This documentation lets you create an openDesk evaluation instance on your Kubernetes cluster.
* [Requirements](#requirements)
* [Customize environment](#customize-environment)
* [DNS](#dns)
* [Domain](#domain)
* [Apps](#apps)
* [Private registries](#private-registries)
* [Cluster capabilities](#cluster-capabilities)
* [Service](#service)
* [Networking](#networking)
* [Ingress](#ingress)
* [Container runtime](#container-runtime)
* [Volumes](#volumes)
* [Customize deployment](#customize-deployment)
* [Connectivity](#connectivity)
* [Ports](#ports)
* [Web-based user interface](#web-based-user-interface)
* [Mail clients](#mail-clients)
* [Mail/SMTP configuration](#mailsmtp-configuration)
* [TURN configuration](#turn-configuration)
* [Certificate issuer](#certificate-issuer)
* [Password seed](#password-seed)
* [Install](#install)
* [Install single app](#install-single-app)
* [Install single release/chart](#install-single-releasechart)
* [Access deployment](#access-deployment)
* [Using from external repository](#using-from-external-repository)
* [Uninstall](#uninstall)
Thanks for looking into the openDesk Getting Started guide. This document covers essential configuration steps to
deploy openDesk onto your Kubernetes infrastructure.
# Requirements
Detailed system requirements are covered on the [requirements](./docs/requirements.md) page.
# Customize environment
Before deploying openDesk, you must configure the deployment to fit your environment.
To keep your deployment up to date, we recommend customizing in `dev`, `test`, or `prod` and not in `default` environment
files.
> All configuration options and their default values can be found in files at [`helmfile/environments/default/`](../helmfile/environments/default/)
For the following guide, we will use `dev` as environment where variables can be set in
`helmfile/environments/dev/values.yaml.gotmpl`.
## DNS
The deployment is designed to deploy each application/service under a dedicated subdomain.
For your convenience, we recommend creating a `*.domain.tld` A-Record for your cluster Ingress Controller; otherwise, you must create an A-Record for each subdomain.
| Record name | Type | Value | Additional information |
|-------------------------------|------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| *.domain.tld | A | IPv4 address of your Ingress Controller | |
| *.domain.tld | AAAA | IPv6 address of your Ingress Controller | |
| mail.domain.tld | A | IPv4 address of your postfix NodePort/LoadBalancer | Optional, mail should directly be delivered to openDesk's Postfix |
| mail.domain.tld | AAAA | IPv6 address of your postfix NodePort/LoadBalancer | Optional, mail should directly be delivered to openDesk's Postfix |
| domain.tld | MX | `10 mail.domain.tld` | |
| domain.tld | TXT | `v=spf1 +a +mx +a:mail.domain.tld ~all` | Optional, use proper MTA record if present |
| _dmarc.domain.tld | TXT | `v=DMARC1; p=quarantine` | Optional |
| default._domainkey.domain.tld | TXT | `v=DKIM1; k=rsa; h=sha256; ...` | Optional, DKIM settings |
| _caldavs._tcp.domain.tld | SRV | 10 1 443 dav.domain.tld. | Optional, CalDav auto discovery |
| _caldav._tcp.domain.tld | SRV | 10 1 80 dav.domain.tld. | Optional, CalDav auto discovery |
| _carddavs._tcp.domain.tld | SRV | 10 1 443 dav.domain.tld. | Optional, CardDav auto discovery |
| _carddav._tcp.domain.tld | SRV | 10 1 80 dav.domain.tld. | Optional, CardDav auto discovery |
## Domain
As example base domain for your deployment we use `domain.tld` in this document.
A list of all subdomains can be found in `helmfile/environments/default/global.yaml.gotmpl`.
All subdomains can be customized. For example, _Nextcloud_ can be changed to `files.domain.tld` in `dev` environment:
```yaml
global:
hosts:
nextcloud: "files"
```
The domain has to be set either via `dev` environment:
```yaml
global:
domain: "domain.tld"
```
or alternatively via environment variable:
```shell
export DOMAIN=domain.tld
```
> [!warning]
> Due to a limitation caused by a [bug in the SSSD subcomponent](https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/issues/7246), there
> is an upper bound on the total domain length used by openDesk. To avoid issues, we recommend keeping the openDesk
> base domain length below 94 characters.
### Apps
Depending on your ideal openDesk deployment, you may wish to disable or enable certain apps.
All available apps and their default values are located in `helmfile/environments/default/opendesk_main.yaml.gotmpl`.
| Component | Name | Default | Description |
| -------------------- | --------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------ |
| Certificates | `apps.certificates.enabled` | `true` | TLS certificates |
| ClamAV (Distributed) | `apps.clamavDistributed.enabled` | `false` | Antivirus engine |
| ClamAV (Simple) | `apps.clamavSimple.enabled` | `true` | Antivirus engine |
| Collabora | `apps.collabora.enabled` | `true` | Weboffice |
| CryptPad | `apps.cryptpad.enabled` | `true` | Weboffice |
| dkimpy | `apps.dkimpy.enabled` | `false` | Postfix milter for DKIM |
| Dovecot | `apps.dovecot.enabled` | `true` | Mail backend |
| Element | `apps.element.enabled` | `true` | Secure communications platform |
| Home | `apps.home.enabled` | `true` | Base domain portal redirect |
| Jitsi | `apps.jitsi.enabled` | `true` | Videoconferencing |
| MariaDB | `apps.mariadb.enabled` | `true` | Database |
| Memcached | `apps.memcached.enabled` | `true` | Cache Database |
| MinIO | `apps.minio.enabled` | `true` | Object Storage |
| Nextcloud | `apps.nextcloud.enabled` | `true` | File share |
| Nubus | `apps.nubus.enabled` | `true` | Identity Management & Portal |
| OpenProject | `apps.openproject.enabled` | `true` | Project management |
| OX App Suite | `apps.oxAppSuite.enabled` | `true` | Groupware |
| Postfix | `apps.postfix.enabled` | `true` | MTA |
| PostgreSQL | `apps.postgresql.enabled` | `true` | Database |
| Redis | `apps.redis.enabled` | `true` | Cache Database |
| XWiki | `apps.xwiki.enabled` | `true` | Knowledge management |
For example, Jitsi can be disabled like this:
```yaml
apps:
jitsi:
enabled: false
```
## Private registries
By default, Helm charts and container images are fetched from OCI registries. These registries can be found in most cases
in the [openDesk/component section on openCode](https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/opendesk/components).
For untouched upstream artifacts that do not belong to a functional component's core, we use upstream registries
like Docker Hub.
Doing a test deployment will be fine with this setup. In case you want to deploy multiple times a day
and fetch from the same IP address, you might run into rate limits at Docker Hub. In that case, and in case you
prefer the use of a private image registry, you can configure these in
[your target environment](../helmfile/environments/dev/values.yaml.gotmpl.sample) by setting
- `global.imageRegistry` for a private image registry and
- `global.helmRegistry` for a private Helm chart registry.
```yaml
global:
imageRegistry: "my_private_registry.domain.tld"
```
alternatively, you can use an environment variable:
```shell
export PRIVATE_IMAGE_REGISTRY_URL=my_private_registry.domain.tld
```
or for more granular control over repository overrides per registry (rewrites):
```yaml
repositories:
image:
dockerHub: "my_private_registry.domain.tld/docker.io/"
registryOpencodeDe: "my_private_registry.domain.tld/registry.opencode.de/"
```
If authentication is required, you can reference `imagePullSecrets` as follows:
```yaml
global:
imagePullSecrets:
- "external-registry"
```
## Cluster capabilities
### Service
Some apps, like Jitsi and Dovecot, require HTTP and external TCP connections.
These apps create a Kubernetes service object.
You can configure whether `NodePort` (for on-premises), `LoadBalancer` (for cloud), or `ClusterIP` (to disable) should be
used:
```yaml
cluster:
service:
type: "NodePort"
```
### Networking
If your cluster does not have the default `cluster.local` domain configured, you need to provide the domain via:
```yaml
cluster:
networking:
domain: "acme.internal"
```
If your cluster does not have the default `10.0.0.0/8` CIDR configured, you need to provide the CIDR via the following:
```yaml
cluster:
networking:
cidr:
- "127.0.0.0/8"
```
If your load balancer / reverse proxy IPs are not already included in the above `cidr` you need to
explicitly configure their related IPs or IP ranges:
```yaml
cluster:
networking:
incomingCIDR:
- "172.16.0.0/12"
```
### Ingress
The default value for the `ingressClassName` in openDesk is set to `nginx`. This prevents fallback to the
cluster’s default ingress class, since the Helm charts used by openDesk components are not consistently aligned in
how they handle a missing or empty `ingressClassName`. In case you are using a non-standard `ingressClassName` for
your `ingress-nginx` controller you have to configure it as follows:
```yaml
ingress:
ingressClassName: "nginx"
```
> [!note]
> Currently, the only supported ingress controller is `ingress-nginx` (see
> [requirements.md](./docs/requirements.md) for reference).
### Container runtime
Some apps require specific configurations for the container runtime. You can set your container runtime like `cri-o`,
`containerd` or `docker` by using the following attribute:
```yaml
cluster:
container:
engine: "containerd"
```
### Volumes
The StorageClass must be set using the following attribute:
```yaml
persistence:
storageClassNames:
RWX: "my-read-write-many-class"
RWO: "my-read-write-once-class"
```
`RWX` is optional and requires that your cluster has a `ReadWriteMany` volume provisioner. If you can make use
of it, it largely benefits the distribution and scaling of apps. By default, only `ReadWriteOnce` is enabled.
To enable `ReadWriteMany` you can use the following attribute:
```yaml
cluster:
persistence:
readWriteMany: true
```
## Customize deployment
While openDesk configures the applications with meaningful defaults, you can check [functional.md](./docs/functional.md) if you want to change these defaults to better match your use case.
## Connectivity
### Ports
> [!note]
> If you use `NodePort` for service exposure, you must check your deployment for the actual ports and ensure
> they are opened where necessary.
#### Web-based user interface
To use the openDesk functionality with its web-based user interface, you need to expose the following ports publicly:
| Component | Description | Port | Type |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- | ----: | ---: |
| openDesk | Kubernetes Ingress | 80 | TCP |
| openDesk | Kubernetes Ingress | 443 | TCP |
| Jitsi Video Bridge | ICE Port for video data | 10000 | UDP |
#### Mail clients
To connect with mail clients like [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/), the following ports need to be publicly exposed:
| Component | Description | Port | Type |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- | ----: | ---: |
| Dovecot | IMAPS | 993 | TCP |
| | POP3S | 995 | TCP |
| Postfix | SMTP | 25 | TCP |
| | SMTPS | 587 | TCP |
### Mail/SMTP configuration
Enabling DKIM signing for outgoing emails helps reduce the risk of messages being marked as spam and improves recipient trust.
openDesk includes `dkimpy-milter` as a Postfix milter for signing emails. You can configure the following attributes:
```yaml
apps:
dkimpy:
enabled: true
smtp:
dkim:
key:
value: "HzZs08QF1O7UiAkcM9T3U7rePPECtSFvWZIvyKqdg8E="
selector: "default"
useED25519: true # when false, RSA is used
```
A common scenario for outgoing mail is to send it through a smarthost or mail relay, which often handles DKIM signing as well.
If you prefer to use a smarthost, you can configure it as follows:
```yaml
smtp:
host: "smarthost.domain.tld"
username: "smarthost-auth-username"
password: "secret"
```
### TURN configuration
Some components (Jitsi, Element) use a TURN server for direct communication. You can configure your own TURN server with
these options:
```yaml
turn:
transport: "udp" # or tcp
credentials: "secret"
server:
host: "turn.domain.tld"
port: "3478"
tls:
host: "turns.domain.tld"
port: "5349"
```
### Certificate issuer
As mentioned in [requirements](requirements.md#certificate-management), you can provide your own valid certificate. A TLS type
secret named `opendesk-certificates-tls` must be present in the application namespace. For deployment, you can
turn off `Certificate` resource creation with:
```yaml
apps:
certificates:
enabled: false
```
If you want to leverage `cert-manager.io` to handle certificates, like `Let's encrypt`, you need to provide the
configured cluster issuer:
```yaml
certificate:
issuerRef:
name: "letsencrypt-prod"
```
Additionally, it is possible to request wildcard certificates with:
```yaml
certificate:
wildcard: true
```
## Password seed
All secrets are generated from a master password via [Master Password (algorithm)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Password_(algorithm)).
To prevent others from using your openDesk instance, you must set your individual master password via:
```shell
export MASTER_PASSWORD="your_individual_master_password"
```
> [!important]
> Currently a
> [documented](https://docs.software-univention.de/nubus-kubernetes-operation/1.x/en/configuration/nats.html#configure-the-secrets)
> upstream [bug](https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58357) causes a failure when
> passwords/secrets beginning with certain numbers are using for the Nubus subcomponent NATS. With openDesk
> 1.6.0 an update-aware workaround was implemented that prefixes the affected secrets in the openDesk included
> `secrets.yaml.gotmpl` that derives all secrets from the previously mentioned `MASTER_PASSWORD`. If you are
> using externally provided passwords/secrets make sure that none of the ones listed below are starting with a
> number:
>
> - `secrets.nubus.provisioning.api.natsPassword`
> - `secrets.nubus.provisioning.dispatcherNatsPassword`
> - `secrets.nubus.provisioning.prefillNatsPassword`
> - `secrets.nubus.provisioning.udmListenerNatsPassword`
> - `secrets.nubus.provisioning.udmTransformerNatsPassword`
> - `secrets.nats.natsAdminPassword`
## Install
After setting your environment-specific values in `dev` environment, you can start deployment by:
```shell
helmfile apply -e dev -n [-l