fix(vpn): PIA OpenVPN port 53 -> 8080 (53 is DNS-intercepted on this network)

Port 53 also got no PIA replies: this network transparently intercepts outbound
:53, so dig works but OpenVPN-over-53 is swallowed. An NTP/123 probe from the host
returned fine, proving arbitrary non-53 UDP works bidirectionally (so it's
port-specific: 1197 conflict + 53 DNS-intercept, not a UDP block). Move to 8080
(community-verified for PIA, non-DNS, non-1197).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ resources:
- cert-manager # Let's Encrypt DNS-01 wildcard — needs SOPS `cloudflare-api-token`
- externaldns # auto DNS records — needs SOPS `cloudflare-api-token`
- gateway # Gateway API listeners (ingress; replaces Traefik)
# ---- Phase 3 — Egress / VPN (PIA OpenVPN-UDP on port 53, ADR-0013 amendment).
# NOT PIA's default 1197 — this home network NATs its own OpenVPN server on WAN:1197, which
# collided with the outbound PIA-on-1197 flow (tcpdump-confirmed; DECISIONS-LOG). ----
# ---- Phase 3 — Egress / VPN (PIA OpenVPN-UDP on port 8080, ADR-0013 amendment).
# NOT 1197 (home NATs its own OpenVPN server there) and NOT 53 (network intercepts DNS/:53);
# both tcpdump-confirmed. See DECISIONS-LOG. ----
- vpn-egress # shared Gluetun PIA/OpenVPN-UDP egress gateway + kill-switch (ADR-0013)
# ---- Phase 4 — Observability (creds provisioned via SOPS: grafana-admin, alertmanager-smtp) ----
- monitoring # kube-prometheus-stack + Loki + Alloy + Alertmanager