Erich Blume bd2b02f51c Add Mealie recipe manager service

Deploy Mealie on minikube-indri for meal planning and prep automation.
Built from source via forge mirror (mirrors/mealie) with multi-stage
Dockerfile: Node.js frontend + Python/uv backend. Includes ArgoCD app,
k8s manifests, Caddy proxy entry, and service documentation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-03-16 21:07:25 -07:00

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Mealie

Self-hosted recipe manager with a REST API. Part of the meal planning pipeline: Mealie stores categorized recipes, a planner script selects balanced meals, and ollama generates a unified cooking timeline.

Quick Reference

Property	Value
URL	https://meals.ops.eblu.me
Tailscale URL	https://meals.tail8d86e.ts.net
Namespace	`mealie`
Image	`registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/mealie` (built from source)
Database	SQLite (local, at `/app/data/`)
API Docs	https://meals.ops.eblu.me/docs
Upstream	https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie
Manifests	`argocd/manifests/mealie/`

Features

Full REST API (FastAPI) for recipe CRUD, filtering by tag/category
Structured recipe data: ingredients (quantity/unit/food), step-by-step instructions
Built-in meal planning and shopping lists
Recipe import from URLs
API token auth for automation

Storage

2Gi PVC at /app/data/ via local-path storageClassName
SQLite database (sufficient for single-user, no network storage concerns on minikube)
Recipe images and assets stored alongside the database

Networking

Endpoint	Reachable from
`https://meals.ops.eblu.me`	Tailnet clients (via Caddy)
`https://meals.tail8d86e.ts.net`	Tailnet clients
`http://mealie.mealie.svc.cluster.local:9000`	In-cluster

ollama — LLM backend for meal timeline generation
borgmatic — Data backup

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