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Forgejo on Google Cloud Run

Forgejo on Google Cloud Run

Forgejo is a lightweight, community-managed, self-hosted Git service — a fork of Gitea — providing repository hosting, issue tracking, pull requests, a built-in CI/CD (Actions) runner, code review, and a package registry from a single Go binary. This module deploys Forgejo on Cloud Run v2 on top of the App_CloudRun foundation, which provisions and manages the shared Google Cloud infrastructure.

This guide focuses on the cloud services Forgejo uses and how to explore and operate them from the Google Cloud Console and the command line. For the mechanics common to every Cloud Run application — service identity, ingress and load balancing, scaling and concurrency, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC Service Controls, backups, and the deployment lifecycle — refer to the App_CloudRun foundation guide rather than repeating them here.


1. Overview

Forgejo runs as a single Go binary inside a thin custom-build wrapper over the stock codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo image: the wrapper adds a platform entrypoint (/platform-entrypoint.sh) that composes the database connection at runtime, then hands off to Forgejo's own entrypoint under s6. The deployment wires together a focused set of Google Cloud services:

CapabilityGoogle Cloud serviceNotes
ComputeCloud Run v2Go binary on port 3000, 1 vCPU / 2Gi by default, serverless autoscaling; max_instance_count defaults to 1
DatabaseCloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15Locked in practice — db-init.sh uses psql; the database_type dropdown lists MYSQL/NONE as options but they are not supported
File persistenceCloud Filestore (NFS)Enabled by default; repositories, LFS objects, and attachments live under the NFS mount (/mnt/nfs)
Object storageCloud StorageA generic, unused data-suffixed bucket is provisioned by the foundation default — Forgejo itself stores nothing in GCS
SecretsSecret ManagerAuto-generated SECRET_KEY and INTERNAL_TOKEN, plus the database password, all injected directly as GITEA__ environment variables
IngressCloud Run URL / Cloud Load BalancingDefault run.app URL; optional external HTTPS load balancer + custom domain

Sensible defaults worth knowing up front:

  • PostgreSQL 15 is the only engine that actually works. database_type defaults to POSTGRES_15; the db-init job's script is written entirely against psql, so selecting MySQL or NONE breaks database setup even though the variable metadata lists them as options.
  • Cloud SQL is reached over direct private-IP TCP by default, not a socket. enable_cloudsql_volume = false by default for this module (unlike many other CloudRun modules), so the platform entrypoint sees a private-IP DB_HOST and sets GITEA__database__SSL_MODE=require for that hop. Set enable_cloudsql_volume = true to switch to the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy Unix socket at /cloudsql/<connection-name> instead (SSL_MODE=disable).
  • NFS is enabled by default, mounted at /mnt/nfs (GITEA__server__APP_DATA_PATH) — this is where repositories, Git LFS objects, and attachments persist. This module's own default overrides the Forgejo_Common module's internal default of /data.
  • max_instance_count defaults to 1. Combined with NFS-backed repository storage and a single Postgres role, this avoids concurrent-writer races without needing a Kubernetes-style Recreate rollout strategy (Cloud Run has no equivalent concept — a new revision only receives traffic once its health checks pass, and the previous revision's instances are then drained).
  • No separate migration job. GITEA__security__INSTALL_LOCK = "true" skips Forgejo's web installer; the forgejo/forgejo image creates and migrates its own schema on container start against the empty database the db-init job prepared.
  • No admin account is bootstrapped by Terraform. There is no init job that creates a Forgejo admin user — see Section 3 for the operator-side options.
  • SECRET_KEY and INTERNAL_TOKEN are auto-generated and stored in Secret Manager. On Cloud Run there is no SecretSync CRD restriction (that only applies to GKE), so they are injected directly as the GITEA__security__ env vars — no CSI-mounted file indirection is needed.
  • public_domain / public_url default to localhost. Even though the service gets a real run.app URL at deploy time, GITEA__server__DOMAIN / GITEA__server__ROOT_URL are not automatically synced to it — set public_domain (and optionally public_url) to the real external hostname so clone URLs and links resolve correctly.
  • Self-registration is open by default (GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION = "false").
  • Redis is provisioned but not actually wired into Forgejo's config. enable_redis = true by default and the foundation injects REDIS_HOST / REDIS_PORT into the container, but Forgejo_Common sets no GITEA__cache__* / GITEA__session__* / GITEA__queue__* variables to consume them — Forgejo falls back to its built-in cache/session defaults unless you add that wiring yourself via environment_variables.
  • Git-over-SSH is not reachable. Cloud Run only routes HTTP(S) traffic on a single container port (3000, HTTP). Forgejo's internal sshd (also supervised by s6, per the Dockerfile) has no path to the outside world on this platform — use https:// clone URLs, not git+ssh://.
  • The base image tag is driven by an app-specific build ARG. The Dockerfile build arg is FORGEJO_VERSION, not the generic APP_VERSION the foundation injects into build_args (and which would otherwise win the merge and resolve to forgejo:latest). application_version = "latest" maps to the pinned tag 11 in Forgejo_Common's config.

2. Google Cloud Services & How to Explore Them

All commands assume PROJECT and REGION are set. Service and resource names are reported in the deployment Outputs.

A. Cloud Run — the Forgejo service

Forgejo runs as a Cloud Run v2 service that autoscales by request load between the minimum and maximum instance counts. Each deployment creates an immutable revision; traffic can be split across revisions for safe rollouts.

  • Console: Cloud Run → select the service for revisions, traffic, logs, and metrics.
  • CLI:
    gcloud run services list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
    gcloud run services describe <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
    gcloud run revisions list --service <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"

See App_CloudRun for scaling, concurrency, execution environment, and traffic splitting.

B. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15

Forgejo stores all application metadata (users, repositories, issues, pull requests, Actions runs) in a managed Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 instance. By default (enable_cloudsql_volume = false) the service connects over direct private-IP TCP with sslmode=require; setting enable_cloudsql_volume = true switches to the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy Unix socket instead (sslmode=disable). On first deploy, a db-init Cloud Run Job creates the application role and database and grants schema privileges; Forgejo then creates and migrates its own schema on first container start.

  • Console: SQL → select the instance for connections, backups, flags, metrics.
  • CLI:
    gcloud sql instances list --project "$PROJECT"
    gcloud sql instances describe <instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"
    gcloud sql connect <instance-name> --user=<db-user> --database=<db-name> --project "$PROJECT"

The instance name, database, user, and password secret are in the Outputs. See App_CloudRun for the connection model, backups, and password rotation.

C. Cloud Filestore (NFS) — repository storage

Forgejo's repository data, Git LFS objects, and attachments live on NFS (Cloud Filestore), mounted inside the container at /mnt/nfs by default (GITEA__server__APP_DATA_PATH). This is where all durable, non-database application state lives — the container filesystem itself is ephemeral.

  • Console: Filestore → Instances.
  • CLI:
    gcloud filestore instances list --project "$PROJECT"

See App_CloudRun for NFS discovery/creation details.

D. Cloud Storage

A generic Cloud Storage data-suffixed bucket is provisioned by the foundation's storage_buckets default, but Forgejo does not use GCS for anything — Forgejo_Common always reports an empty storage_buckets output. Set create_cloud_storage = false to skip provisioning it if it is not needed.

  • Console: Cloud Storage → Buckets.
  • CLI:
    gcloud storage buckets list --project "$PROJECT" --filter="name~data"

See App_CloudRun for GCS Fuse and CMEK options.

E. Redis (provisioned, not wired)

Redis is enabled by default (enable_redis = true); when redis_host is left empty, the NFS server VM's IP is used as the Redis endpoint. The foundation injects REDIS_HOST / REDIS_PORT into the container, but Forgejo_Common does not set any GITEA__cache__* / GITEA__session__* / GITEA__queue__* configuration to actually use them — Forgejo runs on its built-in in-memory cache/session/queue defaults unless you add the matching environment_variables yourself.

  • Console: Memorystore → Redis (if using a managed instance).
  • CLI:
    redis-cli -h <redis-host> ping
    gcloud run services describe <service-name> --region "$REGION" \
    --format='value(spec.template.spec.containers[0].env)'

F. Secret Manager

Two Forgejo secrets are generated automatically and stored in Secret Manager: SECRET_KEY (encrypts sensitive data such as 2FA and OAuth tokens) and INTERNAL_TOKEN (authenticates Forgejo's own internal API calls). The database password is the foundation-managed secret, aliased to GITEA__database__PASSWD via db_password_env_var_name in main.tf. On Cloud Run all three arrive as GITEA__ environment variables directly — there is no SecretSync CRD restriction (that only applies to GKE), so no CSI-mounted file indirection is used.

  • Console: Security → Secret Manager.
  • CLI:
    gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT" --filter="name~forgejo"
    gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<secret-name> --project "$PROJECT"

See App_CloudRun for injection and rotation details.

G. Networking & ingress

The service is reachable at its run.app URL by default (ingress_settings = "all"), which allows public access to the web UI and https:// Git clone/push endpoints. An external HTTPS load balancer with a custom domain, Cloud CDN, and Cloud Armor can be layered on. Only the HTTP port (3000) is exposed by Cloud Run — Forgejo's internal sshd has no way to be reached from this platform, so git+ssh:// clone URLs are not available; clone over https:// instead.

  • Console: Cloud Run (service URL); Network services → Load balancing.
  • CLI:
    gcloud run services describe <service-name> --region "$REGION" --format='value(status.url)'
    gcloud compute addresses list --project "$PROJECT"

See App_CloudRun.

H. Cloud Logging & Monitoring

Container logs flow to Cloud Logging; Cloud Run and Cloud SQL metrics flow to Cloud Monitoring, with optional uptime checks and alert policies.

  • Console: Logging → Logs Explorer; Monitoring → Dashboards / Alerting.
  • CLI:
    gcloud run services logs read <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" --limit 50

3. Forgejo Application Behaviour

  • First-deploy database setup. The db-init Cloud Run Job runs db-init.sh using postgres:15-alpine. It waits for Cloud SQL to accept connections, idempotently creates (or re-passwords) the application role with CREATEDB, creates the database owned by that role, and grants full database + public schema privileges (PG15+). No Postgres extensions are installed by the script — Forgejo's own migrations create everything it needs. The job is safe to re-run (execute_on_apply = true, max_retries = 3).
  • No separate migration job — schema creation happens on container boot. With GITEA__security__INSTALL_LOCK = "true", Forgejo's web installer is skipped; the stock forgejo/forgejo entrypoint creates and migrates the schema in the empty database on first start, and applies further migrations on subsequent version upgrades.
  • No admin account is created automatically. No initialization job runs a forgejo admin user create (or equivalent) step, and self-registration is enabled (GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION = "false"), so anyone who can reach the service can create an account. Unlike GKE, Cloud Run has no equivalent to kubectl exec into a running instance, so the operator-side bootstrap options differ: either add a one-off entry to initialization_jobs that runs the Forgejo/Gitea admin user create CLI against the same database (image: the deployed Forgejo image; requires the DB env vars this module already injects), or rely on Forgejo/Gitea's own first-user-becomes- admin behaviour if applicable to the deployed version. TODO: confirm the exact CLI invocation and whether the deployed Forgejo version still grants admin rights to the first self-registered account before relying on either path — this was not verified from this repository's source.
  • DB connection env-var wiring. The foundation injects DB_HOST (the private IP by default, or the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy socket directory when enable_cloudsql_volume = true), DB_NAME, DB_USER, and the DB_PASSWORD secret (aliased to GITEA__database__PASSWD). Because Kubernetes-style $(VAR) references are not interpolated by Cloud Run, /platform-entrypoint.sh composes GITEA__database__{HOST,NAME,USER,SSL_MODE} at runtime from the injected DB_* values, branching on the shape of DB_HOST itself (leading / → socket, disable; 127.0.0.1/localhost → loopback proxy, disable; anything else → direct private-IP TCP, require) — the same entrypoint also works unmodified on the GKE variant.
  • Single-instance by default keeps NFS-backed writes safe. max_instance_count defaults to 1, so only one Forgejo instance runs against the shared NFS repository data and Postgres database at a time. Raising it is not something this module has tested for concurrent Git-write correctness — treat it with the same caution as any shared-filesystem workload.
  • Health path. Both probes are HTTP GET /api/healthz, which Forgejo serves without authentication once database migrations complete: startup probe initial_delay_seconds=30, timeout_seconds=5, period_seconds=20, failure_threshold=10; liveness probe initial_delay_seconds=15, timeout_seconds=5, period_seconds=30, failure_threshold=3.
  • Inspect job execution and running config:
    gcloud run jobs list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
    gcloud run jobs executions list --job <db-init-job-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
    gcloud run services describe <service-name> --region "$REGION" \
    --format='value(spec.template.spec.containers[0].env)' | tr ';' '\n' | grep GITEA__

4. Configuration Variables

Variables are grouped exactly as they appear on the deployment platform. Only settings specific to or notable for Forgejo are listed; every other input is inherited from App_CloudRun with its standard behaviour.

Group 1 — Project & Identity

VariableDefaultDescription
project_id(required)Target Google Cloud project.
regionus-central1Region for the service and regional resources.

Group 2 — Deployment Environment

VariableDefaultDescription
tenant_deployment_iddemoShort suffix that makes resource names unique per environment.
support_users[]Emails granted project access and monitoring alerts.
resource_labels{}Labels applied to all resources.

Group 3 — Application Identity

VariableDefaultDescription
application_nameforgejoBase name for resources. Do not change after first deploy.
display_nameForgejoHuman-readable name shown in the Console.
descriptionForgejo - Self-hosted Git service and source-code hostingService description.
application_version11codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo image tag, applied via the app-specific FORGEJO_VERSION build arg; latest maps to the pinned 11.

Group 4 — Runtime & Scaling

VariableDefaultDescription
deploy_applicationtrueSet false to provision infrastructure only.
container_image_sourcecustomBuilds the thin wrapper FROM codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:${FORGEJO_VERSION}. prebuilt will not work on Cloud Run — no $(VAR) env interpolation.
container_port3000Forgejo HTTP port; also sets GITEA__server__HTTP_PORT.
cpu_limit1000m1 vCPU per instance (minimum for reliable operation).
memory_limit2GiMinimum 512Mi; 2Gi recommended for production.
cpu_always_allocatedfalseRequest-based billing by default. Set true only if relying on scheduled mirror sync, repo health cron, or timed webhook delivery.
min_instance_count00 enables scale-to-zero.
max_instance_count1Keeps a single instance writing to the shared NFS repository data and database.
execution_environmentgen2Required for NFS mounts.
timeout_seconds300Maximum request duration (0–3600 seconds).
enable_cloudsql_volumefalseDirect private-IP TCP by default (sslmode=require); set true for the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy Unix socket instead.
enable_image_mirroringtrueMirror the Forgejo image into Artifact Registry.
traffic_split[]Split traffic across revisions for staged rollouts.
max_revisions_to_retain7Declared for convention parity; not referenced by this module's deployment.

Group 5 — Access & Ingress Control

VariableDefaultDescription
ingress_settingsallall is required for public Git clone/push over HTTPS and web access.
vpc_egress_settingPRIVATE_RANGES_ONLYRoute only RFC 1918 traffic via VPC.
enable_iapfalseRequire Google sign-in. Blocks Git CLI clone/push, which cannot complete a Google OAuth browser flow.
iap_authorized_users / iap_authorized_groups[]Who may access through IAP.

Group 6 — Environment Variables, Secrets & Public URL

VariableDefaultDescription
environment_variablesSMTP placeholdersExtra non-secret settings. Core GITEA__* values are set automatically — do not set GITEA__database__* or the auto-generated secret keys here.
secret_environment_variables{}Map of env var → Secret Manager secret name.
secret_propagation_delay30Seconds to wait after secret creation before proceeding.
secret_rotation_period2592000sSecret Manager rotation notification frequency.
public_domainlocalhostSets GITEA__server__DOMAIN; used to build clone URLs and links. Override in production.
public_url""http://<public_domain>/Sets GITEA__server__ROOT_URL.

Group 7 — Backup & Restore

VariableDefaultDescription
backup_schedule0 2 * * *Automated backup cron (UTC).
backup_retention_days7Retention; raise for production/compliance.
enable_backup_import / backup_source / backup_uri / backup_formatrestore optionsRestore from a backup on deploy.

Group 8 — CI/CD & Binary Authorization

Standard App_CloudRun Cloud Build / Cloud Deploy integration — see App_CloudRun. Key inputs: enable_cicd_trigger, github_repository_url, github_token, enable_cloud_deploy, enable_binary_authorization.

Group 9 — Custom Initialization & SQL

enable_custom_sql_scripts, custom_sql_scripts_bucket, custom_sql_scripts_path, custom_sql_scripts_use_root — run SQL from a GCS bucket after provisioning. Forgejo's own schema does not require any custom SQL. See App_CloudRun.

Group 10 — Load Balancer, CDN & Image Retention

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_cloud_armorfalseProvision Global HTTPS LB + Cloud Armor WAF.
admin_ip_ranges[]CIDR ranges exempted from WAF rules.
application_domains[]Custom domain names for the HTTPS LB.
enable_cdnfalseEnable Cloud CDN on the HTTPS LB backend.
max_images_to_retain / delete_untagged_images / image_retention_days(set)Artifact Registry cleanup policy.

Group 11 — Storage & Filesystem

VariableDefaultDescription
create_cloud_storagetrueCreates the default data-suffixed GCS bucket, which Forgejo never uses. Set false to skip it.
storage_buckets[{ name_suffix = "data" }]Additional GCS buckets beyond the auto-provisioned (unused) data bucket.
enable_nfstrueNFS is on by default so repositories, LFS objects, and attachments persist.
nfs_mount_path/mnt/nfsMount path inside the container; sets GITEA__server__APP_DATA_PATH. Overrides Forgejo_Common's own internal default of /data.
nfs_instance_name / nfs_instance_base_name(auto-discover)Target or name an existing/inline NFS server.
gcs_volumes[]GCS Fuse volume mounts (requires gen2); unused by Forgejo out of the box.
manage_storage_kms_iam / enable_artifact_registry_cmekfalseCMEK options.

Group 12 — Database Backend

VariableDefaultDescription
db_nameforgejoDatabase name, injected as GITEA__database__NAME. Immutable after first deploy.
db_userforgejoDatabase user, injected as GITEA__database__USER. Password auto-generated and aliased to GITEA__database__PASSWD (via a main.tf-level db_password_env_var_name, not a user-facing variable).
database_typePOSTGRES_15The only engine db-init.sh supports — do not change.
database_password_length32Generated password length (16–64).
sql_instance_name / sql_instance_base_name(auto-discover)Target or name an existing/inline Cloud SQL instance.
enable_auto_password_rotation / rotation_propagation_delay_secoffDB password rotation.

Group 13 — Jobs & Scheduled Tasks

VariableDefaultDescription
initialization_jobs[]Leave empty to use the built-in db-init job.
cron_jobs[]Not used — Forgejo has no platform-scheduled recurring tasks by default.

Group 14 — Observability & Health

VariableDefaultDescription
startup_probeHTTP /api/healthz, initial_delay_seconds=30, period_seconds=20, failure_threshold=10App-specific startup probe.
liveness_probeHTTP /api/healthz, initial_delay_seconds=15, period_seconds=30, failure_threshold=3App-specific liveness probe.
startup_probe_configdisabledAlternative structured Cloud-Run-level probe (disabled by default; startup_probe takes effect).
health_check_configHTTP /Alternative structured Cloud-Run-level liveness probe.
uptime_check_config{ enabled=false, path="/" }Cloud Monitoring uptime check; disabled by default, enable explicitly to activate.
alert_policies[]Metric alert policies.

Group 21 — Redis Cache

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_redistrueInjects REDIS_HOST / REDIS_PORT, but Forgejo_Common sets no GITEA__cache__*/session__*/queue__* config to consume them — see Section 1.
redis_host""Override to point at Cloud Memorystore or another Redis instance; defaults to the NFS server IP.
redis_port6379Redis port.
redis_auth"" (sensitive)Optional Redis auth password.

Group 22 — VPC Service Controls & Audit Logging

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_vpc_scfalseEnforce a VPC-SC perimeter (requires organization_id).
vpc_cidr_ranges / vpc_sc_dry_run(set)Access level CIDRs / dry-run mode.
enable_audit_loggingfalseDetailed Cloud Audit Logs.

All other inputs — including the inert foundation-variable mirrors (additional_containers, additional_services, container_resources, enable_postgres_extensions/postgres_extensions, enable_mysql_plugins/mysql_plugins, network_name, etc.) declared for convention parity but not forwarded to the Forgejo deployment — follow standard App_CloudRun behaviour.


5. Outputs

Returned on a successful deployment — the quickest way to locate and explore the running resources.

OutputDescription
service_nameCloud Run service name.
service_urlDefault run.app URL of the service.
service_locationRegion the service runs in.
stage_servicesStage-specific service URLs (Cloud Deploy).
load_balancer_ip / load_balancer_urlExternal HTTPS load balancer IP / URL (when enabled).
database_instance_nameCloud SQL instance name.
database_name / database_userApplication database name / user.
database_password_secretSecret Manager secret holding the DB password.
database_host / database_portDB endpoint / port.
storage_bucketsCreated Cloud Storage buckets (unused by Forgejo).
network_name / network_exists / regionsVPC network, presence, regions.
container_image / container_registryDeployed image and Artifact Registry repo.
monitoring_enabled / monitoring_notification_channels / uptime_check_namesMonitoring status, channels, uptime checks.
initialization_jobsNames of the setup jobs (db-init).
deployment_id / tenant_id / resource_prefixNaming identifiers.
project_id / project_numberProject identifiers.
cicd_enabled / github_repository_url / github_repository_owner / github_repository_name / cicd_configurationCI/CD status and details.
artifact_registry_repository / cloudbuild_trigger_name / cloudbuild_trigger_idRegistry and build trigger.
vpc_sc_enabled / vpc_sc_perimeter_name / vpc_sc_dry_run_modeVPC-SC status.
audit_logging_enabled / artifact_registry_cmek_enabledAudit logging and CMEK status.

6. Configuration Pitfalls & Sensible Defaults

Risk: Critical (data loss / outage / security) — High (service degraded) — Medium (cost or partial degradation) — Low (minor).

Inherited plan-time validation. This module passes its configuration through the App_CloudRun foundation engine, which validates values and combinations at plan time — a read replica without its primary, IAP with no authorized identities, a gen1 runtime with NFS/GCS mounts, an out-of-range timeout_seconds/backup_retention_days. Invalid configuration fails the plan with a clear, named error before any resource is created, so most mistakes below are caught up front rather than at apply or runtime.

SettingSensible valueRiskConsequence if wrong
database_typePOSTGRES_15Criticaldb-init.sh is psql-only; MySQL/NONE breaks database setup even though the variable metadata lists them.
db_name / db_userSet onceCriticalImmutable after first deploy; renaming recreates the DB/user and orphans all repositories, issues, and PRs stored against the old role.
SECRET_KEY / INTERNAL_TOKEN (auto-generated)Never changeCriticalRotating these invalidates 2FA/OAuth-encrypted data and Forgejo's own internal API auth, breaking Git and API operations.
enable_nfstrueCriticalDisabling it makes repositories, LFS objects, and attachments ephemeral — lost when the container instance is replaced.
enable_backup_importfalse unless restoringCriticalEnabling without a valid backup_uri fails the import job.
enable_cloudsql_volumefalse (default) or trueHighDefault connects over direct private-IP TCP requiring SSL — make sure vpc_egress_setting and firewall rules allow it. Setting true switches to the Unix socket; the entrypoint's SSL-mode selection assumes whichever mode is actually active.
public_domain / public_urlReal external hostnameHighDefaults to localhost / http://localhost/, producing wrong Git clone URLs and broken links until overridden.
GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION (via environment_variables)true for non-public instancesHighSelf-registration is open by default and no admin account is auto-created — anyone reaching the service can sign up.
Initial admin accountCreate manually post-deployHighNo init job bootstraps an admin; Cloud Run has no kubectl exec equivalent, so recovery requires a one-off initialization_jobs entry or the CLI run against the same DB.
enable_iaponly when Git CLI access is not neededHighIAP requires an interactive Google sign-in that the git CLI cannot complete — clone/push over HTTPS breaks for all non-browser clients.
ingress_settingsallHighSetting to internal blocks all external Git clone/push and web access.
enable_redistrue, but confirm it is actually neededMediumREDIS_HOST/REDIS_PORT are injected with no effect unless you also add the matching GITEA__cache__*/GITEA__session__* config — provisioning Redis capacity for no benefit otherwise.
max_instance_count1 (default)MediumRaising it lets multiple instances share the same NFS-backed Git data directory and Postgres DB; multi-instance correctness for concurrent Git writes is not documented or tested here.
application_version11 or a specific pinned tagMediumlatest does not track upstream — the Dockerfile's FORGEJO_VERSION build arg maps "latest" to the pinned tag 11, so a plain latest setting silently stays on that pin.
memory_limit2GiMediumMinimum 512Mi; lower values risk OOM kills under concurrent repository operations.
storage_buckets / create_cloud_storageLeave as-is or set create_cloud_storage = falseLowThe default data-suffixed bucket is provisioned but unused by Forgejo (all app data lives on NFS/Postgres) — minor unnecessary cost if left enabled needlessly.
Git-over-SSHNot available on this platformLowCloud Run exposes only the HTTP(S) port; git+ssh:// clone URLs will not work regardless of configuration — use https://.
backup_retention_days7 (raise for prod)MediumToo short for compliance retention.

For the foundation behaviour referenced throughout — service identity, scaling and concurrency, ingress and load balancing, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC-SC, backups, and image mirroring — see App_CloudRun. Forgejo-specific application configuration (database wiring, secrets, and NFS layout) is defined in the Forgejo_Common module and shared with the GKE variant of this application.