (O9)
- ADR-011: scheduled_jobs xref points to TODO 8.3, not ADR-010 (O10)
- CAPABILITIES: add /verify-service Level 4 capability row (O11)
- TODO 3.10: rewrite the garbled base-container question (O12)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-05 19:28:07 +02:00

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ADR-010 — Forgejo integration and CI

Context

boma's git host, container registry, and (planned) CI all run on a self-hosted Forgejo instance at forgejo.nyumbani.baobab.band (SSH on 7577, HTTPS on 443). Both humans and AI/automation interact with it. This ADR sets the principles so the instance does not become undocumented click-ops drift, and so its credentials are held to the same standard as the rest of the repo's secrets.


What Forgejo provides here

  • Git hostingorigin (push/pull over SSH; key-based, not token).
  • Container registry — hosts the Molecule test image (forgejo.nyumbani.baobab.band/sjat/molecule-debian13); see ADR-008.
  • Actions CI — planned, not yet enabled (has_actions: false); trunk-based pipeline per ADR-003 / ADR-008.

Decisions

1. API tokens are managed secrets, least-privilege

A Forgejo API token (PAT) is a secret and follows ADR-002: stored in Vaultwarden (item boma-forgejo-api), fetched via rbw get boma-forgejo-api (run rbw sync first if it was just added), never written to a file or pasted into chat. Tokens are least-privilege — scoped to their purpose, never admin.

Note what does not need a token: git push/pull (SSH key), and Terraform state (local — ADR-006). A token for CI / registry use needs only:

  • read:repository
  • read:package, write:package (pull/push the Molecule image)

2. Declarative-first, not click-ops

Forgejo configuration lives in the repo where possible:

  • Actions workflows in .forgejo/workflows/ (version-controlled).
  • Repo/instance settings are codified or documented; changing them ad-hoc via the API or UI is a documented exception, recorded when done — not the norm.

The point: the Forgejo instance must not become the kind of undocumented drift that /review-repo exists to catch.

3. Automation boundary

Automation / AI may, via the API or CLI: read repo and CI state, manage the container registry, run and inspect CI. It must not, without explicit human direction: change instance/admin settings, delete repos or packages, or rotate credentials.


CI pipeline (planned)

Trunk-based, matching ADR-003 / ADR-008:

push to main → lint + Molecule → deploy staging → [manual gate] → deploy production

Runner: act_runner on ubongo (the control node — ADR-015), or a dedicated runner VM later if CI load warrants a separate host. Actions is not yet enabled — see STATUS.md.


What was ruled out

Option Reason
Terraform Forgejo HTTP state backend Forgejo's /raw/ API is read-only; state can't be written there. Local state instead (ADR-006).
Admin-scoped automation tokens Unnecessary privilege; scope to read:repository + read/write:package.
Ad-hoc UI/API configuration as the norm Becomes undocumented drift; codify or document instead.