Allow host network mode for MDAD-managed containers (#5310)

* feat: support container_network=host across all roles + systemd templates

Mirror the pattern Slavi introduced for matrix-coturn (aafa8f0) across the
fork: every 'Ensure X container network is created' task gets a
'when: <var> not in ["", "host"]' guard so MDAD does not try to
docker_network create a network literally named 'host' (returns 403,
since host is a pre-defined Docker network).

Mirror the same guard in every systemd unit template that does
'ExecStartPre=docker network connect <addnet> <container>' loops over
matrix_<role>_container_additional_networks: skip the connects when the
container is on host networking (where additional --network attaches
are invalid).

Unblocks DiD setups where MDAD-managed containers share their host's
network namespace (matrix-mdad outer compose service joined to central
postgres/openldap networks) to reach external services on the outer
Docker daemon.

* Simplify container network guards (!= 'host') and fix duplicate when

Guarding on the empty string ('') as well was misleading: systemd unit
templates still render an unconditional --network= flag, so an empty
network value produces a broken docker create command. Only 'host' is
actually supported, so only guard on that. This also matches the
existing convention in the Traefik role
(when: traefik_container_network != 'host').

Also fix a duplicate when key in the meshtastic-relay role, where the
network-creation task already had a when condition - the two are now
combined into a list.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Kevin Veen-Birkenbach
2026-06-10 22:48:03 +02:00
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commit bd6e08a93e
128 changed files with 201 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ ExecStartPre={{ devture_systemd_docker_base_host_command_docker }} create \
{% endfor %}
{{ matrix_client_element_container_image }}
{% if matrix_client_element_container_network != 'host' %}
{% for network in matrix_client_element_container_additional_networks %}
ExecStartPre={{ devture_systemd_docker_base_host_command_docker }} network connect {{ network }} matrix-client-element
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
ExecStart={{ devture_systemd_docker_base_host_command_docker }} start --attach matrix-client-element