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+# ntfy - Simple Notification Service
+
+Deploys [ntfy](https://ntfy.sh/) - a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service.
+
+## Security Model
+
+**Secure by default:**
+- `auth-default-access: deny-all` - No anonymous access
+- `enable-signup: false` - No public registration
+- `enable-login: true` - Authentication required
+- `enable-reservations: true` - Only authenticated users can reserve topics
+
+All notifications require authentication to send or receive.
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Required Variables
+
+Set in inventory or vault:
+
+```yaml
+ntfy_admin_password: "your-secure-password-here"  # Min 12 chars
+```
+
+### Optional Variables
+
+See [defaults/main.yml](defaults/main.yml) for all configuration options.
+
+Key settings:
+
+```yaml
+ntfy_version: latest
+ntfy_port: 8080
+ntfy_base_url: http://localhost:8080
+ntfy_admin_user: admin
+
+# Nginx reverse proxy
+ntfy_nginx_enabled: false
+ntfy_nginx_hostname: ntfy.nas.local
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Managing Users
+
+List users:
+```bash
+podman exec ntfy ntfy user list
+```
+
+Add user:
+```bash
+podman exec ntfy ntfy user add <username>
+```
+
+Change password:
+```bash
+podman exec -i ntfy ntfy user change-pass <username>
+```
+
+Remove user:
+```bash
+podman exec ntfy ntfy user remove <username>
+```
+
+### Managing Topic Access
+
+Grant access to topic:
+```bash
+podman exec ntfy ntfy access <username> <topic> <permission>
+```
+
+Permissions: `read-write`, `read-only`, `write-only`, `deny`
+
+Example:
+```bash
+# Allow user to publish and subscribe to "alerts" topic
+podman exec ntfy ntfy access alice alerts read-write
+
+# Allow user to only publish to "monitoring" topic
+podman exec ntfy ntfy access bob monitoring write-only
+```
+
+List access control:
+```bash
+podman exec ntfy ntfy access
+```
+
+### Publishing Notifications
+
+Using curl with authentication:
+```bash
+curl -u admin:password -d "Backup completed" http://localhost:8080/backups
+```
+
+Using ntfy CLI:
+```bash
+ntfy publish --token <access-token> ntfy.nas.local mytopic "Hello World"
+```
+
+### Subscribing to Notifications
+
+Web UI: https://ntfy.nas.local (if nginx enabled)
+
+CLI:
+```bash
+ntfy subscribe --token <access-token> ntfy.nas.local mytopic
+```
+
+Mobile apps available for iOS and Android.
+
+## Architecture
+
+- **Container**: Podman-based deployment
+- **Storage**: Persistent cache and user database
+- **Networking**: Localhost binding by default
+- **Reverse Proxy**: Optional nginx with HTTPS
+
+## File Locations
+
+- Configuration: `{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/server.yml`
+- User database: `{{ ntfy_data_dir }}/user.db`
+- Cache database: `{{ ntfy_cache_dir }}/cache.db`
+- Attachments: `{{ ntfy_cache_dir }}/attachments/`
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- podman
+- nginx (if `ntfy_nginx_enabled: true`)
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ntfy/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# Ntfy version to deploy
+ntfy_version: latest
+
+# Storage location
+ntfy_data_dir: "{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/data"
+ntfy_cache_dir: "{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/cache"
+
+# Authentication configuration (REQUIRED - must be set explicitly)
+# Ntfy admin user for managing topics and access control
+ntfy_admin_user: admin
+# ntfy_admin_password: ""  # Intentionally undefined - role will fail if not set
+
+# Network configuration
+ntfy_port: 8080
+
+# Container image
+ntfy_image: binwiederhier/ntfy
+
+# Timezone
+ntfy_timezone: UTC
+
+# Server configuration
+ntfy_base_url: http://localhost:{{ ntfy_port }}
+ntfy_behind_proxy: false
+ntfy_enable_signup: false  # Disable public signup for security
+ntfy_enable_login: true    # Enable authentication
+ntfy_enable_reservations: true  # Only authenticated users can reserve topics
+
+# Nginx reverse proxy configuration
+ntfy_nginx_enabled: false
+ntfy_nginx_hostname: ntfy.nas.local
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/handlers/main.yml b/roles/ntfy/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Reload systemd
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+- name: Restart ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: ntfy
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+- name: Reload nginx
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: nginx
+    state: reloaded
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/meta/main.yml b/roles/ntfy/meta/main.yml
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+---
+dependencies:
+  - role: podman
+  - role: nginx
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ntfy/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Validate required passwords are set
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - ntfy_admin_password is defined
+      - ntfy_admin_password | length >= 12
+    fail_msg: |
+      ntfy_admin_password is required (min 12 chars).
+      See roles/ntfy/defaults/main.yml for configuration instructions.
+    success_msg: "Password validation passed"
+
+- name: Create ntfy project directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: Create ntfy data directories
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+  loop:
+    - "{{ ntfy_data_dir }}"
+    - "{{ ntfy_cache_dir }}"
+
+- name: Deploy ntfy server configuration
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: server.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/server.yml"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Restart ntfy
+
+- name: Deploy docker-compose.yml for ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/docker-compose.yml"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Restart ntfy
+
+- name: Create systemd service for ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ntfy.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/ntfy.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Reload systemd
+
+- name: Enable and start ntfy service
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: ntfy
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+- name: Wait for ntfy to be ready
+  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+    port: "{{ ntfy_port }}"
+    host: 127.0.0.1
+    timeout: 60
+
+- name: Check if admin user already exists
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: podman exec ntfy ntfy user list
+  register: ntfy_user_list
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: Create admin user in ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    printf '%s\n%s\n' '{{ ntfy_admin_password }}' '{{ ntfy_admin_password }}' | podman exec -i ntfy ntfy user add --role=admin {{ ntfy_admin_user }}
+  when: ntfy_admin_user not in ntfy_user_list.stdout
+  register: ntfy_user_create
+  changed_when: ntfy_user_create.rc == 0
+
+- name: Set admin user password
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    printf '%s\n%s\n' '{{ ntfy_admin_password }}' '{{ ntfy_admin_password }}' | podman exec -i ntfy ntfy user change-pass {{ ntfy_admin_user }}
+  when: ntfy_admin_user in ntfy_user_list.stdout
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Deploy nginx vhost configuration for ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: nginx-vhost.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d/ntfy.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: ntfy_nginx_enabled
+  notify: Reload nginx
+
+- name: Remove nginx vhost configuration for ntfy
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/nginx/conf.d/ntfy.conf
+    state: absent
+  when: not ntfy_nginx_enabled
+  notify: Reload nginx
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/ntfy/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
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+---
+services:
+  ntfy:
+    container_name: ntfy
+    image: {{ ntfy_image }}:{{ ntfy_version }}
+    command:
+      - serve
+    volumes:
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+      - {{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy/server.yml:/etc/ntfy/server.yml:ro
+      - {{ ntfy_cache_dir }}:/var/cache/ntfy:rw,Z
+      - {{ ntfy_data_dir }}:/var/lib/ntfy:rw,Z
+    ports:
+      - "{{ ntfy_port }}:80"
+    restart: always
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --tries=1 http://localhost:80/v1/health -O - | grep -Eo '\"healthy\"\\s*:\\s*true' || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s
+    environment:
+      TZ: {{ ntfy_timezone }}
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/templates/nginx-vhost.conf.j2 b/roles/ntfy/templates/nginx-vhost.conf.j2
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+# Ntfy vhost with Let's Encrypt (Certbot)
+# Managed by Ansible - DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name {{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }};
+
+    # Certbot webroot for ACME challenges
+    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+        root /var/www/certbot;
+    }
+
+    # Redirect to HTTPS
+    location / {
+        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name {{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }};
+
+    # Let's Encrypt certificates (managed by Certbot)
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }}/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }}/privkey.pem;
+
+    # SSL configuration
+    ssl_protocols {{ nginx_ssl_protocols }};
+    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers {{ 'on' if nginx_ssl_prefer_server_ciphers else 'off' }};
+
+{% if nginx_log_backend == 'journald' %}
+    access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,nohostname,tag=nginx_ntfy;
+    error_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,nohostname,tag=nginx_ntfy;
+{% else %}
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/{{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }}_access.log main;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/{{ ntfy_nginx_hostname }}_error.log;
+{% endif %}
+
+    client_max_body_size 20M;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ ntfy_port }};
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+        # WebSocket and SSE support for ntfy
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+
+        # Buffering must be off for SSE (Server-Sent Events)
+        proxy_buffering off;
+
+        # Timeouts for long-polling connections
+        proxy_read_timeout 86400s;
+        proxy_send_timeout 86400s;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/templates/ntfy.service.j2 b/roles/ntfy/templates/ntfy.service.j2
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+[Unit]
+Description=Ntfy Notification Service
+Requires=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+WorkingDirectory={{ podman_projects_dir }}/ntfy
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman compose up -d
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman compose down
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/ntfy/templates/server.yml.j2 b/roles/ntfy/templates/server.yml.j2
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+# Ntfy server configuration
+# Managed by Ansible - DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
+
+# Public facing base URL of the service (e.g. https://ntfy.sh)
+base-url: "{{ ntfy_base_url }}"
+
+# Listen address for the HTTP & HTTPS web server. If "listen-https" is set, you must also
+# set "key-file" and "cert-file". Format: [<ip>]:<port>, e.g. "1.2.3.4:8080".
+listen-http: ":80"
+
+# If set, also publish messages to a Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) topic for your app.
+# This is optional and only required to support Android apps (which don't allow background
+# tasks anymore). See https://ntfy.sh/docs/config/ for details.
+# upstream-base-url: "https://ntfy.sh"
+
+# Path to the private database file. If unset, the database is in memory.
+cache-file: "/var/cache/ntfy/cache.db"
+
+# Path to the attachment cache directory. Attachments are only stored if this is set.
+attachment-cache-dir: "/var/cache/ntfy/attachments"
+
+# If set, access tokens will be stored in this file. If unset, tokens are in-memory only.
+auth-file: "/var/lib/ntfy/user.db"
+
+# Default access level for new topics. Can be "read-write", "read-only", "write-only" or "deny-all".
+# If "deny-all", no access is allowed by default and explicit ACLs must be configured.
+auth-default-access: "deny-all"
+
+# If enabled, allows users to sign up via the web app or API
+enable-signup: {{ 'true' if ntfy_enable_signup else 'false' }}
+
+# If enabled, allows users to log in via the web app or API
+enable-login: {{ 'true' if ntfy_enable_login else 'false' }}
+
+# If enabled, allows users to reserve topics via the web app or API (requires authentication)
+enable-reservations: {{ 'true' if ntfy_enable_reservations else 'false' }}
+
+# If set, the X-Forwarded-For header will be used to determine the visitor IP
+behind-proxy: {{ 'true' if ntfy_behind_proxy else 'false' }}
+
+# Interval in which keepalive messages are sent to the client. This is to prevent
+# intermediaries from closing the connection for inactivity.
+keepalive-interval: "45s"
+
+# Interval in which the manager prunes old messages, deletes old attachments, and
+# resets rate limiters. Note that these tasks are only executed if the interval has passed AND
+# if there is traffic on the server.
+manager-interval: "1m"
+
+# Allowed origins for web app (CORS). Defaults to "*", which is fine for most cases.
+# web-root: "/"
+
+# Rate limiting: Number of requests allowed per visitor
+visitor-request-limit-burst: 60
+visitor-request-limit-replenish: "5s"
+
+# Size limits
+message-size-limit: "4096"
+attachment-file-size-limit: "15M"
+attachment-total-size-limit: "5G"
+attachment-expiry-duration: "3h"
+
+# Visitor limits
+visitor-attachment-total-size-limit: "100M"
+visitor-attachment-daily-bandwidth-limit: "500M"