BetterFrame/deploy/README.md
Mitchell R 96d7cc45ba
fix(deploy): require proxied local services
Bind native backend services and Node-RED to loopback so Angie remains the public auth boundary. Keep Docker on an internal compose network and stop kiosk fallback to a layout when display default is none.
2026-05-11 09:51:00 +02:00

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# BetterFrame deployment
## Native install (Raspberry Pi)
### Server
```bash
# Install Node.js 23 + Node-RED
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_23.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs build-essential
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
# Create user + dirs
sudo useradd -r -m -d /var/lib/betterframe betterframe
sudo mkdir -p /opt/betterframe /var/log/betterframe /etc/betterframe /var/lib/betterframe/nodered
sudo chown -R betterframe:betterframe /var/lib/betterframe /var/log/betterframe
# Deploy code
sudo git clone https://github.com/BetterCorp/BetterFrame.git /opt/betterframe
cd /opt/betterframe
sudo -u betterframe npm install
sudo -u betterframe npm run build
sudo cp sec-config.yaml /opt/betterframe/server/sec-config.yaml
# Install systemd units
sudo cp deploy/systemd/betterframe-server.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo cp deploy/systemd/betterframe-nodered.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now betterframe-server betterframe-nodered
```
The native config binds BetterFrame service ports and Node-RED to `127.0.0.1`.
Do not expose ports `18080`, `18081`, `18082`, or `1880` directly on the LAN.
Use Angie/nginx as the public entry point so `/nrdp/`, `/in/kiosk/`, and the
admin routes get the auth protections in `deploy/angie/betterframe.conf`.
### Kiosk
```bash
# Install GTK4 + GStreamer + WebKit
sudo apt install -y libgtk-4-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev \
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav \
gstreamer1.0-gtk4 libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libssl-dev
# Install Rust
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source ~/.cargo/env
# Build
cd ~/betterframe/kiosk
cargo build --release
sudo install -Dm755 target/release/betterframe-kiosk /opt/betterframe/kiosk/betterframe-kiosk
# Install systemd user unit
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cp deploy/systemd/betterframe-kiosk.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now betterframe-kiosk
```
### Angie proxy
```bash
sudo apt install -y angie # or nginx
sudo cp deploy/angie/betterframe.conf /etc/angie/conf.d/
sudo systemctl reload angie
```
The Angie config gates `/nrdp/*` with the admin session/API-key auth-check
endpoint and `/in/kiosk/*` with the kiosk Bearer-key auth-check endpoint.
Access: `http://<pi-ip>/setup` for first-run. Kiosks should use the proxy URL
(`http://<pi-ip>` or `http://betterframe.local`), not direct backend ports.
## Docker
```bash
docker compose -f deploy/docker/docker-compose.yml up -d
```
Kiosk still runs natively on the Pi (needs Wayland/HDMI), not in Docker.
The Compose stack uses `deploy/angie/betterframe.docker.conf` and
`deploy/docker/sec-config.yaml` because service names, not `127.0.0.1`, are the
correct upstreams inside the Docker network.
Access: `http://<pi-ip>/setup` for first-run.
## Production secrets
For production, store the server key via `systemd-creds`:
```bash
sudo systemd-creds encrypt --name=betterframe-secret \
/etc/betterframe/secret.key.plain /etc/betterframe/secret.key
sudo chmod 0600 /etc/betterframe/secret.key
sudo chown root:root /etc/betterframe/secret.key
```
The systemd unit's `LoadCredential=` directive injects this into the
service's `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY`.