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rick-infra/roles/authentik/tasks/user.yml
Joakim 3506e55016 Migrate to rootful container architecture with infrastructure fact pattern
Major architectural change from rootless user services to system-level (rootful)
containers to enable group-based Unix socket access for containerized applications.

Infrastructure Changes:
- PostgreSQL: Export postgres-clients group GID as Ansible fact
- Valkey: Export valkey-clients group GID as Ansible fact
- Valkey: Add socket-fix service to maintain correct socket group ownership
- Both: Set socket directories to 770 with client group ownership

Authentik Role Refactoring:
- Remove rootless container configuration (subuid/subgid, lingering, user systemd)
- Deploy Quadlet files to /etc/containers/systemd/ (system-level)
- Use dynamic GID facts in container PodmanArgs (--group-add)
- Simplify user creation to system user with infrastructure group membership
- Update handlers for system scope service management
- Remove unnecessary container security options (no user namespace isolation)

Container Template Changes:
- Pod: Remove --userns args, change WantedBy to multi-user.target
- Containers: Replace Annotation with PodmanArgs using dynamic GIDs
- Remove /dev/shm mounts and SecurityLabelDisable (not needed for rootful)
- Change WantedBy to multi-user.target for system services

Documentation Updates:
- Add ADR-005: Rootful Containers with Infrastructure Fact Pattern
- Update ADR-003: Podman + systemd for system-level deployment
- Update authentik-deployment-guide.md for system scope commands
- Update service-integration-guide.md with rootful pattern examples
- Document discarded rootless approach and rationale

Why Rootful Succeeds:
- Direct UID/GID mapping preserves supplementary groups
- Container process groups match host socket group ownership
- No user namespace remapping breaking permissions

Why Rootless Failed (Discarded):
- User namespace UID/GID remapping broke group-based socket access
- Supplementary groups remapped into subgid range didn't match socket ownership
- Even with --userns=host and keep_original_groups, permissions failed

Pattern Established:
- Infrastructure roles create client groups and export GID facts
- Application roles validate facts and consume in container templates
- Rootful containers run as dedicated users with --group-add for socket access
- System-level deployment provides standard systemd service management

Deployment Validated:
- Services in /system.slice/ ✓
- Process groups: 961 (valkey-clients), 962 (postgres-clients), 966 (authentik) ✓
- Socket permissions: 770 with client groups ✓
- HTTP endpoint responding ✓
2025-12-14 16:56:50 +01:00

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---
# Authentik User Management - Service-Specific User Setup
- name: Create authentik group
group:
name: "{{ authentik_group }}"
system: true
- name: Create authentik user
user:
name: "{{ authentik_user }}"
group: "{{ authentik_group }}"
groups: "{{ [postgresql_client_group, valkey_client_group] }}"
system: true
shell: /bin/bash
home: "{{ authentik_home }}"
create_home: true
comment: "Authentik authentication service"
append: true
- name: Create authentik directories
file:
path: "{{ item }}"
state: directory
owner: "{{ authentik_user }}"
group: "{{ authentik_group }}"
mode: '0755'
loop:
- "{{ authentik_home }}"
- "{{ authentik_home }}/data"
- "{{ authentik_home }}/media"
- "{{ authentik_home }}/logs"
- name: Get authentik user UID and GID for container configuration
shell: |
echo "uid=$(id -u {{ authentik_user }})"
echo "gid=$(id -g {{ authentik_user }})"
register: authentik_user_info
changed_when: false
- name: Set authentik UID/GID facts for container templates
set_fact:
authentik_uid: "{{ authentik_user_info.stdout_lines[0] | regex_replace('uid=', '') }}"
authentik_gid: "{{ authentik_user_info.stdout_lines[1] | regex_replace('gid=', '') }}"