Since the new database server outside the Kubernetes cluster, created
for Authelia, was seeded from a backup of the in-cluster server, it
already contained the data from Firefly-III as well. Thus, we can
switch Firefly-III to using it, too.
The documentation for Firefly-III does not mention anything about how
to configure it to use certificate-based authentication for PostgreSQL,
as is required by the new server. Fortunately, it ultimately uses
_libpq_, so the standard `PG...` environment variables work fine. We
just need a certificate issued by the _postgresql-ca_ ClusterIssuer and
the _DCH Root CA_ certificate mounted in the Firefly-III container.
Apparently, *Firefly III* thinks it is a good idea to send an email to
the administrator every time it encounters an error. This is
particularly annoying when doing database maintenance, as the Kubernetes
health checks trigger an error every minute, which *Firefly III*
helpfully notifies me about.
Fortunately, this behavior can be disabled.
[Firefly III][0] is a free and open source, web-based personal finance
management application. It features a double-entry bookkeeping system
for tracking transactions, plus other classification options like
budgets, categories, and tags. It has a rule engine that can
automatically manipulate transactions, plus several other really useful
features.
The application itself is mostly standard browser-based GUI written in
PHP. There is an official container image, though it is not
particularly well designed and must be run as root (it does drop
privileges before launching the actual application, thankfully). I may
decide to create a better image later.
Along with the main application, there is a separate tool for importing
transactions from a CSV file. Its design is rather interesting: though
it is a web-based application, it does not have any authentication or
user management, but uses a user API key to access the main Firefly III
application. This effectively requires us to have one instance of the
importer per user. While not ideal, it isn't particularly problematic
since there are only two of us (and Tabitha may not even end up using
it; she seems to like YNAB).
[0]: https://www.firefly-iii.org/
Dustin