Two changes that drop the friction in self-hosting RefBoard so the install
story becomes "docker compose up, open the URL".
1. JWT_SECRET is now optional. On first boot the backend generates a
64-byte random secret and persists it in the existing settings table.
process.env.JWT_SECRET still wins when set, so ops setups that manage
secrets out-of-band are unaffected. The prod-throws-without-env guard
is gone (auto-generation is a strictly safer default than the previous
hardcoded dev fallback).
2. STORAGE_BACKEND=fs|minio picks between MinIO (default, unchanged) and
a new local-filesystem adapter. The FS adapter exposes a fake minioClient
that mirrors the methods RefBoard calls (statObject, getObject,
getPartialObject, listObjectsV2, putObject, removeObject(s), bucketExists,
makeBucket), so consumers swap require('./minio') for require('./storage')
and nothing else changes. Sidecar .mime files hold Content-Type so the
range-aware media proxy still serves the right response headers.
examples/compose/minimal-fs.yml is the single-container variant that uses
the FS adapter. The default docker-compose.yml still spins up MinIO.
README quick-start collapses to one block (cp .env, docker compose pull,
docker compose up -d). The first user you register on the Login screen is
auto-promoted to admin, same as before.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove Mattermost integration (OAuth, channel bridge, file sync watcher,
frontend import modal). RefBoard now ships as a self-contained app.
- Replace SSO Login screen with email/password form (+ optional register link
gated by ALLOW_SELF_REGISTRATION).
- Add SEED_ADMIN_EMAIL / SEED_ADMIN_PASSWORD env-var bootstrap so a fresh
install ships with an admin account on first boot (idempotent).
- ALLOW_SELF_REGISTRATION flag (default false) gates POST /api/auth/register.
First user can always register (auto-promoted to admin).
- Drop mattermost_id and mm_file_id columns + board_channel_links table
from the schema; remove related db helpers and exports.
- Add MIT LICENSE, comprehensive README, .env.example, docker-compose.yml
(bundles MinIO so one command boots a working stack).
- Expand .gitignore for typical Node + Docker dev artefacts.
- Move PDF page count check before MinIO upload and DB record creation
to prevent orphaned objects when >500 page PDFs are rejected
- Use job type label (PDF page / Video) in media-worker error messages
instead of hardcoded "Video processing failed"
- Replace LIKE-based idempotency check with exact JSON match to prevent
page 1 matching page 11/12/etc substring collisions
- Background media worker: polls media_jobs table, runs ffprobe+ffmpeg
with concurrency limit, generates video posters, emits socket events
- Non-blocking video upload: stores file + enqueues job, returns immediately
- Poster hydration on board load: GET /boards/:id injects poster/dimensions
from DB into canvas_state video objects
- SpatialGrid: fixed-cell (512px) spatial hash for O(nearby) culling instead
of O(all) item scanning, eliminates setTimeout violations
- Canvas-based video rendering: draws video frames to offscreen canvas then
uploads to GPU, completely eliminates GL_INVALID_OPERATION errors from
PixiJS VideoSource auto-update mechanism
- Server poster upgrade path: culling ticker and applyProcessedMedia() both
upgrade client-captured posters to server posters when available
- Pause restores server poster (paused video behaves like an image)
- Selection drag-end persistence: onObjectDragEnd broadcasts + saves + undo
- Live media:job:update socket handler patches scene data + VideoSprite
dimensions without broadcast fanout
- Add mm_file_id column to images table for dedup tracking
- mm-pull fetches posts from MM API, downloads media files, uploads with LOD to MinIO
- Register bridge routes in server.js under /api/boards
When a board is loaded via GET /api/boards/:id, if the canvas_state
lacks a v2 marker, it is converted in-place and persisted back to DB
so subsequent loads skip conversion.
Sharp-based service that produces thumb (256px), medium (1024px),
and full (pass-through) tiers from an uploaded image buffer.
Skips upscaling when the source is smaller than a tier's width.
