docs: document the /api proxy contract and env vars

Retire HONCHO_UPSTREAM and the same-origin sentinel; document the per-request
X-Honcho-Upstream header model, OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL seeding, and the
optional OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST SSRF guard across compose, README,
AGENTS.md, and docs/docker.md.
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## Key Constraints ## Key Constraints
- **No hardcoded URLs** — connection config lives in `localStorage` under `openconcho:instances` (multi-instance store; legacy `openconcho:config` is auto-migrated) - **No hardcoded URLs** — connection config lives in `localStorage` under `openconcho:instances` (multi-instance store; legacy `openconcho:config` is auto-migrated)
- **Web CORS via a same-origin `/api` proxy** — the web build issues all Honcho calls to `/api/*` with an `X-Honcho-Upstream` header (the active instance's URL); nginx (docker) and a Vite middleware (dev) forward server-side. Transport is resolved by `dispatchFor` in `src/lib/dispatch.ts`: web → relative `/api` + header; Tauri → absolute URL + reqwest. Optional `OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST` guards the proxy when exposed.
- **Local git hooks** — `.husky/pre-commit` runs a secret scan + Biome on staged files; `.husky/pre-push` runs `pnpm check`. Your commits and pushes trigger these. - **Local git hooks** — `.husky/pre-commit` runs a secret scan + Biome on staged files; `.husky/pre-push` runs `pnpm check`. Your commits and pushes trigger these.
- **TanStack Router flat-route params** — always cast `params` as `as never` at `navigate()` and `<Link>` callsites - **TanStack Router flat-route params** — always cast `params` as `as never` at `navigate()` and `<Link>` callsites
- **`framer-motion` Variants typing** — import `type Variants` and annotate objects; never use `as const` on variant objects - **`framer-motion` Variants typing** — import `type Variants` and annotate objects; never use `as const` on variant objects

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Run the web UI in a container — handy for adding it to a self-hosted Honcho Run the web UI in a container — handy for adding it to a self-hosted Honcho
Compose stack. The image serves the SPA and reverse-proxies the Honcho API under Compose stack. The image serves the SPA and reverse-proxies the Honcho API under
its own origin, so the browser makes same-origin requests (no CORS to configure). its own origin: the browser calls `/api` same-origin and names the upstream in an
`X-Honcho-Upstream` header, so there's no browser CORS to configure.
```bash ```bash
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 \ docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 \
-e HONCHO_UPSTREAM=http://host.docker.internal:8000 \ -e OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8000 \
ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest
# → http://localhost:8080 # → http://localhost:8080
``` ```
To drop it into a Honcho Compose stack, use the `openconcho` service in `OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` seeds the first instance (absolute URL).
[`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml). Full details, env vars, and the CORS `OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST` is an optional SSRF guard (comma-separated host
options are in [`docs/docker.md`](docs/docker.md). globs) for when you expose the proxy. To drop it into a Honcho Compose stack, use
the `openconcho` service in [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml). Full
details and env vars are in [`docs/docker.md`](docs/docker.md).
### Connecting to your instance ### Connecting to your instance

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# Run OpenConcho's web UI with `docker compose up`. # Run OpenConcho's web UI with `docker compose up`.
# #
# Standalone: serves the SPA on http://localhost:8080 and reverse-proxies the # Standalone: serves the SPA on http://localhost:8080. The browser issues all
# Honcho API under the same origin (no browser CORS). By default it points at a # Honcho calls same-origin to /api; nginx forwards each to the URL named in the
# Honcho running on the host at :8000 — override HONCHO_UPSTREAM for anything else: # per-request X-Honcho-Upstream header (no browser CORS). Seed the first instance
# with OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL — override for anything else:
# #
# HONCHO_UPSTREAM=https://honcho.example.net docker compose up # OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL=https://honcho.example.net docker compose up
# #
# To fold this into an existing Honcho Compose stack, drop the `openconcho` # To fold this into an existing Honcho Compose stack, drop the `openconcho`
# service into that project, set HONCHO_UPSTREAM to the api service # service into that project, set OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL to the api service
# (e.g. http://api:8000), and add `depends_on: { api: { condition: service_healthy } }`. # (e.g. http://api:8000 — nginx resolves it on the compose network), and add
# `depends_on: { api: { condition: service_healthy } }`.
services: services:
openconcho: openconcho:
image: ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest image: ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest
# Or build from this repo instead of pulling the published image: # Or build from this repo instead of pulling the published image:
# build: . # build: .
environment: environment:
# nginx reverse-proxies /v3 and /health to this upstream (the Honcho API). # The SPA seeds its first instance from this absolute URL; the browser then
HONCHO_UPSTREAM: ${HONCHO_UPSTREAM:-http://host.docker.internal:8000} # routes all calls same-origin through /api, and nginx forwards them to the
# The SPA defaults its Honcho base URL to its own origin, so requests flow # URL named per-request in the X-Honcho-Upstream header (no browser CORS).
# through the proxy above — no browser CORS, token never leaves the origin. OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL: ${OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL:-http://host.docker.internal:8000}
OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL: same-origin # Optional SSRF guard. Unset = forward anywhere (safe for the localhost-only
# binding below). Set comma-separated host globs before exposing the proxy:
# OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST: honcho.example.net,*.honcho.dev
OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST: ${OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST:-}
ports: ports:
- "127.0.0.1:8080:8080" - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
# Lets the default host.docker.internal upstream resolve on Linux too # Lets the default host.docker.internal upstream resolve on Linux too

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a non-root user) that also **reverse-proxies the Honcho API under its own a non-root user) that also **reverse-proxies the Honcho API under its own
origin**, so the browser never makes a cross-origin request. origin**, so the browser never makes a cross-origin request.
## How the proxy works
The browser issues every Honcho call same-origin to `/api/*` and names the real
upstream per request in an `X-Honcho-Upstream` header (sourced from the active
instance's base URL). nginx strips `/api`, forwards to that upstream server-side,
and returns the response. Because the browser→nginx hop is same-origin, **no CORS
applies**; the nginx→Honcho hop is server-side, where CORS is irrelevant. The
frontend stays the source of truth for which instance to talk to, so the
multi-instance switcher and the Fleet view keep working.
## Add it to a Honcho Compose stack (recommended) ## Add it to a Honcho Compose stack (recommended)
Honcho's self-hosting path is Docker Compose. Drop the `openconcho` service from Honcho's self-hosting path is Docker Compose. Drop the `openconcho` service from
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openconcho: openconcho:
image: ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest image: ghcr.io/offendingcommit/openconcho-web:latest
environment: environment:
HONCHO_UPSTREAM: http://api:8000 # nginx proxies /v3 + /health here # Seeds the first instance; nginx resolves this on the compose network.
OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL: same-origin OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL: http://api:8000
ports: ports:
- "127.0.0.1:8080:8080" - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
depends_on: depends_on:
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restart: unless-stopped restart: unless-stopped
``` ```
`OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL: same-origin` makes the UI default its Honcho `OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` seeds the UI's first instance with an absolute
base URL to its own origin, so API calls go through the proxy → **no browser URL. The browser sends that URL in the `X-Honcho-Upstream` header; nginx (on the
CORS, and the API token never leaves the origin.** The published image is compose network) forwards to it — **no browser CORS, and the API token never
multi-arch (amd64 + arm64); the first publish creates a private GHCR package — leaves the origin.** The published image is multi-arch (amd64 + arm64); the first
make it public if you want unauthenticated pulls. publish creates a private GHCR package — make it public for unauthenticated pulls.
## Standalone ## Standalone
```bash ```bash
docker build -t openconcho-web . docker build -t openconcho-web .
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 -e HONCHO_UPSTREAM=http://host.docker.internal:8000 openconcho-web docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 -e OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8000 openconcho-web
# → http://localhost:8080 · GET /healthz returns "ok" # → http://localhost:8080 · GET /healthz returns "ok"
``` ```
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| Env | Default | Meaning | | Env | Default | Meaning |
|-----|---------|---------| |-----|---------|---------|
| `HONCHO_UPSTREAM` | `http://api:8000` | Where nginx proxies `/v3` and `/health` | | `OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` | _(empty)_ | Absolute URL seeding the first instance; empty = configure in Settings |
| `OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` | `same-origin` | SPA's default base URL — `same-origin`, an absolute URL, or empty (configure in Settings) | | `OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST` | _(empty)_ | Optional SSRF guard: comma-separated host globs (e.g. `honcho.example.net,*.honcho.dev`). Empty = forward anywhere |
Hardened run adds `--read-only --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges` Hardened run adds `--read-only --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges`
with `--tmpfs /tmp --tmpfs /var/cache/nginx`. Note: the runtime config writes with `--tmpfs /tmp --tmpfs /var/cache/nginx`. Note: the entrypoint writes
`config.js` into the web root at start, which a read-only root blocks — under `config.js` and the allowlist map at start, which a read-only root blocks — under
`--read-only` either bind-mount `config.js` or leave `--read-only` either bind-mount those paths or leave the env empty and configure
`OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` empty and set the URL in Settings. the URL in Settings.
## SSRF: when to set the allowlist
The header-driven proxy forwards to whatever upstream the client names. With the
default `127.0.0.1:8080` binding only your own machine can reach nginx, so leaving
the allowlist open is fine. **Before exposing the proxy** (e.g. behind a tunnel),
set `OPENCONCHO_UPSTREAM_ALLOWLIST` to the host globs you trust — non-matching
upstreams are rejected with `403` and an `X-Honcho-Proxy-Reject: allowlist` header.
## CORS, the short version ## CORS, the short version
The desktop app routes HTTP through Rust and bypasses browser CORS; the web The desktop app routes HTTP through Rust (reqwest) and bypasses browser CORS; the
build doesn't. The Compose setup above **solves CORS via the same-origin proxy** web build solves it with the same-origin `/api` proxy above — **nothing to
— nothing to configure on Honcho. If instead you point the UI at a *different* configure on Honcho.** The proxy makes a Honcho-side `CORSMiddleware` unnecessary
origin (absolute `OPENCONCHO_DEFAULT_HONCHO_URL` or a URL typed in Settings), regardless of which instance you point at.
allow that origin in Honcho's FastAPI `CORSMiddleware`:
```python
app.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, allow_origins=["https://your-ui-origin"],
allow_methods=["*"], allow_headers=["*"])
```