Fix for Issue1182

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Fixes #1182 .

Bug 1 & 2 — docs/self-hosting-docker.md

Rewrote the environment setup step. The openssl commands were previously listed as if they were the file's contents, so anyone copying the block literally ended up with JWT_SECRET=openssl rand -base64 48 — a secret published in the docs and shared by every install that followed the guide.

Each command is now labelled with the variable it fills, and the ENCRYPTION_KEY command is corrected to openssl rand -hex 32. The old -base64 64 produced 88 characters across two lines, which fails the /^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/ check in server/src/utils/auth.ts and makes proxies, robot credentials, and LLM API keys unusable.

Bug 3 — ENVEXAMPLE

Replaced the example JWT_SECRET, which contained a $. Docker Compose reads $kLq7 as a variable reference and silently drops it, so the container received a 37-character secret where the file showed 42. Added a note that a literal $ must be written $$.

New — docs/generate-env.sh

Added a script that writes a complete .env with freshly generated secrets, so there is no copying or pasting to get wrong. It refuses to overwrite an existing .env, sets chmod 600, and uses openssl rand -hex 32 for ENCRYPTION_KEY.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a script to generate complete .env files with secure, production-ready secrets.
  • Supports previewing configuration without writing files.
  • Prevents accidental overwrites and applies secure file permissions.
  • Validates required tooling and generates encryption keys in the required format.

• Documentation

  • Updated setup and self-hosting guides with automatic and manual environment configuration instructions.
  • Added guidance for encryption keys, shell requirements, Docker Compose values, URLs, and ports.

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Walkthrough

Adds docs/generate-env.sh to generate Docker secrets and render a .env file with production defaults. The script supports printing, help, option validation, OpenSSL checks, overwrite protection, and restrictive file permissions. Updates the setup and self-hosting documentation with automatic and manual environment configuration instructions, secret format requirements, Compose escaping guidance, and corrected step numbering. Updates the example JWT secret and comment formatting.

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 98c7d

The PR improves secret generation and documentation, but the recommended setup still omits curl from its prerequisites, which can prevent .env creation for some users; merge is reasonable with explicit owner follow-up.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title identifies issue #1182 but does not describe the Docker secret-setup fixes. It is too vague to identify the primary change.	Use a specific title such as "Fix Docker self-hosting secret generation and encryption key setup".

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address all three objectives in issue #1182: they separate OpenSSL commands from .env values, generate a 64-character hexadecimal ENCRYPTION_KEY, and address dollar-sign truncation. The ne…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are within scope. ENVEXAMPLE, SETUP.md, docs/self-hosting-docker.md, and docs/generate-env.sh directly support the Docker secret-generation and setup fixes described in issue #1182.

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Explanation

The changes address all three objectives in issue #1182: they separate OpenSSL commands from .env values, generate a 64-character hexadecimal ENCRYPTION_KEY, and address dollar-sign truncation. The new script also generates a complete .env file without overwriting existing files.

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@docs/generate-env.sh`:
- Around line 88-89: Set a restrictive umask before the render redirection in
the generate-env flow so the output file is created with owner-only permissions,
and retain chmod 600 on OUT as final enforcement after rendering.
- Around line 31-34: Update the output-exists guard in the generate-env script
to reject dangling symlinks as well as existing paths by checking the output
path with both regular existence and symlink tests. Preserve the current
PRINT_ONLY behavior, error message, and exit status.
- Around line 1-2: Update the generate-env script so the shebang is the first
byte and mark the file executable in version control, preserving the existing
Bash interpreter declaration and script contents.

In `@docs/self-hosting-docker.md`:
- Around line 20-24: Update docs/self-hosting-docker.md lines 20-24 to explain
how users obtain generate-env.sh before running it and ensure the generated .env
is placed in the Docker directory; update SETUP.md line 5 to replace the invalid
path with an explicit shell invocation and document the required working
directory.
- Line 44: Add a dotenv or env language tag to the bare fenced environment code
block in the self-hosting Docker documentation, preserving the block’s existing
contents.

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