stack.basicstack.de/apps/grist

Grist Deployment

This directory contains the Kubernetes manifests for the Grist deployment at https://grist.basicstack.de

Grist is an open-source, self-hostable spreadsheet / database hybrid (grist-core).

Components

• grist-deployment.yaml: Main Grist application deployment

  • Image: gristlabs/grist:1.7.7
  • Port: 8484
  • OIDC login via Pocket ID (https://auth.basicstack.de)
  • Data persisted at /persist

• grist-service.yaml: ClusterIP service exposing port 80 -> 8484

• grist-data-pvc.yaml: PVC for Grist app data (/persist), 20 GiB on hcloud-volumes-encrypted

• grist-postgres-deployment.yaml / grist-postgres-service.yaml: In-namespace PostgreSQL 16 for the Grist home database (TypeORM connection)

• grist-db-pvc.yaml: PVC for PostgreSQL data, 20 GiB on hcloud-volumes-encrypted

• grist-ingress.yaml: Traefik ingress with TLS

  • Host: grist.basicstack.de
  • TLS via cert-manager (letsencrypt-prod, DNS-01 via Hetzner webhook)

• grist-db-credentials-sealed.yaml: SealedSecret for PostgreSQL user password

• grist-app-secrets-sealed.yaml: SealedSecret with GRIST_SESSION_SECRET

• grist-oidc-secret-sealed.yaml: SealedSecret with Pocket ID OIDC client credentials

OIDC Configuration (Pocket ID)

• Pocket ID group: grist
• Client name in Pocket ID: Grist
• Callback URL: https://grist.basicstack.de/oauth2/callback
• Client is restricted to members of the grist group

Grist environment variables driving OIDC (from https://pocket-id.org/docs/client-examples/grist):

GRIST_OIDC_IDP_ISSUER=https://auth.basicstack.de
GRIST_OIDC_IDP_CLIENT_ID=<from secret>
GRIST_OIDC_IDP_CLIENT_SECRET=<from secret>
GRIST_OIDC_SP_HOST=https://grist.basicstack.de
GRIST_OIDC_IDP_SCOPES="openid email profile"
GRIST_OIDC_IDP_END_SESSION_ENDPOINT=https://auth.basicstack.de/api/oidc/end-session
GRIST_OIDC_SP_IGNORE_EMAIL_VERIFIED=true
GRIST_DEFAULT_EMAIL=andreas.leinen@basicstack.de
GRIST_FORCE_LOGIN=true

GRIST_DEFAULT_EMAIL is used by Grist as the primary admin identity - the value must be a valid Pocket ID user.

Storage

Both PVCs (grist-data, grist-db) use hcloud-volumes-encrypted (Retain reclaim policy) as required for sensitive workload data on Hetzner.

GitOps

Managed by Argo CD via apps/app-grist.yaml:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: grist
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: git@forgejo.forgejo.svc.cluster.local:basicstack/stack.basicstack.de.git
    targetRevision: main
    path: apps/grist
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: grist
  syncPolicy:
    syncOptions:
    - CreateNamespace=true

Verification

kubectl -n grist get pods
kubectl -n grist get pvc
kubectl -n grist get ingress
curl -I https://grist.basicstack.de

Backup

The PostgreSQL PVC uses reclaim policy Retain. For scheduled logical backups add a CronJob like the one in apps/directus/directus-backup-cronjob.yaml.