Finish building Postgres support (#133)

This includes:
 - Building a Docker image for Postgres as well as SQLite
 - Fuller instructions for usage of the package, including the Postgres builds.

A few related things changed here:
 - `.env` is not used anymore -- the defaults in the Dockerfiles are
   sufficient
 - The Rust version in the Dockerfiles is increased to match the MSRV,
   and with it the Alpine version bumped to one built with that Rust
   version.
 - Cargo dependencies on native-tls and openssl updated to include only
   the `vendored` feature, so as not to require a system openssl
   installation.
 - Two GitHub jobs are set up, to build the two different Docker images
 - The documentation incorrectly suggested using `DELETE .. CASCADE` to
   delete clients. This syntax does not exist, as the cascading delete
   is configured in the schema.
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# Usage
## Running the Server
This repository is flexible and can be used in a number of ways, to suit your
needs.
The server is a simple binary that serves HTTP requests on a TCP port. The
server does not implement TLS; for public deployments, the recommendation is to
use a reverse proxy such as Nginx, haproxy, or Apache httpd.
- If you only need a place to sync your tasks, using cloud storage may be
cheaper and easier than running taskchampion-sync-server. See
[task-sync(5)](http://taskwarrior.org/docs/man/task-sync.5/) for details on
cloud storage.
### Using Docker-Compose
- If you have a publicly accessible server, such as a VPS, you can use `docker
compose` to run taskchampion-sync-server as pre-built docker images. See
[Docker Compose](./usage/docker-compose.md).
Every release of the server generates a Docker image in
`ghcr.io/gothenburgbitfactory/taskchampion-sync-server`. The tags include
`latest` for the latest release, and both minor and patch versions, e.g., `0.5`
and `0.5.1`.
- If you would like more control, such as to deploy taskchampion-sync-server
within an orchestration environment such as Kubernetes, you can deploy the
docker images directly. See [Docker Images](./usage/docker-images.md).
The
[`docker-compose.yml`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskchampion-sync-server/refs/tags/v0.6.1/docker-compose.yml)
file in this repository is sufficient to run taskchampion-sync-server,
including setting up TLS certificates using Lets Encrypt, thanks to
[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/).
You will need a server with ports 80 and 443 open to the Internet and with a
fixed, publicly-resolvable hostname. These ports must be available both to your
Taskwarrior clients and to the Lets Encrypt servers.
On that server, download `docker-compose.yml` from the link above (it is pinned
to the latest release) into the current directory. Then run
```sh
TASKCHAMPION_SYNC_SERVER_HOSTNAME=taskwarrior.example.com \
TASKCHAMPION_SYNC_SERVER_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id \
docker compose up
```
The `TASKCHAMPION_SYNC_SERVER_CLIENT_ID` limits the server to the given client
ID; omit it to allow all client IDs.
It can take a few minutes to obtain the certificate; the caddy container will
log a message "certificate obtained successfully" when this is complete, or
error messages if the process fails. Once this process is complete, configure
your `.taskrc`'s to point to the server:
```none
sync.server.url=https://taskwarrior.example.com
sync.server.client_id=your-client-id
sync.encryption_secret=your-encryption-secret
```
The docker-compose images store data in a docker volume named
`taskchampion-sync-server_data`. This volume contains all of the task data, as
well as the TLS certificate information. It will persist over restarts, in a
typical Docker installation. The docker containers will start automatically on
system startup. See the docker-compose documentation for more information.
### Running the Binary
The server is configured with command-line options. See
`taskchampion-sync-server --help` for full details.
The `--listen` option specifies the interface and port the server listens on.
It must contain an IP-Address or a DNS name and a port number. This option is
mandatory, but can be repeated to specify multiple interfaces or ports. This
value can be specified in environment variable `LISTEN`, as a comma-separated
list of values.
The `--data-dir` option specifies where the server should store its data. This
value can be specified in the environment variable `DATA_DIR`.
By default, the server will allow all clients and create them in the database
on first contact. There are two ways to limit the clients the server will
interact with:
- To limit the accepted client IDs, specify them in the environment variable
`CLIENT_ID`, as a comma-separated list of UUIDs. Client IDs can be specified
with `--allow-client-id`, but this should not be used on shared systems, as
command line arguments are visible to all users on the system. This convenient
option is suitable for personal and small-scale deployments.
- To disable the automatic creation of clients, use the `--no-create-clients`
flag or the `CREATE_CLIENTS=false` environment variable. You are now
responsible for creating clients in the database manually, so this option is
more suitable for large scale deployments.
The server only logs errors by default. To add additional logging output, set
environment variable `RUST_LOG` to `info` to get a log message for every
request, or to `debug` to get more verbose debugging output.
- For even more control, or to avoid the overhead of container images, you can
build and run the taskchampion-sync-server binary directly. See
[Binaries](./usage/binaries.md).