diff --git a/core/database.tf b/core/database.tf
index 4ab3a74..c800c6a 100644
--- a/core/database.tf
+++ b/core/database.tf
@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "database-automatic" {
           command = try([each.value.database.command], [])
           args    = each.value.database_args != null ? each.value.database_args : []
 
-          dynamic "env_from" {
-            for_each = each.value.database != null && each.value.enabled == true && !(try(each.value.database.shunt, false)) ? ["${each.key}-db-terraform"] : []
-            content {
-              dynamic "secret_ref" {
-                for_each = [1]
-                content {
-                  name = env_from.value
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
 
           dynamic "env" {
             for_each = each.value.environment != null ? each.value.environment : {}
diff --git a/core/deployment.tf b/core/deployment.tf
index 943c6b2..09506ce 100644
--- a/core/deployment.tf
+++ b/core/deployment.tf
@@ -71,29 +71,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
 
             }
           }
-          dynamic "env_from" {
-            for_each = each.value.database != null && each.value.enabled == true && !(try(each.value.database.shunt, false)) ? ["${each.key}-db-terraform"] : []
-            #for_each = each.value.database != null && each.value.enabled == true  ? ["${each.key}-db-terraform"] : []
-            content {
-              dynamic "secret_ref" {
-                for_each = [1]
-                content {
-                  name = env_from.value
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-          dynamic "env_from" {
-            for_each = each.value.database != null && each.value.enabled == true ? ["${each.key}-db-mapped-terraform"] : []
-            content {
-              dynamic "secret_ref" {
-                for_each = [1]
-                content {
-                  name = env_from.value
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
           dynamic "env_from" {
             for_each = each.value.config_map_ref != null ? each.value.config_map_ref : []
             content {
diff --git a/core/variables.auto.tfvars b/core/variables.auto.tfvars
index ea233b1..f87b699 100644
--- a/core/variables.auto.tfvars
+++ b/core/variables.auto.tfvars
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ kubernetes = {
     #enabled = false
     #docker = true
     image = "gitea/gitea:1.27.0"
+    service_port = [3000]
     # no service_port: nginx reaches http://gitea:3000 over deployment_network
     database = {
       image     = "postgres:17"
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ kubernetes = {
       POSTGRES_DB       = { value = "gitea-database" }
 
       GITEA__database__DB_TYPE = { value = "postgres" }
-      GITEA__database__HOST    = { value = "gitea-db:5432" }
+      #GITEA__database__HOST    = { value = "gitea-db:5432" }   # for docker
+      GITEA__database__HOST    = { value = "gitea-db-svc:5432" }   # for k8s
       GITEA__database__USER    = { value = "gitea-KY56Q" }
       GITEA__database__PASSWD  = { value = "Modulator-Yearning-Gills3" }
       GITEA__database__NAME    = { value = "gitea-database" }