---
name: reference_gitea_api_credential
description: Gitea API auth (PRs, merges) uses services/gitea-howard.sops.yaml, NOT the gururmm server SSH password
metadata:
  type: reference
---

For Gitea API operations as Howard (create/merge PRs, delete branches, etc.), authenticate against the **internal** endpoint `http://172.16.3.20:3000/api/v1` (the public `git.azcomputerguru.com` is Cloudflare-fronted and blocks non-browser API calls) with basic auth `howard:<pw>` where the password comes from **`services/gitea-howard.sops.yaml` field `credentials.password`** (Howard's site-admin Gitea account).

Do NOT use `infrastructure/gururmm-server.sops.yaml credentials.password` for Gitea — that is the `guru` server SSH/sudo password for 172.16.3.30. It was rejected by the Gitea API for a write (PR merge) on 2026-05-31; the gitea-howard credential is the correct one. The two are separate accounts; don't assume they're interchangeable.

Related: [[reference_gururmm_server]] (the guru SSH/server password), [[reference_coord_messages_api_shape]].