arrstack: use waitfordb initContainer instead of inline psql loop (#386)

## Why

The sonarr/radarr/prowlarr deployments gated app startup on their Postgres
database being reachable using a hand-written `psql`-in-a-shell loop running
the `postgres:17-alpine` image. Now that `unkin/waitfordb` is released
(v0.1.0), replace that inline probe with the purpose-built tool so the wait
logic lives in one tested place instead of being copy-pasted per workload.

`waitfordb` reads the same `PG*` env as a libpq fallback and exits `0` once
`SELECT 1` succeeds under those credentials/database, so the retrofit is a
drop-in — the password still never lands in argv.

## Changes

- Swap the `wait-for-db` initContainer image from `dockerhub/library/postgres:17-alpine`
  to `docker-internal/waitfordb:v0.1.0` (pinned, not `latest`) in all three
  arrstack deployments.
- Drop the `sh -c` psql loop `command` — `waitfordb` is the image entrypoint.
- Keep the existing `PGHOST/PGPORT/PGDATABASE/PGUSER/PGPASSWORD` env, the
  `wait-for-db` name, and the resource requests/limits unchanged.
- Add `WAITFORDB_TIMEOUT=5m` so a stuck database fails the pod fast, and
  `WAITFORDB_SSLMODE=disable` to match the in-cluster Postgres.

Validated with `kubectl kustomize apps/overlays/au-syd1/arrstack` (builds clean;
3 waitfordb refs, no remaining postgres init image).

Reviewed-on: #386
Co-authored-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
This commit was merged in pull request #386.
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2026-08-22 16:15:45 +10:00
committed by BenVincent
parent 8446c31414
commit 5155cee5e7
3 changed files with 18 additions and 30 deletions
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@@ -31,18 +31,14 @@ spec:
initContainers:
# Gate the app on its own Postgres database+role being reachable, instead
# of relying on ArgoCD sync-waves (which deadlock if apps aren't Healthy).
# libpq reads PG* from env, so the password never lands in argv.
# waitfordb reads the PG* env as a libpq fallback, so the password never lands in argv.
- name: wait-for-db
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/dockerhub/library/postgres:17-alpine
command:
- sh
- -c
- |
until psql -tAc 'select 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; do
echo "waiting for $PGDATABASE on $PGHOST..."; sleep 3
done
echo "database ready"
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/waitfordb:v0.1.0
env:
- name: WAITFORDB_TIMEOUT
value: 5m
- name: WAITFORDB_SSLMODE
value: disable
- name: PGHOST
value: arrstack-postgres-rw.arrstack.svc.cluster.local
- name: PGPORT
+6 -10
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@@ -31,18 +31,14 @@ spec:
initContainers:
# Gate the app on its own Postgres database+role being reachable, instead
# of relying on ArgoCD sync-waves (which deadlock if apps aren't Healthy).
# libpq reads PG* from env, so the password never lands in argv.
# waitfordb reads the PG* env as a libpq fallback, so the password never lands in argv.
- name: wait-for-db
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/dockerhub/library/postgres:17-alpine
command:
- sh
- -c
- |
until psql -tAc 'select 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; do
echo "waiting for $PGDATABASE on $PGHOST..."; sleep 3
done
echo "database ready"
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/waitfordb:v0.1.0
env:
- name: WAITFORDB_TIMEOUT
value: 5m
- name: WAITFORDB_SSLMODE
value: disable
- name: PGHOST
value: arrstack-postgres-rw.arrstack.svc.cluster.local
- name: PGPORT
+6 -10
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@@ -31,18 +31,14 @@ spec:
initContainers:
# Gate the app on its own Postgres database+role being reachable, instead
# of relying on ArgoCD sync-waves (which deadlock if apps aren't Healthy).
# libpq reads PG* from env, so the password never lands in argv.
# waitfordb reads the PG* env as a libpq fallback, so the password never lands in argv.
- name: wait-for-db
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/dockerhub/library/postgres:17-alpine
command:
- sh
- -c
- |
until psql -tAc 'select 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; do
echo "waiting for $PGDATABASE on $PGHOST..."; sleep 3
done
echo "database ready"
image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/waitfordb:v0.1.0
env:
- name: WAITFORDB_TIMEOUT
value: 5m
- name: WAITFORDB_SSLMODE
value: disable
- name: PGHOST
value: arrstack-postgres-rw.arrstack.svc.cluster.local
- name: PGPORT