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`[[page|Label]]` is Obsidian syntax, not OKF. `kb-lint` resolves it Obsidian-style — by
filename, anywhere in the bundle — so it has never tripped the link gate, while every other
consumer of the bundle (an OKF renderer, a Gitea wiki export, `grep` for reachability) sees
bracketed text where a link should be. That is how two generated pages ended up with no
inbound link at all and nobody noticed: the my-first link census of the bundle reported them
as orphans because their only inbound edges were wikilinks.

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`kb-lint` uses: an explicit `|Label` is kept verbatim, an unlabelled link takes the target's
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the spec recommends and the form 99 existing links in this bundle already use.

Two links were `[[index]]`, which resolves by filename to 21 pages — the ambiguity that
filename-resolution invites. Both meant their own directory's index, so both are now written
out in full: `/tools/gitea/index.md`, `/tools/niri/index.md`.

The linter still tolerates wikilinks; whether it should reject them outright is an open
question on #64, because that would replace the two tests pinning today's tolerance.

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Gitea Architecture

Two quadlet-managed containers (Gitea, PostgreSQL) on a shared private Podman network (rootless, user dank). Gitea connects to PostgreSQL via network DNS. The fleet Caddy (separate stack, see /caddy/index.md) proxies HTTP/S to Gitea — the old dedicated gitea-caddy container is retired.

Network Topology

Client (HTTPS)
    ↓
caddy :80/:443  (auto-TLS via Let's Encrypt DNS-01/Porkbun)
    ↓ reverse_proxy 192.168.0.143:3000 (published quadlet port)
gitea-server :3000  (web UI, API)
    ↓ PostgreSQL protocol
gitea-postgres :5432  (internal only)

Network

The containers share the quadlet network systemd-gitea (file gitea.network, DNS enabled by default). Container names resolve via network DNS.

The automatic rootless podman default network has dns_enabled: false. Container names do not resolve there. Keep the Gitea stack on systemd-gitea.

Container and Unit Names

Container Unit Depends on
gitea-postgres gitea-postgres.service gitea-network.service
gitea-server gitea-server.service gitea-postgres.service

Podman 5.x names quadlet units after the file (gitea-server.service), with no container- prefix.

Caddy Configuration

Caddy is a separate quadlet-managed service (caddy.container) on the shared dankclaw_default network. The live Caddyfile at /home/dank/Containers/caddy/Caddyfile proxies Gitea via the published quadlet port:

gitea.franksdank.cloud {
    reverse_proxy 192.168.0.143:3000
}
  • Caddy issues Let's Encrypt certs via DNS-01 (Porkbun module) — no inbound HTTP port needed.
  • Pi-hole quadlet resolves gitea.franksdank.cloud to 192.168.0.143 via addn-hosts.
  • Serves HTTP on port 80 and HTTPS on port 443, both bound to 0.0.0.0.

Gitea Configuration

Quadlet file: ~/.config/containers/systemd/gitea-server.container (repo copy: serverAppConfigs/dankclaw/gitea/quadlet/gitea-server.container)

Key environment variables:

  • DATABASE_TYPE=postgres
  • DATABASE_HOST=gitea-postgres (network DNS)
  • DATABASE_NAME=gitea
  • DATABASE_USER=gitea
  • DATABASE_PASSWD from /home/dank/Containers/gitea/env (mode 0600)
  • USER_UID=1000, USER_GID=1000

Gitea writes /data/gitea/conf/app.ini on first start (host: /home/dank/Containers/gitea/data/gitea/conf/app.ini). The [database] HOST and PASSWD lines in app.ini override the env vars. When you rename the database container, edit the HOST line in app.ini as well.

Ports

Service Host Binding Container Port Access
Gitea HTTP 0.0.0.0:3000 3000 Web UI, API
Gitea SSH 0.0.0.0:2222 22 Git clone/push via SSH
PostgreSQL 5432 (internal) 5432 Container-to-container only

Note: the full-stack repo compose (dankclaw/compose.yaml) maps Gitea HTTP to host port 3001. The live stack uses 3000. Align before the full-stack deploy.

gitea.franksdank.cloud resolves to 192.168.0.143 via the Pi-hole quadlet's addn-hosts. Caddy obtains Let's Encrypt certs via DNS-01 (Porkbun module), which requires no inbound port reachability. LAN clients reach Gitea via http://dankclaw:3000 (published quadlet port).

See Also

  • ](index.md) — index with management commands
  • management — operations, boot persistence, incident
  • data-persistence — volumes and backups