diff --git a/.idea/php.xml b/.idea/php.xml
index 1e85238..3536281 100644
--- a/.idea/php.xml
+++ b/.idea/php.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
+  <component name="MessDetectorOptionsConfiguration">
+    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PHPCSFixerOptionsConfiguration">
+    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PHPCodeSnifferOptionsConfiguration">
+    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
+  </component>
   <component name="PhpCodeSniffer">
     <phpcs_settings>
       <PhpCSConfiguration standards="MySource;PEAR;PHPCS;PSR1;PSR2;Squiz;Zend" tool_path="$USER_HOME$/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs" />
     </phpcs_settings>
   </component>
   <component name="PhpProjectSharedConfiguration" php_language_level="7.4" />
+  <component name="PhpStanOptionsConfiguration">
+    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PsalmOptionsConfiguration">
+    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
+  </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
index 90f7685..5ea6e57 100644
--- a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,10 @@ apps:
     state: present
     namespace: stashapp
   mariadb:
+    enabled: false
     namespace: mariadb
+  gitea:
+    enabled: true
+    namespace: gitea
+    state: present
+
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/gitea/values.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/gitea/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a5aa04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+# values file for gitea helm chart
+replicaCount: 1
+ingress:
+  enabled: true
+  hosts:
+    - host: git.xai-corp.net
+      paths:
+        - path: /
+          pathType: Prefix
+persistence:
+  enabled: true
+
+postgresql:
+  enabled: false
+
+gitea:
+  config:
+    APP_NAME: "Gitea: With a cup of tea, for 2."
+    server:
+      ROOT_URL: https://git.xai-corp.net
+    database:
+      HOST: mysql:3306
+      PATH: /data/gitea/gitea.db
+      DB_TYPE: sqlite3
+      USER: rmorgan
+      PASSWD: rom105
+      SSL_MODE: disable
+    repository:
+      ROOT: /data/git/repositories
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/gitea.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/gitea.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0370b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/gitea.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+#deployment tasks for gitea
+
+- name: Create a namespace for gitea
+  k8s:
+    kubeconfig: "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml"
+    name: "{{apps.gitea.namespace}}"
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+    state: "{{apps.gitea.state}}"
+  become: true
+
+- name: create persistent volume resources
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    kubeconfig: "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml"
+    state: "{{apps.gitea.state}}"
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', item) | from_yaml }}"
+  loop:
+    - gitea/pv.yaml
+    - gitea/pv-claim.yaml
+  become: true
+
+
+- name: Install gitea globally available
+  block:
+    - name: Add gitea chart helm repo
+      local_action:
+        module: kubernetes.core.helm_repository
+        name: gitea-charts
+        repo_url: https://dl.gitea.io/charts/
+
+    - name: load variables files/gitea/values.yaml
+      ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+        file: files/gitea/values.yaml
+        name: release_values
+
+    - name: Install gitea Release
+      local_action:
+        module: kubernetes.core.helm
+        release_state: "{{apps.gitea.state}}"
+        name: gitea
+        namespace: "{{apps.gitea.namespace}}"
+        create_namespace: yes
+        update_repo_cache: True
+        chart_ref: gitea-charts/gitea
+        values: "{{release_values}}"
+        wait: true
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
index b395592..5daa805 100644
--- a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #- name: deploy mariadb
 #  include_tasks: deployments/mariadb.yaml
 
+- name: deploy gitea
+  include_tasks: deployments/gitea.yaml
+  when: apps.gitea.enabled
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------
 #- include_tasks: mariadb.yaml
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv-claim.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv-claim.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1d1e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv-claim.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: data-gitea-0
+  namespace: "{{apps.gitea.namespace}}"
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 10Gi
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46c8384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/templates/gitea/pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+# persistent volume
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-pv-local
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  capacity:
+    storage: 100Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  hostPath:
+    path: "/opt/data/gitea"
+