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From: "n.siegfried" <n.siegfried@prime-controls.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:52:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Portainer deploy guide for the login portal

Standalone instructions for the Portainer admin: set AUTH_SECRET_KEY,
rebuild + redeploy the stack, and bootstrap the first admin account.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Deploy: Work Package Suite — login portal update
+
+Instructions for the **Portainer admin** to take the new secure login portal live.
+No prior context needed.
+
+**Repo:** `Project-SDE-WP-Suite` (primegit) — changes are merged to **`main`**.
+
+**What changed:** the app now has a username/password login. Going live needs:
+1. one new environment variable,
+2. a **rebuild** of the stack (not just a restart), and
+3. creating the first admin account.
+
+> **Why a rebuild (not a restart):** both the **nginx/webserver** and **api** images
+> bake the code in at build time (`COPY html/` and `COPY server/` in their
+> Dockerfiles). A plain restart will **not** pick up the new code — the images must
+> be **rebuilt** from the latest `main`.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Add an environment variable to the stack
+
+In the stack's **Environment variables** section, add:
+
+| Name | Value | Notes |
+|------|-------|-------|
+| `AUTH_SECRET_KEY` | a long random string | **Required.** Signs the login session cookies. |
+| `AUTH_SESSION_HOURS` | `12` | *Optional.* Hours a login lasts before re-auth (defaults to 12). |
+
+Generate the secret on the host with:
+
+```bash
+openssl rand -base64 48
+```
+
+> If `AUTH_SECRET_KEY` is **not** set, the app still starts but falls back to a random
+> per-process key — logins then reset on every restart and break across the 2 gunicorn
+> workers. It must be set to a fixed value.
+
+The existing database variables (`POSTGRES_*`) are unchanged.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Pull latest `main`, rebuild, and redeploy
+
+- Pull the latest commit on `main` and redeploy the stack **with image rebuild enabled**
+  (e.g. "Re-pull and redeploy" / force rebuild). This rebuilds both the `webserver` and
+  `api` images.
+- New Python dependencies (`bcrypt`, `PyJWT`) are in `requirements.txt` and install
+  automatically during the rebuild.
+- The `users` table is created automatically on API startup — **no DB migration needed.**
+
+---
+
+## 3. Verify the containers
+
+- Confirm `wp_api` and the webserver container are both **running**.
+- If `wp_api` fails to start, check its **Logs**. (A missing `AUTH_SECRET_KEY` only logs a
+  warning — it won't crash — but please confirm it's set.)
+
+---
+
+## 4. Create the first admin account
+
+The login system needs one admin user in the production (Postgres) database. Open the
+**`wp_api`** container's **Console** (`/bin/sh`) and run:
+
+```bash
+python -m server.manage_users create-admin <username> --name "<Full Name>"
+```
+
+It prompts for a password (minimum 8 characters) and prints `Created admin: <username>`.
+
+Non-interactive alternative:
+
+```bash
+python -m server.manage_users create-admin <username> --name "<Full Name>" --password "<password>"
+```
+
+Other CLI commands (run the same way): `list`, `create <user> --role user`,
+`reset-password <user>`, `disable <user>`, `enable <user>`.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Confirm it works
+
+1. Load the site's normal URL — it should redirect to a **login page**.
+2. Sign in with the admin account from step 4.
+3. That admin can then add all other users from the in-app **Admin → User
+   administration** page (top-right **Admin** link), so no further shell access is needed.
+
+---
+
+## Reference — what's in this release
+
+- `server/auth.py` — bcrypt password hashing, JWT session cookie, the request gate.
+- `server/app.py` — `/api/auth/*` endpoints + middleware that refuses every `/api` data
+  route without a valid session.
+- `server/manage_users.py` — the CLI used in step 4.
+- `html/login.html`, `html/auth-guard.js` — login page and per-page guard.
+- `html/admin.html` / `admin.js` — Admin Console gated on the admin role, with the user
+  administration UI.
+- Sessions are stateless: a signed JWT in an **HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax** cookie, marked
+  **Secure** automatically when served over HTTPS (via `X-Forwarded-Proto` from nginx).