feat: generate secure secret key and prevent default

server/src/auth/jwtStrategy.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import config from '../config.js'
 
 const jwtOptions = {
   jwtFromRequest: ExtractJwt.fromAuthHeaderAsBearerToken(),
-  secretOrKey: config.jwtSecret,
+  secretOrKey: config.secret,
 }
 
 function verifyJwt(jwtPayload, done) {

server/src/cli/setup.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { genSecret } from '../utils/env.js'
+
+function setup() {
+  console.log('Setting up .env file...')
+  const secret = genSecret()
+  console.log(`SECRET_KEY=${secret}`)
+}
+
+setup()

server/src/config.js

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { get } from './utils/env.js'
+import { get, genSecret } from './utils/env.js'
 
 const config = {
   host: get('HOST', 'localhost'),
   port: get('PORT', 3000),
   db: get('MONGO_URL', 'mongodb://localhost:27017/odyssey-test'),
-  jwtSecret: get('JWT_SECRET', 'secret'),
+  secret: get('SECRET_KEY', ''),
   dockerNetwork: get('DOCKER_NETWORK', 'linux-odyssey-players'),
   isProduction: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
   hostPwd: get('HOST_PWD', ''),
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ const config = {
 
 config.baseUrl = get('BASE_URL', `http://${config.host}:${config.port}`)
 
+if (!config.secret) {
+  config.secret = genSecret()
+  console.warn(
+    'No SECRET_KEY found in .env! A temporary secret key has been generated. To set up a persistent key, please run the setup script.'
+  )
+}
+
 export default config

server/src/middleware/session.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import MongoStore from 'connect-mongo'
 import config from '../config.js'
 
 export default session({
-  secret: config.jwtSecret,
+  secret: config.secret,
   resave: false,
   saveUninitialized: false,
   rolling: true,

server/src/utils/env.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
+import crypto from 'crypto'
+
 export function get(key, defaultValue) {
   const value = process.env[key]
   if (value != null) {
@@ -6,3 +7,7 @@ export function get(key, defaultValue) {
   }
   return defaultValue
 }
+
+export function genSecret() {
+  return crypto.randomUUID()
+}