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/	novoyuuparosk-wiki/ncmr-songs	Song lyric pages	v1 live
pipelines/ses/	novoyuuparosk-wiki/ses-light-novel	SES light novel pages	v1 in development
pipelines/tech/	novoyuuparosk-wiki/tech-blogs	Tech blog posts	v1 live

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 Mikkeli, bot name giteaBot. Login form: Mikkeli@giteaBot.

Mikkeli holds the bot right, so pipeline edits are flagged as bot edits and stay out of default Recent Changes — mwclient's page.save() requests the bot flag and the wiki honours it.

This section previously named Dubrowski@giteaAutomaton, but every bot-flagged revision in the wiki's history is attributed to Mikkeli, so that had been stale for some time — the live secret never matched the doc.

Credentials are stored in the Gitea org-scope secret vault under novoyuuparosk-wiki (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, served from the Gitea registry at pi5-16.local:3005/novoyuuparosk-wiki/novoyuuparosk-wiki-runner. 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 builds automatically via .gitea/workflows/build-image.yml, which triggers on pushes that touch the Dockerfile, any pipeline requirements.txt, or that workflow itself. It uses kaniko (daemonless, unprivileged) to build and push two tags: an immutable :<short-sha> and a moving :latest.

A follow-up pin job then rewrites the image: pin in each publish-*.yml to the new :<short-sha> and commits it back to master (using FAPAT for contents write). The publish workflows therefore always reference an immutable tag, kept current automatically — no manual bump. The pin commit only touches workflow_call files, so it triggers no further runs.

Gitea Actions setup (cross-cutting)

Secrets and variables are scoped to the novoyuuparosk-wiki org, inherited by all repos under it. Runs belong to the caller repo, so a source repo calling a reusable workflow here resolves secrets and variables from its own owner — which is why they live at org scope rather than on this repo.

Secrets:

• WIKI_BOT_USER = Mikkeli@giteaBot
• WIKI_BOT_PASSWORD = the value from Bot identity above
• FAPAT = Full-Access PAT owned by mikkeli, used by source-repo workflows to clone this repo at runtime. The PAT stays personal; only its storage scope moved to the org — hence the mikkeli: basic-auth username in the clone URLs.
• PKGRW_PAT = package read/write PAT owned by mikkeli, used by build-image.yml to push to the container registry

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
Ownership	This repo and all three source repos moved to the novoyuuparosk-wiki org. Secrets/variables re-created at org scope; runner re-registered instance-level so it serves org-owned runs	2026-08-11
This repo must stay public	act_runner resolves a cross-repo uses: by cloning the callee anonymously — the job token is not applied. A private callee therefore 404s with repository not found, regardless of the caller sharing its owner. Shared ownership does not satisfy the read requirement. Alternative if it must be private again: Settings → Actions → General → collaborative owners (Gitea 1.26+), untested here	2026-08-11
Runner cache masks this	The resolved callee is cached at /root/.cache/act/<owner>-<repo>@<ref>. Changing owner changes the key, so a working pipeline can break on a clone that had been served from cache for months. Suspect the cache before suspecting permissions	2026-08-11
Container registry	Gitea cannot transfer packages, so images were rebuilt into pi5-16.local:3005/novoyuuparosk-wiki/* rather than moved. kaniko-act bootstrapped via the new dispatch-only build-kaniko-act.yml, running in the old mikkeli copy; novoyuuparosk-wiki-runner came from a normal build-image.yml run. Registry auth is still the mikkeli-owned PKGRW_PAT, hence the mikkeli: username in the auth blob	2026-08-11
Old images left in place	The mikkeli/* package versions are orphaned but retained — nothing references them, and deleting a container version is irreversible. Safe to purge once the org images have proven themselves	2026-08-11
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
Columns shorthand	Side-by-side columns authored as a ```columns fenced block, expanded post-Pandoc in shared lib/wiki.py (universal across pipelines). No wiki template or PHP extension — runs Pi-side before the API call	2026-06-14

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

Setup checklist (cross-cutting)

Via the Gitea web UI logged in as mikkeli (an owner of novoyuuparosk-wiki):

• Org-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/.