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Erich Blume 254b93096a Phase 2: Add Reference section with 24 technical reference cards (#88) 
## Summary
- Create `docs/reference/` section with 24 technical reference cards
- Services (16): alloy, argocd, borgmatic, 1password, forgejo, grafana, jellyfin, kiwix, loki, miniflux, navidrome, postgresql, prometheus, teslamate, transmission, zot
- Infrastructure (3): hosts, tailscale, routing
- Kubernetes (2): cluster, apps
- Storage (2): sifaka, backups
- Update README to mark Phase 2 as complete
- Add towncrier changelog fragment

## Deployment and Testing
- [ ] Build docs locally to verify wiki-links resolve
- [ ] Deploy via ArgoCD and verify at docs.ops.eblu.me/reference/

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Kiwix
service
knowledge

Kiwix

Offline Wikipedia and ZIM archive server.

Quick Reference

Property Value
URL https://kiwix.ops.eblu.me
Tailscale URL https://kiwix.tail8d86e.ts.net
Namespace kiwix
Image ghcr.io/kiwix/kiwix-serve:3.8.1
Storage NFS from [[storage/sifaka

Architecture

Component Purpose
kiwix-serve Serves ZIM files on port 80
torrent-sync Sidecar syncing ZIM torrents to [[transmission
zim-watcher CronJob (hourly) to restart on new ZIMs

Configured Archives

  • Wikipedia top 1M English articles with images
  • Project Gutenberg (60,000+ books)
  • iFixit repair guides
  • Stack Exchange (SuperUser, Math, etc.)
  • LibreTexts textbooks
  • DevDocs developer documentation

Full list: argocd/manifests/kiwix/configmap-zim-torrents.yaml

Adding Archives

  1. Edit configmap-zim-torrents.yaml
  2. Add torrent URL from https://download.kiwix.org/zim/
  3. Sync: argocd app sync kiwix
  4. Torrent-sync adds to transmission
  5. zim-watcher restarts kiwix when download completes

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