:gear: tweaking sample dnv for more realistic deployment settings

backend/.env.sample

@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 # Rename me to .env then fill me with runtime configuration and credentials
 # Just don't try to check me into your repo :)
 # Confused? See https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
-#
-# e.g.
+
+# API host:port
 API_HOST=localhost
 API_PORT=3001
-APP_SECRET=mysecret
 
 USE_LOCAL_DB=true
+DB_TYPE=mysql
 
-DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
-DB_USER=root
-DB_NAME=test
+
+# Extra pepper for auth encryption
+PEPPER=kosho
+APP_SECRET=mysecret
+
+
+# Config for local test dB
 DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_TYPE=mysql
 DB_PORT=3307
+DB_NAME=test
+
+DB_USER=root
+DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
 
+
+# Config for remote planet scale production dB
+PSCALE_DB_HOST=planet-scale-db
+PSCALE_DB_PORT=3306
+PSCALE_DB_NAME=pscale-db
 PSCALE_DB_BRANCH=main
-PSCALE_DB_NAME=planet-scale-db
+
+PSCALE_DB_USER=myuserpleasechange
+PSCALE_DB_PASSWORD=pscale_pw_abc123efg456hij789

backend/server/manifest.js

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ const _current = {
 /** Glue manifest as a confidence store */
 module.exports = new Confidence.Store({
     server: {
-        host: _current.host,
+        host: process.env.API_HOST,
         port: {
             $filter: 'NODE_ENV',
             $default: {
                 $param: 'API_PORT',
                 $coerce: 'number',
-                $default: _current.port,
+                $default: process.env.API_PORT,
             },
             test: { $value: undefined }, // Let the server find an open port
         },
@@ -105,7 +105,14 @@ module.exports = new Confidence.Store({
                         knex: {
                             client: confs.dbFlavor,
                             useNullAsDefault: true,
-                            connection: _current,
+                            connection: {
+                                database: _current.database,
+                                host: _current.host,
+                                port: _current.port,
+                                ssl: _current.ssl,
+                                user: _current.user,
+                                password: _current.password,
+                            },
                         },
                     },
                     production: {