novoyuuparosk-auto-wiki

CI/CD pipelines that auto-apply commits to https://wiki.novoyuuparosk.org from upstream content repos.

Pipelines

Path	Source repo	Purpose	Status
pipelines/songs/	mikkeli/ncmr-songs	Song lyric pages	v1 live
pipelines/ses/	mikkeli/ses-light-novel	SES light novel pages	v1 in development
pipelines/tech/	mikkeli/tech-blogs	Tech blog posts	v1 ready (source repo not yet initialised)

Per-pipeline READMEs cover everything specific to that pipeline (source schema, renderer, runtime, decisions). This root README covers only what's cross-cutting.

Architecture

Hybrid layout. The Gitea Actions trigger must live in the source repo (Gitea only fires workflows from .gitea/workflows/ of the pushed-to repo); the rendering logic lives here. The source-repo workflow is self-contained but clones this repo at runtime to get the renderer.

<source-repo>/
  .gitea/workflows/<name>.yml       <- workflow: clones this repo, runs renderer (deps pre-baked in job image)

novoyuuparosk-auto-wiki/             <- this repo
  .gitea/workflows/<pipeline>.yml    <- reusable workflow stubs (kept for reference; not actively called; may be stale)
  pipelines/<pipeline>/              <- per-pipeline code, schema, templates
  lib/                               <- shared modules (MediaWiki client, etc.)

Note: workflow_call across private repos was abandoned — the auto-generated run token is scoped to the triggering repo only and cannot clone a private callee. The source-repo workflow clones this repo directly using FAPAT.

Wiki

• Base URL: https://wiki.novoyuuparosk.org
• MediaWiki API: https://wiki.novoyuuparosk.org/api.php (confirmed)

Bot identity

MediaWiki BotPassword issued for user Dubrowski, bot name giteaAutomaton. Login form: Dubrowski@giteaAutomaton.

Credentials are stored in the Gitea user-scope secret vault under mikkeli (WIKI_BOT_USER, WIKI_BOT_PASSWORD). Not stored in this repo.

Runner infrastructure

One act_runner instance serves all pipelines. Runs on a Pi 5 (Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, aarch64) inside the same docker-compose stack that hosts the Gitea instance. Job execution is via the host Docker socket — runner is a container, jobs spawn as sibling containers.

act_runner build: linux-arm64, from the gitea/act_runner Docker image.

Container network mode: host — required so job containers can reach localhost:3005 (Gitea) and resolve mDNS hostnames.

Job container image

All pipelines share a single pre-built Docker image: novoyuuparosk-wiki-runner:latest. The Dockerfile is at the repo root. It bakes in system deps (git, pandoc, ca-certificates) and all pipeline Python packages so job containers start instantly with no install steps.

The image is built manually on the Pi and stored in the local Docker daemon (pull_image: false in act_runner config). Rebuild after any change to the Dockerfile or a pipeline requirements.txt:

docker build -t novoyuuparosk-wiki-runner:latest \
  /home/mikkeli/dev/novoyuuparosk-auto-wiki

Gitea Actions setup (cross-cutting)

Secrets and variables are scoped to user mikkeli (no orgs on this instance), inherited by all repos under that account.

Secrets:

• WIKI_BOT_USER = Dubrowski@giteaAutomaton
• WIKI_BOT_PASSWORD = the value from Bot identity above
• FAPAT = Full-Access PAT under mikkeli, used by source-repo workflows to clone this repo at runtime

Variables:

• WIKI_BASE_URL = https://wiki.novoyuuparosk.org
• WIKI_API_URL = https://wiki.novoyuuparosk.org/api.php
• URL_TO_GITEA = Gitea instance base URL (e.g. http://localhost:3005). Named with URL_TO_ prefix — Gitea blocks variable names starting with GITEA_ or GITHUB_.

Branch naming

• This repo: automation/<pipeline-name> for pipeline-development branches (e.g., automation/songs).
• Source repos: each pipeline's README defines the source-side branch convention (e.g., autowiki/<song-slug> in ncmr-songs).

Decisions log (cross-cutting)

Decision	Value	Date
Architecture	Hybrid: source-repo workflow clones this repo at runtime for the renderer	2026-06-09
Workflow pattern	Self-contained (not workflow_call) — cross-repo workflow_call blocked by token scoping on private repos	2026-06-09
Runner execution	Docker, added as a service to the existing Gitea docker-compose	2026-06-09
Runner network mode	host — job containers need to reach Gitea on localhost	2026-06-09
Secret/runner scope	User-level on mikkeli (no orgs on this instance)	2026-06-09
MediaWiki API path	api.php (classic action API)	2026-06-09
Branch naming (this repo)	automation/<pipeline> for pipeline-development branches	2026-06-09
Variable naming	URL_TO_GITEA not GITEA_URL — Gitea blocks GITEA_/GITHUB_ prefixes	2026-06-09

Per-pipeline decisions live in each pipeline's README.

Setup checklist (cross-cutting)

Via the Gitea web UI logged in as mikkeli:

• User-scoped secrets and variables set per Gitea Actions setup above
  • WIKI_BOT_USER
  • WIKI_BOT_PASSWORD
  • FAPAT (Full-Access PAT — value not stored in this README; saved directly into the Gitea secret. Regenerate if lost.)
  • WIKI_BASE_URL
  • WIKI_API_URL
  • URL_TO_GITEA

With Pi access:

• Add act_runner service to the existing Gitea docker-compose
• Generate a runner registration token at /-/admin/actions/runners, bake into the compose env, docker compose up -d act_runner, confirm "online" in the Gitea UI

Per-pipeline setup lives in each pipeline's README. Start with pipelines/songs/.