## Summary
This PR adds the frontend service to the Docker Compose configuration,
enabling `docker compose up` to run the complete stack, including the
frontend. It also implements comprehensive environment variable
improvements, unified .env file support, and fixes Docker networking
issues.
## Key Changes
### 🐳 Docker Compose Improvements
- **Added frontend service** to `docker-compose.yml` and
`docker-compose.platform.yml`
- **Production build**: Uses `pnpm build + serve` instead of dev server
for better stability and lower memory usage
- **Service dependencies**: Frontend now waits for backend services
(`rest_server`, `websocket_server`) to be ready
- **YAML anchors**: Implemented DRY configuration to avoid duplicating
environment values
### 📁 Unified .env File Support
- **Frontend .env loading**: Automatically loads `.env` file during
Docker build and runtime
- **Backend .env loading**: Optional `.env` file support with fallback
to sensible defaults in `settings.py`
- **Single source of truth**: All `NEXT_PUBLIC_*` and API keys can be
defined in respective `.env` files
- **Docker integration**: Updated `.dockerignore` to include `.env`
files in build context
- **Git tracking**: Frontend and backend `.env` files are now trackable
(removed from gitignore)
### 🔧 Environment Variable Architecture
- **Dual environment strategy**:
- Server-side code uses Docker service names
(`http://rest_server:8006/api`)
- Client-side code uses localhost URLs (`http://localhost:8006/api`)
- **Comprehensive config**: Added build args and runtime environment
variables
- **Network compatibility**: Fixes connection issues between frontend
and backend containers
- **Shared backend variables**: Common environment variables (service
hosts, auth settings) centralized using YAML anchors
### 🛠️ Code Improvements
- **Centralized env-config helper** (`/frontend/src/lib/env-config.ts`)
with server-side priority
- **Updated all frontend code** to use shared environment helpers
instead of direct `process.env` access
- **Consistent API**: All environment variable access now goes through
helper functions
- **Settings.py improvements**: Better defaults for CORS origins and
optional .env file loading
### 🔗 Files Changed
- `docker-compose.yml` & `docker-compose.platform.yml` - Added frontend
service and shared backend env vars
- `frontend/Dockerfile` - Simplified build process to use .env files
directly
- `backend/settings.py` - Optional .env loading and better defaults
- `frontend/src/lib/env-config.ts` - New centralized environment
configuration
- `.dockerignore` - Allow .env files in build context
- `.gitignore` - Updated to allow frontend/backend .env files
- Multiple frontend files - Updated to use env helpers
- Updates to both auto installer scripts to work with the latest setup!
## Benefits
- ✅ **Single command deployment**: `docker compose up` now runs
everything
- ✅ **Better reliability**: Production build reduces memory usage and
crashes
- ✅ **Network compatibility**: Proper container-to-container
communication
- ✅ **Maintainable config**: Centralized environment variable management
with .env files
- ✅ **Development friendly**: Works in both Docker and local development
- ✅ **API key management**: Easy configuration through .env files for
all services
- ✅ **No more manual env vars**: Frontend and backend automatically load
their respective .env files
## Testing
- ✅ Verified Docker service communication works correctly
- ✅ Frontend responds and serves content properly
- ✅ Environment variables are correctly resolved in both server and
client contexts
- ✅ No connection errors after implementing service dependencies
- ✅ .env file loading works correctly in both build and runtime phases
- ✅ Backend services work with and without .env files present
### Checklist 📋
#### For configuration changes:
- [x] `.env.default` is updated or already compatible with my changes
- [x] `docker-compose.yml` is updated or already compatible with my
changes
- [x] I have included a list of my configuration changes in the PR
description (under **Changes**)
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Co-authored-by: Lluis Agusti <hi@llu.lu>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Nicholas Tindle <nicholas.tindle@agpt.co>
Co-authored-by: Claude <claude@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Bentlybro <Github@bentlybro.com>
We have been submoduling Supabase for provisioning local Supabase
instances using docker-compose. Aside from the huge size of unrelated
code being pulled, there is also the risk of pulling unintentional
breaking change from the upstream to the platform.
The latest Supabase changes hide the 5432 port from the supabase-db
container and shift it to the supavisor, the instance that we are
currently not using. This causes an error in the existing setup.
## BREAKING CHANGES
This change will introduce different volume locations for the database
content, pulling this change will make the data content fresh from the
start. To keep your old data with this change, execute this command:
```
cp -r supabase/docker/volumes/db/data db/docker/volumes/db/data
```
### Changes 🏗️
The scope of this PR is snapshotting the current docker-compose code
obtained from the Supabase repository and embedding it into our
repository. This will eliminate the need for submodule / recursive
cloning and bringing the entire Supabase repository into the platform.
### Checklist 📋
#### For code changes:
- [x] I have clearly listed my changes in the PR description
- [x] I have made a test plan
- [x] I have tested my changes according to the test plan:
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- [x] Existing CI
