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Joakim 4f8da38ca6 Add Nextcloud cloud storage role with split Redis caching strategy
## New Features

- **Nextcloud Role**: Complete cloud storage deployment using Podman Quadlet
  - FPM variant with Caddy reverse proxy and FastCGI
  - PostgreSQL database via Unix socket
  - Valkey/Redis for app-level caching and file locking
  - Automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt via Caddy
  - Dual-root pattern: Caddy serves static assets, FPM handles PHP

- **Split Caching Strategy**: Redis caching WITHOUT Redis sessions
  - Custom redis.config.php template for app-level caching only
  - File-based PHP sessions for stability (avoids session lock issues)
  - Prevents cascading failures from session lock contention
  - Documented in role README with detailed rationale

## Infrastructure Updates

- **Socket Permissions**: Update PostgreSQL and Valkey to mode 777
  - Required for containers that switch users (root → www-data)
  - Nextcloud container loses supplementary groups on user switch
  - Security maintained via password authentication (scram-sha-256, requirepass)
  - Documented socket permission architecture in docs/

- **PostgreSQL**: Export client group GID as fact for dependent roles
- **Valkey**: Export client group GID as fact, update socket fix service

## Documentation

- New: docs/socket-permissions-architecture.md
  - Explains 777 vs 770 socket permission trade-offs
  - Documents why group-based access doesn't work for user-switching containers
  - Provides TCP alternative for stricter security requirements

- Updated: All role READMEs with socket permission notes
- New: Nextcloud README with comprehensive deployment, troubleshooting, and Redis architecture documentation

## Configuration

- host_vars: Add Nextcloud vault variables and configuration
- site.yml: Include Nextcloud role in main playbook

## Technical Details

**Why disable Redis sessions?**

The official Nextcloud container enables Redis session handling via REDIS_HOST env var,
which causes severe performance issues:

1. Session lock contention under high concurrency (browser parallel asset requests)
2. Infinite lock retries (default lock_retries=-1) blocking FPM workers
3. Timeout orphaning: reverse proxy kills connection, worker keeps lock
4. Worker pool exhaustion: all 5 default workers blocked on same session lock
5. Cascading failure: new requests queue, more timeouts, more orphaned locks

Solution: Use file-based sessions (reliable, fast for single-server) while keeping
Redis for distributed cache and transactional file locking via custom config file.

This provides optimal performance without the complexity of Redis session debugging.

Tested: Fresh deployment on arch-vps (69.62.119.31)
Domain: https://cloud.jnss.me/
2025-12-14 22:07:08 +01:00

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---
# =================================================================
# PostgreSQL Infrastructure Role - Simplified Configuration
# =================================================================
# Provides PostgreSQL database server as shared infrastructure
# Applications manage their own databases/users
# =================================================================
# Essential Configuration
# =================================================================
# Service Management
postgresql_service_enabled: true
postgresql_service_state: "started"
# Network Security
postgresql_listen_addresses: "localhost"
postgresql_port: 5432
# Unix Socket Configuration
postgresql_unix_socket_enabled: true
postgresql_unix_socket_directories: "/var/run/postgresql"
# Note: 0777 allows containers running as any UID to access the socket
# This is needed for containers that start as root and switch to unprivileged users (e.g., Nextcloud)
# Security is maintained via password authentication (scram-sha-256)
# Alternative: Use TCP on 127.0.0.1:5432 (see documentation)
postgresql_unix_socket_permissions: "0777"
# Group-Based Access Control
postgresql_client_group: "postgres-clients"
postgresql_client_group_create: true
# Authentication
postgresql_auth_method: "scram-sha-256"
# Database Cluster Setup
postgresql_encoding: "UTF8"
postgresql_locale: "C.UTF-8"
postgresql_data_checksums: true
# Security
postgresql_systemd_security: true
# =================================================================
# Optional Performance (Conservative Defaults)
# =================================================================
# Basic performance settings - PostgreSQL defaults are excellent
postgresql_max_connections: 100
postgresql_shared_buffers: "128MB"
# =================================================================
# Infrastructure Notes
# =================================================================
# This role provides minimal PostgreSQL infrastructure
# Applications should create their own databases/users:
#
# - postgresql_user:
# name: myapp
# password: "{{ vault_myapp_password }}"
# - postgresql_db:
# name: myapp
# owner: myapp
#
# PostgreSQL's built-in defaults are used for everything else