diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ These scripts automate the deployment of personal infrastructure components. The
 | [`proxy/install.sh`](proxy/)               | Reverse proxy with Tailscale + Nginx Proxy Manager    | `curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/proxy/install.sh` \| `bash`           |
 | [`netlab/install.sh`](netlab/)             | Network lab with ContainerLab                         | `curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/netlab/install.sh` \| `bash`          |
 | [`gitea-runner/install.sh`](gitea-runner/) | Gitea Act Runner on Alpine LXC (Proxmox)              | `bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea-runner/install.sh)"` |
+| [`gitea/install.sh`](gitea/)               | Gitea Git service on Alpine LXC (Proxmox)             | `bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh)"`        |
 | [`openbao/install.sh`](openbao/)           | OpenBao secrets manager on Alpine LXC (Proxmox)       | `bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/openbao/install.sh)"`      |
 | [`komodo/install.sh`](komodo/)             | Komodo (Docker + MongoDB) on Alpine VM                | `bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/komodo/install.sh)"`       |
 
diff --git a/gitea/README.md b/gitea/README.md
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+# Gitea
+
+Automated installation and update script for a [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com) instance
+running inside an Alpine LXC on Proxmox. Replaces a previous deployment via
+community-scripts. Migrating the existing instance's data is out of scope —
+this script produces a fresh instance.
+
+### Features
+
+Single script, automatic mode selection:
+
+| Context                                            | Action                                                                          |
+| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| From Proxmox host, no existing Gitea container      | Detects newest Alpine template, creates LXC, installs Gitea via `apk`            |
+| From Proxmox host, Gitea container already present  | Reuses the existing LXC, refreshes packages, reapplies `app.ini`                 |
+| From inside an LXC, no `gitea` binary               | Installs Gitea from scratch                                                      |
+| From inside an LXC, `gitea` already present          | Refreshes packages and reapplies `app.ini` (no data changes)                     |
+
+The container is identified by hostname **and** the `gitea` tag, so it is
+re-found across reruns even if the CTID was auto-allocated the first time.
+
+### Why `apk`, not a downloaded binary
+
+Unlike `openbao/install.sh` and `gitea-runner/install.sh`, which fetch a
+GitHub release, Gitea is installed from the Alpine package repositories:
+
+```bash
+apk add --no-cache gitea gitea-openrc
+```
+
+The official binaries on `dl.gitea.com` are glibc/CGO-linked (SQLite via
+CGO), a bad fit for musl. Alpine packages a native musl build of Gitea in
+`community`, with a `gitea-openrc` sub-package providing the service. This
+script re-verifies on every install that `gitea` is available via `community`
+(not `edge`) on the Alpine release in use, and fails loudly instead of
+silently pinning `edge/community` if it isn't.
+
+Consequences for the usual pattern:
+
+|         | openbao / gitea-runner        | gitea                                  |
+| ------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- |
+| Install | curl release from GitHub       | `apk add gitea gitea-openrc`             |
+| Service | OpenRC unit written by the script | shipped by the package, used as-is    |
+| Update  | swap binary + backup           | `refresh_os_packages` (`apk upgrade`)    |
+| Version | tracked in `/opt/*_version.txt` | read from `apk list -I`                  |
+
+### Configuration (`app.ini`)
+
+Managed exclusively via `ini_set` (see `lib/common.sh`, #18) — never a
+heredoc overwrite. The script owns and merges only the keys listed below;
+everything else in the Alpine package's default `app.ini` (repository root,
+session provider, etc.) is left untouched.
+
+| Section     | Key                              | Value                                          |
+| ----------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
+| `[server]`  | `PROTOCOL`                        | `http`                                          |
+| `[server]`  | `HTTP_ADDR` / `HTTP_PORT`         | `127.0.0.1` / `3000` (loopback; tailscale serve fronts it) |
+| `[server]`  | `DOMAIN` / `ROOT_URL`             | `GITEA_DOMAIN` / `GITEA_ROOT_URL` — the **public** URL, not the tailnet one |
+| `[server]`  | `DISABLE_SSH`                     | `true` (HTTPS-only usage confirmed)             |
+| `[security]`| `INSTALL_LOCK`                    | `true`, written before the service's first start |
+| `[security]`| `REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT`             | `GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT` (default `2`) — **validate this, see below** |
+| `[security]`| `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES`   | `GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES` — never `*` (CVE-2026-20896) |
+| `[service]` | `DISABLE_REGISTRATION`, `REQUIRE_CAPTCHA_FOR_LOGIN`, `ENABLE_CAPTCHA` | `true` |
+| `[log]`     | `MODE` / `LEVEL` / `ROOT_PATH`    | `file` / `info` / `/var/log/gitea`              |
+| `[log]`     | `COLORIZE`                        | `false` — ANSI codes would break the `<HOST>` match in the fail2ban filter added by #21 |
+| `[metrics]` | `ENABLED`, `TOKEN`, `ENABLED_ISSUE_BY_REPOSITORY`, `ENABLED_ISSUE_BY_LABEL` | `true` / generated once / `true` / `true` |
+| `[actions]` | `ENABLED`                         | `true`                                          |
+| `[database]`| `DB_TYPE` / `PATH`                | `sqlite3` / `/var/lib/gitea/data/gitea.db`      |
+
+The metrics token is generated once (`openssl rand -hex 32`, or supply
+`GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN`) and never touched again once present — a rerun that
+regenerated it would silently break the Prometheus scrape config.
+
+The admin account is created once, non-interactively, after `INSTALL_LOCK`
+is set and the service has started (Gitea's CLI needs a migrated DB). A
+rerun skips creation if any admin account already exists, so it never resets
+an operator-changed password.
+
+### Usage
+
+#### Full install (from Proxmox shell)
+
+```bash
+bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh)"
+```
+
+Re-running the exact same command later refreshes Alpine packages and
+reapplies `app.ini`, without touching the SQLite data or regenerating the
+metrics token / admin account.
+
+#### Customisation
+
+Every parameter is exposed as an environment variable:
+
+| Variable                     | Default                          | Description                                                             |
+| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `CTID`                        | auto                                | Container ID (auto-allocated via `pvesh get /cluster/nextid`)               |
+| `GITEA_HOSTNAME`               | `gitea`                             | LXC hostname (also used as the tailnet MagicDNS name)                       |
+| `TEMPLATE`                     | auto-detected                       | Alpine template; auto-detected from `pveam available`                       |
+| `STORAGE`                      | `local-lvm`                         | Proxmox storage for the LXC root disk                                       |
+| `TEMPLATE_STORAGE`             | `local`                             | Storage where Alpine templates live                                         |
+| `CORES`                        | `2`                                  | vCPU cores                                                                  |
+| `RAM`                          | `2048`                              | RAM in MiB                                                                  |
+| `DISK`                         | `16`                                | Root disk size in GB                                                       |
+| `BRIDGE`                       | `vmbr0`                             | Network bridge                                                             |
+| `LXC_TAG`                      | `gitea`                             | Stable tag used to re-discover the container                                |
+| `GITEA_DOMAIN`                 | `gitea.arnodo.fr`                   | Public domain                                                              |
+| `GITEA_ROOT_URL`               | `https://<GITEA_DOMAIN>/`           | Public URL (used for clone URLs, webhooks, redirects)                       |
+| `GITEA_HTTP_ADDR` / `_PORT`    | `127.0.0.1` / `3000`                | Local listener; loopback by default                                        |
+| `GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT`    | `2`                                  | Proxy hop count (Traefik + `tailscale serve`) — validate before trusting it  |
+| `GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES`        | `127.0.0.0/8,::1/128,100.64.0.0/10` | Never set to `*`                                                            |
+| `GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN`          | generated                           | Prometheus bearer token; set once, then immutable                          |
+| `GITEA_ADMIN_USER`             | `admin`                             | Admin account username                                                     |
+| `GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL`            | `admin@<GITEA_DOMAIN>`              | Admin account email                                                        |
+| `GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD`         | generated                           | Admin account password, shown once at install time if generated            |
+| `SYSLOG_TARGET` / `SYSLOG_PORT`| `proxy.taila5ad8.ts.net` / `5514`   | Where `gitea.log` is forwarded (proxy's generic rsyslog receiver, #20)      |
+| `TS_AUTHKEY`                   | _(unset)_                           | Pre-auth key; if unset, finish `tailscale up` manually inside the LXC       |
+
+```bash
+CTID=130 GITEA_DOMAIN=git.example.com CORES=4 RAM=4096 \
+  bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh)"
+```
+
+#### Update (from inside the LXC)
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh | bash
+```
+
+Auto-detected via the presence of the `gitea` binary. Runs
+`refresh_os_packages` (which brings `gitea`/`gitea-openrc` to the latest
+available build — no separate `apk upgrade gitea` needed), reapplies
+`app.ini`, restarts the service, and refreshes the tailnet/rsyslog setup.
+Re-running from the Proxmox host does the same after refreshing the LXC.
+
+### Architecture
+
+- **OS**: latest Alpine LXC template (auto-detected), unprivileged, `nesting=1`, `/dev/net/tun` passthrough for Tailscale
+- **Package**: `gitea` + `gitea-openrc` from Alpine `community`
+- **Service**: OpenRC, as shipped by the package (`supervise-daemon`), runs as user `gitea`
+- **Config**: `/etc/gitea/app.ini` — merged via `ini_set`, see table above
+- **Data**: `/var/lib/gitea` (SQLite DB, repositories, LFS)
+- **Logs**: `/var/log/gitea/gitea.log` (Gitea's structured log, rotated daily/7d) forwarded via rsyslog to the proxy's receiver (#20); `/var/log/gitea/http.log` is the raw process stdout/stderr capture
+- **Network**: listener bound to `127.0.0.1:3000`; **Tailscale** runs in the LXC and acts as the reverse proxy (`tailscale serve --https=443`, no port in the resulting URL)
+
+---
+
+## Deployment order — non-negotiable
+
+This issue's script (#19) only produces a working, privately-reachable
+instance. Bringing it onto the public domain safely requires the rest of the
+milestone, **in this exact order**:
+
+```
+#18 → #19 → validation XFF (ci-dessous) → #20 → #21 → #22
+```
+
+> Activer le jail fail2ban (#21) **avant** d'avoir validé la chaîne
+> `X-Forwarded-For` fait bannir le proxy Traefik lui-même au bout de 5
+> échecs, et `gitea.arnodo.fr` devient inaccessible dans son intégralité.
+
+Do not deploy #21 until the procedure below has confirmed `gitea.log`
+contains the real client IP, not the proxy's tailnet IP.
+
+## X-Forwarded-For validation procedure
+
+From an IP known to be external to the tailnet (e.g. mobile hotspot),
+trigger a failed login against the public URL. Then, inside the LXC:
+
+```bash
+grep "Failed authentication" /var/log/gitea/gitea.log | tail -1
+```
+
+| Result           | Interpretation                          | Action                                            |
+| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| Real public IP    | Correct                                   | Proceed to #20                                     |
+| `100.x.x.x`       | XFF not unwound far enough                 | Increase `GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT`, rerun the script |
+| `127.0.0.1`       | `tailscale serve` masks everything        | Verify `127.0.0.0/8` is in `GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES` |
+
+As long as that line does not show the real client IP, #21 stays
+undeployed.
diff --git a/gitea/install.sh b/gitea/install.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,662 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# install.sh - Gitea: LXC creation, installation & update
+# Usage:
+#   From Proxmox host : bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh)"
+#   From inside LXC   : bash /root/install.sh   (updates packages + app.ini)
+#
+# Single entrypoint, three automatic modes:
+#   1. Proxmox host, no existing container  -> create LXC + install Gitea
+#   2. Proxmox host, container already present -> update packages + app.ini
+#   3. Inside an LXC                         -> install if missing, otherwise update
+#
+# Installed via `apk add gitea gitea-openrc` rather than the upstream release
+# binary: dl.gitea.com ships glibc/CGO-linked binaries, a bad fit for musl.
+# Alpine packages a native musl build in community (verified present on the
+# 3.22 template as of writing; check_gitea_channel() re-verifies this on every
+# install rather than trusting that to stay true).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# --- Config (override via environment) ---
+CTID="${CTID:-}"
+HOSTNAME_LXC="${GITEA_HOSTNAME:-gitea}"
+TEMPLATE="${TEMPLATE:-}"                          # auto-detected when empty
+STORAGE="${STORAGE:-local-lvm}"
+TEMPLATE_STORAGE="${TEMPLATE_STORAGE:-local}"
+CORES="${CORES:-2}"
+RAM="${RAM:-2048}"
+DISK="${DISK:-16}"
+BRIDGE="${BRIDGE:-vmbr0}"
+LXC_TAG="${LXC_TAG:-gitea}"                       # stable identifier for the container
+# SCRIPT_URL is what the host-side flow pipes into the LXC. Override it when
+# testing from a non-main branch, e.g.
+#   SCRIPT_URL="https://gitea.arnodo.fr/.../branch/feat/gitea-lxc/gitea/install.sh"
+SCRIPT_URL="${SCRIPT_URL:-https://gitea.arnodo.fr/Damien/infra-scripts/raw/branch/main/gitea/install.sh}"
+# Optional: pre-authorise the LXC's Tailscale non-interactively.
+# Generate at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys
+TS_AUTHKEY="${TS_AUTHKEY:-}"
+
+# --- app.ini (managed exclusively via ini_set, see configure_app_ini) ---
+GITEA_DOMAIN="${GITEA_DOMAIN:-gitea.arnodo.fr}"                 # public domain
+GITEA_ROOT_URL="${GITEA_ROOT_URL:-https://${GITEA_DOMAIN}/}"    # public URL, NOT the tailnet URL
+GITEA_HTTP_ADDR="${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1}"                 # loopback; tailscale serve fronts it
+GITEA_HTTP_PORT="${GITEA_HTTP_PORT:-3000}"
+# Hop count between the client and this instance. Traefik + `tailscale serve`
+# is the assumed chain (2 hops) — validate empirically per gitea/README.md
+# before relying on the resulting client IP for the fail2ban jail in #21.
+GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT="${GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT:-2}"
+# Must never be "*" (CVE-2026-20896). 100.64.0.0/10 is Tailscale's CGNAT range.
+GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES="${GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES:-127.0.0.0/8,::1/128,100.64.0.0/10}"
+# Prometheus scrape token. Generated on first install if left unset; once set
+# in app.ini it is never regenerated (see setup_metrics_token).
+GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN="${GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN:-}"
+
+# --- Admin account (created once; see create_admin_user) ---
+GITEA_ADMIN_USER="${GITEA_ADMIN_USER:-admin}"
+GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL="${GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL:-admin@${GITEA_DOMAIN}}"
+GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD="${GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-}"                # generated if unset
+
+# --- rsyslog forwarding to the proxy's receiver (see proxy #20) ---
+SYSLOG_TARGET="${SYSLOG_TARGET:-proxy.taila5ad8.ts.net}"
+SYSLOG_PORT="${SYSLOG_PORT:-5514}"
+
+# --- Fixed paths (Alpine package layout; not meant to be overridden) ---
+APP_INI="/etc/gitea/app.ini"
+GITEA_WORK_DIR="/var/lib/gitea"
+GITEA_LOG_DIR="/var/log/gitea"
+
+# --- Colors ---
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Logs go to stderr so callers can safely use $(fn) without capturing log noise.
+log_info()  { echo -e "${GREEN}[INFO]${NC} $1" >&2; }
+log_warn()  { echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARN]${NC} $1" >&2; }
+log_error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1" >&2; }
+
+# ============================================================
+# Load shared helpers (lib/common.sh: detect_latest_alpine_template,
+# enable_tty1_autologin, find_existing_lxc, refresh_os_packages, ini_set).
+#
+# Same reasoning as openbao/install.sh and gitea-runner/install.sh: a local
+# checkout has the file on disk right next to us, but the documented curl
+# one-liner (host or piped into `pct exec` inside the LXC) has no
+# BASH_SOURCE path worth trusting, so fall back to fetching lib/common.sh
+# over HTTP next to SCRIPT_URL. The LXC already needs outbound network to
+# curl this very script and to apk-install gitea, so this adds no new
+# failure mode.
+# ============================================================
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-.}")" 2>/dev/null && pwd || true)"
+LIB_COMMON_URL="$(dirname "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_URL")")/lib/common.sh"
+if [[ -n "$SCRIPT_DIR" && -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../lib/common.sh" ]]; then
+  source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../lib/common.sh"
+else
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source <(curl -fsSL "$LIB_COMMON_URL")
+fi
+
+# `source <(curl ...)` swallows curl failures: an empty stream still makes
+# `source` return 0, so a 404/network error would otherwise only surface
+# later as a confusing "command not found" for ini_set et al. Fail loudly
+# here instead, with the URL that was tried.
+if ! declare -F ini_set >/dev/null; then
+  log_error "Failed to load lib/common.sh (tried: ${LIB_COMMON_URL})."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+require_root() {
+  if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    log_error "This script must be run as root (current uid: $(id -u))."
+    log_error "On Proxmox, launch it from the host shell or via the Web UI shell, both of which run as root."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Refuse to install from edge/community: acceptable for a throwaway test
+# box, not for a production instance. Re-checked on every install rather
+# than assumed, since the issue this script implements only verified this
+# against Alpine 3.22 at write time.
+# ============================================================
+check_gitea_channel() {
+  local repo_line
+  repo_line=$(apk policy gitea 2>/dev/null | awk '/^[[:space:]]+https?:\/\//{print; exit}')
+
+  if [[ -z "$repo_line" ]]; then
+    log_error "Package 'gitea' not found in the configured Alpine repositories."
+    log_error "This Alpine release may not package Gitea — see https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=gitea"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ "$repo_line" == *"/edge/"* ]]; then
+    log_error "gitea is only available via edge/community on this Alpine release."
+    log_error "Refusing to install from edge on what should be a production instance."
+    log_error "Pin an Alpine template where gitea has reached a stable release (TEMPLATE=...),"
+    log_error "or comment on issue #19 with what you found so the assumption can be revisited."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  log_info "gitea package available via:${repo_line}"
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Merge app.ini to the keys this script owns via ini_set (#18). Never a
+# heredoc overwrite: the file ships with sane Alpine-package defaults for
+# everything we don't list here, and a rejoué script must only touch its
+# own keys (see lib/common.sh's ini_set contract).
+# ============================================================
+configure_app_ini() {
+  log_info "Configuring ${APP_INI}..."
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server PROTOCOL http
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server HTTP_ADDR "$GITEA_HTTP_ADDR"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server HTTP_PORT "$GITEA_HTTP_PORT"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server DOMAIN "$GITEA_DOMAIN"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server ROOT_URL "$GITEA_ROOT_URL"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" server DISABLE_SSH true
+
+  # INSTALL_LOCK must land before the service's first start, or the web
+  # installer is exposed on the public domain and the first visitor becomes
+  # admin. configure_app_ini() always runs before rc-service gitea start in
+  # install_inside_lxc — do not reorder that.
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" security INSTALL_LOCK true
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" security REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT "$GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" security REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES "$GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES"
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" service DISABLE_REGISTRATION true
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" service REQUIRE_CAPTCHA_FOR_LOGIN true
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" service ENABLE_CAPTCHA true
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" log MODE file
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" log LEVEL info
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" log ROOT_PATH "$GITEA_LOG_DIR"
+  # ANSI color codes in gitea.log would break the <HOST> match in the
+  # fail2ban filter added by #21.
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" log COLORIZE false
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" actions ENABLED true
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" database DB_TYPE sqlite3
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" database PATH "${GITEA_WORK_DIR}/data/gitea.db"
+
+  setup_metrics_token
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Metrics token: generate once, then leave alone. A rejeu that regenerated
+# it would silently break the Prometheus scrape config.
+# ============================================================
+setup_metrics_token() {
+  local current_token
+  current_token=$(awk '
+    /^\[metrics\]/ { insec = 1; next }
+    /^\[/ { insec = 0 }
+    insec && match($0, /^[ \t]*TOKEN[ \t]*=/) {
+      sub(/^[^=]*=[ \t]*/, "")
+      print
+      exit
+    }
+  ' "$APP_INI" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+  local token="${current_token:-${GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN}}"
+  if [[ -z "$token" ]]; then
+    token=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
+    log_info "Generated new Prometheus metrics token (shown once, save it now):"
+    log_info "  ${token}"
+  fi
+
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" metrics ENABLED true
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" metrics TOKEN "$token"
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" metrics ENABLED_ISSUE_BY_REPOSITORY true
+  ini_set "$APP_INI" metrics ENABLED_ISSUE_BY_LABEL true
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Block until Gitea answers its health endpoint. Both create_admin_user()
+# (DB must be migrated) and configure_rsyslog_forwarder() (log file must
+# exist) depend on the service actually being up.
+# ============================================================
+wait_for_gitea_ready() {
+  local tries=0
+  until curl -fsS "http://${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT}/api/healthz" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+    tries=$((tries + 1))
+    if (( tries > 30 )); then
+      log_error "Gitea did not become healthy within 30s."
+      log_error "Check: rc-service gitea status && tail -50 ${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Idempotent admin creation: the DB only exists once Gitea has started at
+# least once (its CLI does not migrate on its own), so this must run after
+# wait_for_gitea_ready(). Skips creation if any admin already exists,
+# regardless of username, so a rerun never touches an operator-renamed or
+# operator-created admin account.
+# ============================================================
+create_admin_user() {
+  local existing
+  existing=$(su -s /bin/sh gitea -c \
+    "gitea admin user list --admin --config '${APP_INI}' --work-path '${GITEA_WORK_DIR}'" \
+    2>/dev/null | tail -n +2 | grep -c . || true)
+
+  if [[ "${existing:-0}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    log_info "Admin account already present, skipping creation."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local password="${GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-$(openssl rand -base64 24)}"
+  log_info "Creating admin account '${GITEA_ADMIN_USER}'..."
+  su -s /bin/sh gitea -c \
+    "gitea admin user create --admin --username '${GITEA_ADMIN_USER}' --email '${GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL}' --password '${password}' --must-change-password=true --config '${APP_INI}' --work-path '${GITEA_WORK_DIR}'"
+
+  echo ""
+  log_info "Admin account created (shown once, save it now):"
+  log_info "  Username: ${GITEA_ADMIN_USER}"
+  log_info "  Password: ${password}"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Forward gitea.log to the proxy's generic rsyslog receiver (#20), tagged
+# "gitea" so the proxy can route it into its own file (#21) for a
+# proxy-side fail2ban jail — a jail running in this LXC would only ever
+# see the proxy's own tailnet IP as the source and end up banning the
+# proxy. Scoped to $programname == "gitea" so the LXC's own local syslog
+# traffic (cron, auth, rsyslog's startup messages) is never forwarded.
+# ============================================================
+configure_rsyslog_forwarder() {
+  log_info "Configuring rsyslog forwarding to ${SYSLOG_TARGET}:${SYSLOG_PORT}..."
+  apk add --no-cache rsyslog >/dev/null
+  mkdir -p /etc/rsyslog.d
+
+  cat > /etc/rsyslog.d/50-gitea-forward.conf << EOF
+module(load="imfile")
+
+input(type="imfile"
+      File="${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log"
+      Tag="gitea"
+      Severity="info"
+      Facility="local0")
+
+if \$programname == "gitea" then {
+    action(type="omfwd" target="${SYSLOG_TARGET}" port="${SYSLOG_PORT}" protocol="tcp")
+    stop
+}
+EOF
+
+  rc-update add rsyslog default >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  rc-service rsyslog status >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-service rsyslog stop
+
+  # SYSLOG_TARGET is a MagicDNS name; omfwd resolves it once at rsyslog
+  # startup, so starting before Tailscale has come up and propagated the
+  # name would leave the forwarder silently broken until the next restart.
+  # Same bounded-wait pattern as gitea-runner/install.sh's start_pre().
+  # configure_tailscale_proxy() must already have run by the time we get
+  # here — do not reorder that.
+  local tries=0
+  until getent hosts "$SYSLOG_TARGET" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+    tries=$((tries + 1))
+    if (( tries > 30 )); then
+      log_warn "Could not resolve ${SYSLOG_TARGET} after 30s — starting rsyslog anyway."
+      log_warn "Forwarding will stay broken until the name resolves and rsyslog is restarted (rerun this script)."
+      break
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  rc-service rsyslog start
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Reusable: bring Tailscale up and publish Gitea on the tailnet.
+# Idempotent: re-running is a no-op once Tailscale is logged in and the
+# serve mapping is already in place. Mirrors openbao/install.sh's helper
+# of the same name.
+# ============================================================
+configure_tailscale_proxy() {
+  if ! command -v tailscale >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log_warn "tailscale CLI not found, skipping reverse-proxy setup."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local backend_state
+  backend_state=$(tailscale status --json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.BackendState // "unknown"')
+  if [[ "$backend_state" != "Running" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "$TS_AUTHKEY" ]]; then
+      log_info "Bringing Tailscale up with provided auth key..."
+      tailscale up --authkey "$TS_AUTHKEY" --ssh --hostname "$HOSTNAME_LXC" \
+        || log_warn "tailscale up failed — run it manually inside the LXC."
+    else
+      log_warn "Tailscale not authenticated and TS_AUTHKEY was not supplied."
+      log_warn "Finish setup inside the LXC with: tailscale up --ssh"
+      log_warn "Then publish Gitea with: tailscale serve --bg --https=443 http://${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT}"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if tailscale serve status 2>/dev/null | grep -q "${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT}"; then
+    log_info "Tailscale serve already publishes http://${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT}."
+  else
+    log_info "Publishing Gitea on the tailnet via 'tailscale serve' (HTTPS:443)..."
+    tailscale serve --bg --https=443 "http://${GITEA_HTTP_ADDR}:${GITEA_HTTP_PORT}" \
+      || log_warn "tailscale serve failed — enable HTTPS on your tailnet and retry."
+  fi
+
+  local fqdn
+  fqdn=$(tailscale status --json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.Self.DNSName // ""' | sed 's/\.$//')
+  if [[ -n "$fqdn" ]]; then
+    log_info "Gitea reachable on the tailnet at: https://${fqdn}"
+  fi
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Proxmox-host helpers
+# ============================================================
+allocate_ctid() {
+  pvesh get /cluster/nextid 2>/dev/null \
+    || pvesh get /cluster/resources --type vm --output-format json 2>/dev/null \
+       | jq '[.[].vmid] | max + 1' \
+    || echo 100
+}
+
+# Inject the script into the container and execute it in the requested mode.
+# Forwards the runtime configuration the inner invocation needs to reproduce
+# what the user requested on the host (mirrors openbao/gitea-runner's
+# exec_in_lxc).
+exec_in_lxc() {
+  local ctid="$1"
+  local mode="$2"   # --install or --update
+
+  pct exec "$ctid" -- sh -c "apk add --no-cache bash curl jq ca-certificates >/dev/null 2>&1"
+  curl -fsSL "$SCRIPT_URL" \
+    | pct exec "$ctid" -- env \
+        SCRIPT_URL="$SCRIPT_URL" \
+        GITEA_HOSTNAME="$HOSTNAME_LXC" \
+        GITEA_DOMAIN="$GITEA_DOMAIN" \
+        GITEA_ROOT_URL="$GITEA_ROOT_URL" \
+        GITEA_HTTP_ADDR="$GITEA_HTTP_ADDR" \
+        GITEA_HTTP_PORT="$GITEA_HTTP_PORT" \
+        GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT="$GITEA_REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT" \
+        GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES="$GITEA_TRUSTED_PROXIES" \
+        GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN="$GITEA_METRICS_TOKEN" \
+        GITEA_ADMIN_USER="$GITEA_ADMIN_USER" \
+        GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL="$GITEA_ADMIN_EMAIL" \
+        GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD="$GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD" \
+        SYSLOG_TARGET="$SYSLOG_TARGET" \
+        SYSLOG_PORT="$SYSLOG_PORT" \
+        TS_AUTHKEY="$TS_AUTHKEY" \
+        bash -s -- "$mode"
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# MODE: Proxmox host — create LXC + install
+# ============================================================
+create_lxc() {
+  log_info "=== Gitea — LXC creation ==="
+
+  if [[ -z "$TEMPLATE" ]]; then
+    TEMPLATE=$(detect_latest_alpine_template)
+  else
+    log_info "Using user-provided template: $TEMPLATE"
+  fi
+  ensure_template_present "$TEMPLATE"
+
+  if [[ -z "$CTID" ]]; then
+    CTID=$(allocate_ctid)
+    log_info "Auto-selected CTID: $CTID"
+  fi
+
+  log_info "Creating LXC ${CTID} (${HOSTNAME_LXC})..."
+  pct create "$CTID" "${TEMPLATE_STORAGE}:vztmpl/${TEMPLATE}" \
+    --hostname "$HOSTNAME_LXC" \
+    --cores "$CORES" \
+    --memory "$RAM" \
+    --rootfs "${STORAGE}:${DISK}" \
+    --net0 "name=eth0,bridge=${BRIDGE},ip=dhcp" \
+    --unprivileged 1 \
+    --features "nesting=1" \
+    --tags "infra-script,${LXC_TAG}" \
+    --onboot 1 \
+    --start 0
+
+  # Tailscale needs /dev/net/tun inside the unprivileged container.
+  log_info "Adding /dev/net/tun passthrough for Tailscale..."
+  cat >> "/etc/pve/lxc/${CTID}.conf" <<EOF
+lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 10:200 rwm
+lxc.mount.entry: /dev/net dev/net none bind,create=dir
+lxc.mount.entry: /dev/net/tun dev/net/tun none bind,create=file
+EOF
+
+  log_info "Starting LXC ${CTID}..."
+  pct start "$CTID"
+  local tries=0
+  until pct exec "$CTID" -- sh -c "ip -4 addr show eth0 | grep -q 'inet '" 2>/dev/null; do
+    tries=$((tries + 1))
+    if (( tries > 20 )); then
+      log_error "LXC ${CTID} did not acquire an IP after 20s."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  log_info "Running installer inside LXC ${CTID}..."
+  exec_in_lxc "$CTID" "--install"
+
+  local ip
+  ip=$(pct exec "$CTID" -- ip -4 addr show eth0 2>/dev/null | awk '/inet /{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1 || true)
+
+  echo ""
+  log_info "========================================="
+  log_info "LXC ${CTID} created successfully!"
+  log_info "========================================="
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Hostname : ${HOSTNAME_LXC}"
+  echo "  IP       : ${ip:-pending}"
+  echo ""
+  echo "IMPORTANT — do not deploy the fail2ban jail (#21) yet. Validate the"
+  echo "X-Forwarded-For chain first (see gitea/README.md):"
+  echo "  1. Trigger a failed login from a known external IP."
+  echo "  2. pct enter ${CTID} && grep 'Failed authentication' ${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log | tail -1"
+  echo "  3. Only once that line shows the real client IP, deploy #20 then #21."
+  echo ""
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# MODE: Proxmox host — update existing LXC
+# ============================================================
+update_lxc() {
+  local ctid="$1"
+  log_info "=== Gitea — updating existing LXC ${ctid} ==="
+
+  if ! pct status "$ctid" | grep -q running; then
+    log_info "Starting LXC ${ctid}..."
+    pct start "$ctid"
+    sleep 3
+  fi
+
+  log_info "Updating LXC ${ctid}..."
+  exec_in_lxc "$ctid" "--update"
+
+  log_info "Update of LXC ${ctid} complete."
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# MODE: inside LXC — fresh install
+# ============================================================
+install_inside_lxc() {
+  log_info "=== Gitea — installation ==="
+
+  log_info "Updating package index..."
+  apk update >/dev/null
+
+  check_gitea_channel
+
+  log_info "Installing dependencies..."
+  apk add --no-cache bash curl jq ca-certificates openssl openrc tailscale >/dev/null
+
+  log_info "Installing gitea + gitea-openrc..."
+  apk add --no-cache gitea gitea-openrc >/dev/null
+
+  log_info "Enabling tailscaled..."
+  rc-update add tailscale default >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  rc-service tailscale start >/dev/null 2>&1 || log_warn "tailscaled failed to start (is /dev/net/tun mapped into the LXC?)"
+
+  configure_app_ini
+
+  log_info "Starting gitea service..."
+  rc-update add gitea default >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  rc-service gitea status >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-service gitea stop
+  rc-service gitea start
+
+  wait_for_gitea_ready
+  create_admin_user
+
+  configure_tailscale_proxy
+
+  # SYSLOG_TARGET is a MagicDNS name — must run after configure_tailscale_proxy
+  # so the tailnet (and MagicDNS) is actually up by the time rsyslog starts.
+  configure_rsyslog_forwarder
+
+  log_info "Configuring logrotate for ${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log..."
+  apk add --no-cache logrotate >/dev/null
+  cat > /etc/logrotate.d/gitea <<EOF
+${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log {
+    daily
+    rotate 7
+    compress
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    copytruncate
+}
+EOF
+  ln -sf /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/periodic/daily/logrotate 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  enable_tty1_autologin
+
+  log_info "Configuring MOTD..."
+  # /etc/profile.d/ runs for every interactive login shell — works for both
+  # the auto-login tty and Tailscale SSH. Quoted heredoc: every variable is
+  # resolved at login time, not at install time; the two __GITEA_*__
+  # markers below are the only install-time values, substituted after the fact.
+  cat > /etc/profile.d/00-gitea.sh <<'MOTD'
+TS_FQDN=$(tailscale status --json 2>/dev/null | awk -F'"' '
+    /"Self"/ { in_self=1 }
+    in_self && /"DNSName"/ { gsub(/\.$/, "", $4); print $4; exit }
+')
+[[ -z "$TS_FQDN" ]] && TS_FQDN="$(hostname).ts.net"
+
+GITEA_VERSION=$(apk info -e -v gitea 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^gitea-//')
+[[ -z "$GITEA_VERSION" ]] && GITEA_VERSION="unknown"
+
+if rc-service gitea status >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    SVC_STATE="running"
+else
+    SVC_STATE="stopped"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo " ____ _ _            "
+echo "/ ___(_) |_ ___  __ _ "
+echo "| |  _| | __/ _ \/ _\` |"
+echo "| |_| | | ||  __/ (_| |"
+echo "\____|_|\__\___|\__,_|"
+echo ""
+echo "Gitea (${GITEA_VERSION})"
+echo "─────────────────────────────────────────"
+echo "Access:"
+echo "  • Tailnet : https://${TS_FQDN}"
+echo "  • Public  : __GITEA_ROOT_URL__"
+echo "  • Service : ${SVC_STATE}"
+echo ""
+echo "Useful commands:"
+echo "  rc-service gitea status"
+echo "  tail -f __GITEA_LOG_DIR__/gitea.log"
+echo "─────────────────────────────────────────"
+echo ""
+MOTD
+  sed -i "s#__GITEA_ROOT_URL__#${GITEA_ROOT_URL}#; s#__GITEA_LOG_DIR__#${GITEA_LOG_DIR}#" /etc/profile.d/00-gitea.sh
+  chmod +x /etc/profile.d/00-gitea.sh
+
+  log_info "Cleaning up..."
+  rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+  echo ""
+  log_info "========================================="
+  log_info "Gitea installation complete!"
+  log_info "========================================="
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Public URL : ${GITEA_ROOT_URL}"
+  echo ""
+  echo "IMPORTANT — do not deploy the fail2ban jail (#21) yet. Validate the"
+  echo "X-Forwarded-For chain first (see gitea/README.md):"
+  echo "  grep 'Failed authentication' ${GITEA_LOG_DIR}/gitea.log | tail -1"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# MODE: inside LXC — update only
+# ============================================================
+update_inside_lxc() {
+  log_info "=== Gitea — update ==="
+
+  # refresh_os_packages() runs an unscoped `apk update && apk upgrade`,
+  # which already brings gitea/gitea-openrc to the latest available build —
+  # no separate `apk upgrade gitea` call needed.
+  refresh_os_packages
+
+  configure_app_ini
+
+  rc-service gitea status >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-service gitea stop
+  rc-service gitea start
+  wait_for_gitea_ready
+
+  configure_tailscale_proxy
+  # SYSLOG_TARGET is a MagicDNS name — must run after configure_tailscale_proxy
+  # so the tailnet (and MagicDNS) is actually up by the time rsyslog starts.
+  configure_rsyslog_forwarder
+
+  log_info "Gitea version: $(apk info -e -v gitea 2>/dev/null)"
+  log_info "Update complete."
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Main — dispatch on explicit mode flag or auto-detect context
+# ============================================================
+main() {
+  case "${1:-}" in
+    --install)
+      install_inside_lxc
+      return
+      ;;
+    --update)
+      update_inside_lxc
+      return
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  if command -v pct >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Running on a Proxmox host
+    require_root
+
+    local existing=""
+    if existing=$(find_existing_lxc); then
+      log_info "Found existing Gitea LXC (CTID ${existing}, hostname/tag match) — switching to update mode."
+      update_lxc "$existing"
+    else
+      create_lxc
+    fi
+  else
+    # Inside a container (no Proxmox tooling)
+    require_root
+    if command -v gitea >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      update_inside_lxc
+    else
+      install_inside_lxc
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"