stack.basicstack.de/apps/vikunja/README.md
CTO 1743815703 feat(vikunja): deploy Vikunja 2.6.0 with Pocket ID OIDC (DEV-560)
Namespace-scoped Postgres 16 + unified Vikunja container behind Traefik
ingress at vikunja.basicstack.de. Both pods pinned to Hetzner fsn1 due to
their encrypted PVCs (10 Gi DB, 10 Gi attachments). Local auth disabled;
sign-in only via Pocket ID (client `Vikunja`, groups `vikunja_admins` /
`vikunja_members`). SMTP mailer left disabled pending mailbox provisioning.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-09-05 09:38:25 +00:00

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Vikunja (vikunja.basicstack.de)

Self-hosted task manager. Unified vikunja/vikunja container (API + frontend on port 3456). Backed by a namespace-local PostgreSQL. OIDC via Pocket ID (auth.basicstack.de); local login disabled.

Layout

File Purpose
vikunja-db-pvc.yaml 10 Gi encrypted PVC for Postgres data
vikunja-files-pvc.yaml 10 Gi encrypted PVC for user-uploaded attachments (/app/vikunja/files)
vikunja-postgres-deployment.yaml Postgres 16, pinned to csi.hetzner.cloud/location=fsn1
vikunja-postgres-service.yaml ClusterIP vikunja-postgres:5432
vikunja-deployment.yaml Vikunja app, pinned to fsn1, waits on Postgres
vikunja-service.yaml ClusterIP vikunja:80 → pod 3456
vikunja-ingress.yaml Traefik + letsencrypt-prod cert
vikunja-db-credentials-sealed.yaml Postgres user password
vikunja-oidc-secret-sealed.yaml Pocket ID client id + secret
vikunja-app-secrets-sealed.yaml Vikunja JWT secret

Node placement

Both the app and Postgres pin to Hetzner location fsn1 because their PVCs live on hcloud-volumes-encrypted (datacenter-local).

OIDC

  • Pocket ID client Vikunja (id cdfff4ee-28ba-4aab-9f47-7e41b4b6b847), callback https://vikunja.basicstack.de/auth/openid/basicstack.
  • Pocket ID groups vikunja_admins and vikunja_members.
  • Vikunja does not map OIDC groups to the admin flag. Promote the first user post-login: kubectl -n vikunja exec deploy/vikunja -- /app/vikunja/vikunja user chmod --admin <username>.

Optional: SMTP

VIKUNJA_MAILER_ENABLED=false today. To enable reminder emails, create a Stalwart mailbox vikunja@basicstack.de, add its credentials as a sealed secret vikunja-mailer, and set VIKUNJA_MAILER_ENABLED=true plus host/port/from env vars.

Change control

Manifest changes flow through Argo CD (Application: apps/app-vikunja.yaml, auto-sync + prune + selfHeal). Sealed secrets are encrypted against the cluster-active sealed-secrets key.