From 2feec4ea9817fa0c9b37b66cbd8de27657a7a1d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: continuist <continuist02@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:55:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Change frontend build process to bring in correct backend
 host and port variables

---
 .forgejo/workflows/ci.yml | 14 ++++++++------
 frontend/Dockerfile       |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 72cace3..8d525e6 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ jobs:
 
   test-frontend:
     runs-on: [ci]
-    if: false
-    needs: test-backend
+    # if: false
+    # needs: test-backend
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build-frontend:
     runs-on: [ci]
-    if: false
-    needs: [test-backend, test-frontend]
-    # needs: [test-frontend]
+    # if: false
+    # needs: [test-backend, test-frontend]
+    needs: [test-frontend]
 
     env:
       CONTAINER_HOST: unix:///run/user/1001/podman/podman.sock
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build frontend container image
         run: |
           podman --remote build --no-cache \
+            --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_API_HOST=${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_HOST }} \
+            --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_API_PORT=${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_PORT }} \
             -f frontend/Dockerfile \
             -t "$FRONTEND_IMAGE:${{ github.sha }}" \
             -t "$FRONTEND_IMAGE:latest" \
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy-prod:
     runs-on: [prod]
-    # needs: [build-frontend]
+    needs: [build-frontend]
     # needs: [build-backend, build-frontend]
 
     env:
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index b0abf2d..bce53e2 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ COPY . .
 
 # disable telemetry; let Next control NODE_ENV during build
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+
+# Build-time environment variables for Next.js public config
+ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_HOST=127.0.0.1
+ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_PORT=3001
+ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_HOST=${NEXT_PUBLIC_API_HOST}
+ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_PORT=${NEXT_PUBLIC_API_PORT}
+
 RUN npm run build
 
 # ---------- runner (standalone) ----------