refactor: Configure environment variables in CI workflows

.github/workflows/jestCI.yml

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ./app/server/package-lock.json
+      - name: configure env variables
+        run: ./scripts/decrypt_config
       - run: npm ci
       - name: run all components
         working-directory: .

.github/workflows/playwrightCI.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ./app/client-v2/package-lock.json
+      - name: configure env variables
+        run: ./scripts/decrypt_config
       - name: Run all components
         working-directory: .
         run: ./scripts/run_test

.gitignore

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ app/server/coverage
 .idea
 proxy/ssl/production
 .vscode
+.env
 

README.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ docker --version
 ```
 
 
-If you run the application for the first time in development you need to add the secrets into `env.development`. Run the following command to decrypt the secrets:
+If you run the application for the first time in development you need to env variables into `.env`.
 
 Login to the vault:
 ```
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ You can also run everything outside pm2, by separately running:
 - `./scripts/run_client`
 
 ## Config
-Config for the back-end should be done via env variables. All needed variables can be found at `./app/server/src/buildConfig.ts`. In development, these are set in `./app/server/.env.development`.
+Config for the back-end should be done via env variables. All needed variables can be found at `./app/server/src/buildConfig.ts`. In development, these are set in `./app/server/.env` which can be set by running `./scripts/decrypt_config`.
 
 ## Deploying with docker
 

app/server/src/index.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { handleError } from "./errors/handleError";
 import { initialiseLogging } from "./logging";
 import { buildConfig } from "./buildConfig";
 
-dotenv.config({ path: ".env.development" });
+dotenv.config();
 
 const config = buildConfig();
 

app/server/tests/integration/router.test.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import MockStrategy from "passport-mock-strategy";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { buildConfig } from "../../src/buildConfig";
 
-dotenv.config({ path: ".env.development" });
+dotenv.config();
 const config = buildConfig();
 const app = express();
 configureApp(app, config);

app/server/tests/unit/controllers/projectController.test.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { buildConfig } from "../../../src/buildConfig";
 
 const mockAxios = new MockAdapter(axios);
-dotenv.config({ path: ".env.development" });
+dotenv.config();
 const config = buildConfig()
 
 describe("projectController", () => {

scripts/decrypt_config

@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ mkdir proxy/ssl/production -p
 vault read -field=key secret/beebop/ssl/production > proxy/ssl/production/key.pem
 vault read -field=cert secret/beebop/ssl/production > proxy/ssl/production/certificate.pem
 
-envsubst >> app/server/.env.development <<EOF
-
+envsubst > app/server/.env <<EOF
+SERVER_PORT=4000
+API_URL=http://localhost:5000
+CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173
+SERVER_URL=http://localhost:4000
+REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
 SESSION_SECRET=$SESSION_SECRET