Prod came up with nobody able to log in, in two separate ways.
1. No sign-in account exists. `prisma migrate deploy` creates tables, never
rows, and nothing in the deploy path seeds one — deliberately, since making
an administrator should not be a side effect of shipping code. But
apps/api/scripts was not in the runtime image either, so the only way to
create the first account was to run the script from a developer machine
against a production DATABASE_URL. Ship scripts/ in the image so it can be
run on the host with docker exec. Still never run automatically.
2. Login could not establish a session at all. cookie.secure followed NODE_ENV,
the image sets NODE_ENV=production, and the app is served over plain HTTP —
express-session then silently emits NO Set-Cookie header. POST /auth/login
still answered 200 with the full user object, no session was created, every
later request 403'd, and the UI would have looped back to /login. It reads
as an auth bug and is really a transport mismatch.
The flag is now driven by SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE, still defaulting to
NODE_ENV. An EMPTY value counts as unset rather than false, because compose
turns an absent `${SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE:-}` into the empty string and the
naive check would have quietly dropped Secure on any deployment that merely
passed the variable through.
galactus sets it to "false". That is acceptable ONLY because the host is
reachable exclusively over Tailscale, so WireGuard already encrypts the
wire. It must go back to "true" when the app is served over TLS or exposed
off-tailnet; behind a TLS-terminating proxy, set trust proxy instead.
Verified against live prod: seeded an admin, POST /auth/login returns 200 with
full ADMIN abilities, a wrong password is rejected with 401, and no Set-Cookie
was present before this change.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Jorge Cuadros & Asociados — Platform
Internal platform for a Baja California insurance brokerage and property-services
firm: a single expedient joining each client's properties/services,
insurance policies, account statement, and the firm's checkbook.
It replaces a legacy PHP/Access app (see RESUME.md and PLAN.md for the full
history and rebuild rationale).
The UI is Spanish-first; the codebase and this document are in English.
Stack
| Layer | Tech | Port |
|---|---|---|
| Web | Next.js 14 (App Router, React 18) | 3000 |
| API | NestJS 10 · Passport local + express-session · Argon2 |
3001 |
| Database | MySQL 8 via Prisma 5 (@jorgecuadros/database workspace pkg) |
3306 |
| Migration | Python 3 pipeline (legacy Access → staging → transforms) | — |
Monorepo managed with pnpm workspaces. Node >= 20.
Repository layout
apps/
web/ Next.js frontend (@jorgecuadros/web)
api/ NestJS backend (@jorgecuadros/api)
scripts/seed-user.mjs idempotent admin seeder
packages/
database/ Prisma schema + generated client (@jorgecuadros/database)
prisma/schema.prisma
migration/ One-off Python ETL from the legacy Access DB (run_all.py)
docker/ Dockerfiles for api + web
docker-compose.yml mysql + api + web
.env.example copy to .env
API feature modules: auth, users, customers, policies, properties,
billing, bank. Web routes: /clientes, /polizas, /servicios,
/estado-cuenta, /banco (chequera), /catalogos, /usuarios, /login.
Prerequisites
- Node.js >= 20 and pnpm (
npm i -g pnpm) - Docker (for MySQL, or bring your own MySQL 8)
- Python 3 — only if you run the legacy data migration
Run it locally (development)
1. Install
pnpm install
pnpm blocks postinstall build scripts by default; the trusted ones
(argon2, prisma, @prisma/client, @prisma/engines, @nestjs/core) are
allowlisted in pnpm-workspace.yaml, so the native builds run automatically.
2. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
Then edit .env. For the Docker MySQL below the defaults already line up;
just set a real SESSION_SECRET:
DATABASE_URL=mysql://jorgecuadros:jorgecuadros@localhost:3306/jorgecuadros
SESSION_SECRET=<any long random string>
WEB_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3001
The API loads DATABASE_URL, SESSION_SECRET, WEB_ORIGIN, and optional
PORT (default 3001). The web app only needs NEXT_PUBLIC_API_ORIGIN.
3. Start MySQL
docker compose up -d mysql
(Or point DATABASE_URL at an existing MySQL 8 instance.)
4. Create the schema + generate the Prisma client
The schema is managed with prisma db push (no migration history committed):
pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/database exec prisma db push
pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/database generate
5. Seed a sign-in user
node apps/api/scripts/seed-user.mjs
Idempotent (upsert by email). Defaults — override with SEED_EMAIL,
SEED_PASSWORD, SEED_NAME:
- email:
admin@jorgecuadros.local - password:
ChangeMe!2026 - role:
ADMIN
6. Run the apps (two terminals)
# API → http://localhost:3001
pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/api start:dev
# Web → http://localhost:3000
pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/web dev
Root shortcuts also exist: pnpm dev:api, pnpm dev:web.
7. Log in
Open http://localhost:3000, sign in with the seeded credentials. Sessions are cookie-based and last 8 hours.
Run it with Docker (full stack)
Builds MySQL + API + web from docker-compose.yml:
export SESSION_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
docker compose up --build
Web on http://localhost:3000, API on http://localhost:3001. SESSION_SECRET
is required (compose fails without it). After first boot, push the schema and
seed a user against the container DB:
docker compose exec api node apps/api/scripts/seed-user.mjs
Common commands
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Install | pnpm install |
| Dev — API | pnpm dev:api |
| Dev — Web | pnpm dev:web |
| Build all | pnpm build |
| Generate Prisma client | pnpm prisma:generate |
| Push schema (dev) | pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/database exec prisma db push |
| Prisma Studio | pnpm prisma:studio |
| API tests | pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/api test |
| Lint (web / api) | pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/web lint · ... /api lint |
| Seed admin user | node apps/api/scripts/seed-user.mjs |
Auth & roles
Session auth via Passport local strategy; passwords hashed with Argon2 (no
plaintext, unlike the legacy app). Roles gate the UI and API — e.g. managing
/catalogos and /usuarios requires the appropriate ability (ADMIN /
MANAGER). New users are created by an admin in /usuarios; the first admin
comes from the seed script above.
Legacy data migration (optional)
migration/ holds the one-off Python ETL that lifts data out of the old
Microsoft Access database into MySQL.
pip install -r migration/requirements.txt
python migration/run_all.py
⚠️
run_all.pytruncates and reloads all downstream tables. Never run an individualtransform_*.pyin isolation — it orphans dependent tables. Seemigration/RECONCILIATION.mdfor details.
Production notes
- Use
pnpm --filter @jorgecuadros/database exec prisma migrate deployif/when a committed migration history is adopted; today dev usesdb push. - Set a strong
SESSION_SECRETand a locked-downDATABASE_URL. - The API expects
WEB_ORIGINto match the browser origin for session cookies. - Documents are stored in MinIO in the deployed environment (see
RESUME.md).