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Configure: Environment variables

Goal and result

Section titled “Goal and result”

Create the private DiscVault 26 beta runtime environment from the canonical moving .env.example without retaining its :dev image default.

Applies to

Section titled “Applies to”

This page applies to the official DiscVault 26 beta deployment. Generate POSTGRES_PASSWORD and one stable JWT_SECRET with openssl rand -base64 48 into a mode-600 .env. Force DISCVAULT_NEXT_IMAGE=ghcr.io/helmerznl/discvault:beta; set the supplied data paths; and choose either aligned FQDN values or empty RP_ID and RP_ORIGINS for a direct local-IP Legacy Authentication route.

DiscVault v26 beta

Section titled “DiscVault v26 beta”
  • DiscVault v26 beta · ghcr.io/helmerznl/discvault:beta
  • .env.example from release/v26-beta
  • mode 0600 · stable JWT_SECRET and POSTGRES_PASSWORD

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • private DiscVault runtime environment file
  • OpenSSL
  • planned restart window

Procedure

Section titled “Procedure”
  1. Create: /opt/discvault-next/.env · owner-only file permissions (0600)
  2. Configure: DISCVAULT_NEXT_IMAGE · random secrets · RP_ORIGINS
  3. Choose: with a valid FQDN, keep RP_ID and RP_ORIGINS aligned and use trusted HTTPS · for a direct private or loopback IP without an FQDN, leave RP_ID and RP_ORIGINS empty
  4. Verify: chmod 0600 · docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy config --quiet
  5. Start: keep JWT and PostgreSQL secrets unchanged during ordinary configuration edits · beta services

Commands and settings

Section titled “Commands and settings”

DiscVault v26 beta

Section titled “DiscVault v26 beta”
Terminal window
set -euo pipefail
install -d -m 0700 /opt/discvault-next
cd /opt/discvault-next
curl --fail --location --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 \
  --output docker-compose.yml \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helmerzNL/DiscVault/release/v26-beta/app/deploy/next/docker-compose.yml
curl --fail --location --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 \
  --output .env.example \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helmerzNL/DiscVault/release/v26-beta/app/deploy/next/.env.example


umask 077
ENV_FILE=/opt/discvault-next/.env
test ! -e "$ENV_FILE"
ENV_TMP="$(mktemp "$ENV_FILE.tmp.XXXXXX")"
trap 'rm -f "$ENV_TMP"' EXIT
POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
JWT_SECRET="$(openssl rand -base64 48)"
awk \
  -v image='ghcr.io/helmerznl/discvault:beta' \
  -v postgres_password="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" \
  -v jwt_secret="$JWT_SECRET" \
  -v data_dir='/mnt/user/appdata/discvault' \
  -v postgres_dir='/mnt/user/appdata/discvault-next/postgres' '
  /^DISCVAULT_NEXT_IMAGE=/ { print "DISCVAULT_NEXT_IMAGE=" image; next }
  /^POSTGRES_PASSWORD=/ { print "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=" postgres_password; next }
  /^JWT_SECRET=/ { print "JWT_SECRET=" jwt_secret; next }
  /^DISCVAULT_DATA_DIR=/ { print "DISCVAULT_DATA_DIR=" data_dir; next }
  /^DISCVAULT_NEXT_POSTGRES_DATA=/ {
    print "DISCVAULT_NEXT_POSTGRES_DATA=" postgres_dir
    next
  }
  /^LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=/ { print "LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=true"; next }
  { print }
' .env.example > "$ENV_TMP"
chmod 0600 "$ENV_TMP"
ln "$ENV_TMP" "$ENV_FILE"
rm -f "$ENV_TMP"
trap - EXIT
Terminal window
set -euo pipefail
cd /opt/discvault-next
FQDN=discvault.example.com
ENV_FILE=/opt/discvault-next/.env
ENV_TMP="$(mktemp "$ENV_FILE.tmp.XXXXXX")"
trap 'rm -f "$ENV_TMP"' EXIT
awk -v rp_id="$FQDN" -v rp_origin="https://$FQDN" '
  /^RP_ID=/ { print "RP_ID=" rp_id; next }
  /^RP_NAME=/ { print "RP_NAME=DiscVault"; next }
  /^RP_ORIGINS=/ { print "RP_ORIGINS=" rp_origin; next }
  /^LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=/ { print "LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=true"; next }
  { print }
' "$ENV_FILE" > "$ENV_TMP"
chmod 0600 "$ENV_TMP"
mv "$ENV_TMP" "$ENV_FILE"
trap - EXIT
Terminal window
set -euo pipefail
cd /opt/discvault-next
ENV_FILE=/opt/discvault-next/.env
ENV_TMP="$(mktemp "$ENV_FILE.tmp.XXXXXX")"
trap 'rm -f "$ENV_TMP"' EXIT
awk '
  /^RP_ID=/ { print "RP_ID="; next }
  /^RP_NAME=/ { print "RP_NAME=DiscVault"; next }
  /^RP_ORIGINS=/ { print "RP_ORIGINS="; next }
  /^LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=/ { print "LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED=true"; next }
  { print }
' "$ENV_FILE" > "$ENV_TMP"
chmod 0600 "$ENV_TMP"
mv "$ENV_TMP" "$ENV_FILE"
trap - EXIT
Terminal window
set -euo pipefail
cd /opt/discvault-next
ENV_FILE=/opt/discvault-next/.env
test "$(stat -c '%a' "$ENV_FILE")" = 600
read_env() { sed -n "s/^$1=//p" "$ENV_FILE"; }


test "$(read_env DISCVAULT_NEXT_IMAGE)" = 'ghcr.io/helmerznl/discvault:beta'
! grep -q ':dev' "$ENV_FILE"
test "$(read_env LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED)" = true
POSTGRES_PASSWORD_VALUE="$(read_env POSTGRES_PASSWORD)"
JWT_SECRET_VALUE="$(read_env JWT_SECRET)"
test "${#POSTGRES_PASSWORD_VALUE}" -ge 32
test "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD_VALUE" != 'change-me-to-a-long-random-password'
test "${#JWT_SECRET_VALUE}" -ge 48
grep -qx 'DISCVAULT_DATA_DIR=/mnt/user/appdata/discvault' "$ENV_FILE"
grep -qx 'DISCVAULT_NEXT_POSTGRES_DATA=/mnt/user/appdata/discvault-next/postgres' "$ENV_FILE"


RP_ID_VALUE="$(read_env RP_ID)"
RP_ORIGINS_VALUE="$(read_env RP_ORIGINS)"
if [ -z "$RP_ID_VALUE" ]; then
  test -z "$RP_ORIGINS_VALUE"
else
  test "$RP_ORIGINS_VALUE" = "https://$RP_ID_VALUE"
fi


docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy config --quiet
docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy pull
docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy up -d
docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy ps
curl --fail http://localhost:6180/api/next/health

Expected result

Section titled “Expected result”

docker compose -p discvault_next_deploy config resolves the beta environment, no :dev tag remains in .env, and health succeeds on port 6180.

  • owner-only file permissions (0600)
  • the private file is mode 600, Compose validation succeeds, and the selected channel becomes healthy

Safety and rollback

Section titled “Safety and rollback”

Next step

Section titled “Next step”

Configure: Authentication and RBAC

Source and status

Section titled “Source and status”