Create a dedicated machine for renovate

This way it can do what it wants with docker. Because apparently it's very picky about how it's setup

ansible/group_vars/all/pve.yml

@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ pve_hosts:
     ip: 192.168.2.203
   qbittorrent:
     ip: 10.23.1.105
+  renovate:
+    ip: 10.23.1.110

ansible/hosts

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ qbittorrent
 restic
 pve-gitlab
 pve-gitlab-runner
+renovate

ansible/main.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     - pve-gitlab-runner
     - grimes
     - decker
+    - renovate
   roles:
     - role: geerlingguy.docker
       become: true
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@
     - pve_nebula_route
     - privatebin
     - vaultwarden
-    - renovate
 
 - hosts: ingress
   roles:
@@ -122,3 +122,7 @@
     - nebula
     - restic
     - uptime_kuma
+
+- hosts: renovate
+  roles:
+    - renovate

ansible/roles/renovate/files/config.js

@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ module.exports = {
   onboarding: false,
   redisUrl: 'redis://redis',
   repositoryCache: 'enabled',
-  persistRepoData: true
+  persistRepoData: true,
+  binarySource: "docker",
+  dockerUser: "{{ docker_user.id }}",
+  baseDir: "/opt/renovate/renovate",
+  cacheDir: "/opt/renovate/renovate/cache"
 };

ansible/roles/renovate/files/docker-compose.yml

@@ -2,22 +2,35 @@ version: "2.3"
 services:
   renovate:
     image: renovate/renovate:31-slim
-    user: "{{ docker_user.id }}"
     command: /entrypoint.sh
+    user: "{{ docker_user.id }}"
     environment:
       - TZ={{ TZ }}
       - GITHUB_COM_TOKEN={{ renovate_github_token }}
+      - DOCKER_HOST=tcp://docker_proxy:2375
+      - LOG_LEVEL=debug  # Noisy, but required for debugging
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       - redis
-    tmpfs:
-      - /tmp
+      - docker_proxy
     volumes:
-      - "{{ app_data_dir }}/renovate/config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js:ro"
-      - "{{ app_data_dir }}/renovate/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro"
+      - ./config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js:ro
+      - ./entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro
+      - /opt/renovate/renovate:/opt/renovate/renovate  # These must be the same
 
   redis:
     image: redis:6-alpine
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
-      - /mnt/tank/dbs/redis/renovate:/data
+      - ./redis:/data
+
+  docker_proxy:
+    image: tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - POST=1
+      - CONTAINERS=1
+      - INFO=1
+      - IMAGES=1
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro

ansible/roles/renovate/tasks/main.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 - name: Install config file
   template:
     src: files/config.js
-    dest: "{{ app_data_dir }}/renovate/config.js"
+    dest: /opt/renovate/config.js
     mode: "{{ docker_compose_file_mask }}"
     owner: "{{ docker_user.name }}"
   notify: restart renovate
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 - name: Install custom entrypoint
   template:
     src: files/entrypoint.sh
-    dest: "{{ app_data_dir }}/renovate/entrypoint.sh"
+    dest: /opt/renovate/entrypoint.sh
     mode: "0755"
     owner: "{{ docker_user.name }}"
   notify: restart renovate