AHKFlowApp

Local Development

Prerequisites

.NET 10 SDK and Docker (or LocalDB). Full list — including Windows symlink setup — in docs/development/prerequisites.md.

Running Locally

First-time setup (Options 1 and 2 only): run pwsh scripts/setup-dev-entra.ps1 once after cloning. It creates or repairs the dev Entra ID app registration, waits for the required redirect URI/scope/service-principal wiring to become visible, sets backend user-secrets, and writes src/Frontend/AHKFlowApp.UI.Blazor/wwwroot/appsettings.Development.json. Skip for Option 3 (no Azure AD).

Option 1 — LocalDB:

# Apply migrations (after backlog item 007)
dotnet ef database update \
  --project src/Backend/AHKFlowApp.Infrastructure \
  --startup-project src/Backend/AHKFlowApp.API

# Start API (http://localhost:5600, OpenAPI at /swagger/v1/swagger.json)
dotnet run --project src/Backend/AHKFlowApp.API --launch-profile "Docker SQL (Recommended)"

# Start frontend in a separate terminal (http://localhost:5601)
dotnet run --project src/Frontend/AHKFlowApp.UI.Blazor

Option 2 — Docker Compose (recommended):

See docs/development/docker-setup.md. x64 / amd64 only — the SQL Server image has no ARM64 build, so this stack does not run on Apple Silicon or Raspberry Pi without changing the database backend.

Option 3 — Run locally without Azure (homelab / trusted-LAN):

Runs the full stack — SQL Server, API, and Blazor frontend — with no Azure AD sign-in. Authentication is bypassed via a synthetic Local User identity on every request. nginx in the UI container reverse-proxies /api/ to the API service, so the browser only ever talks to a single origin.

Trust model. The synthetic auth provider authenticates every request as the same fixed user. This is acceptable for single-user homelab use on a trusted LAN only. Do not expose this configuration to the public internet. The API throws on startup if Auth:UseTestProvider=true is set in any environment other than Development.

git clone <repo>
cd AHKFlowApp
docker compose up --build

Open http://localhost:5601 in a browser. The app loads as Local User with no sign-in prompt. The "Log out" button is disabled (real sign-out requires Entra ID).

If the Microsoft sign-in page shows AADSTS500011, rerun pwsh scripts/setup-dev-entra.ps1 from the repo root and try again. That page is hosted by Microsoft, so the Blazor app cannot replace it before the redirect returns.

Service	URL
Blazor UI	http://localhost:5601
API (direct)	http://localhost:5600
API health	http://localhost:5600/health
API OpenAPI	http://localhost:5600/swagger/v1/swagger.json
SQL Server	localhost:1433 (sa / Dev!LocalOnly_2026)

To populate sample hotstrings:

curl -X POST http://localhost:5600/api/v1/dev/hotstrings/seed

How the toggle works:

• API reads Auth:UseTestProvider from configuration (set to true via Auth__UseTestProvider=true in docker-compose.yml). When true, it registers a TestAuthenticationHandler that injects a fixed identity instead of validating Azure AD JWTs. Only allowed in Development environment.
• Blazor UI image bakes appsettings.Local.json into appsettings.json at build time and strips the env-specific appsettings.{Production,Test,Development,E2E}.json files so they cannot override. The synthetic auth provider sets the same fixed identity on the client.

To run with real Entra ID instead — see docs/architecture/authentication.md. You'll need to use the standard dotnet run workflow (Option 1) — this docker-compose path is local-install-only.

URLs

Service	URL
API	http://localhost:5600
OpenAPI JSON	http://localhost:5600/swagger/v1/swagger.json
Frontend	http://localhost:5601

Environments

The application supports three distinct environments:

Environment	Description	ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT	Deployment
DEV	Local development	Development	Local machine (LocalDB or Docker SQL)
TEST	Pre-production testing	Test	Azure (auto-deploy from main branch)
PROD	Production	Production	Azure (manual deployment via workflow)

Each Azure environment (TEST/PROD) has isolated resources:

• Resource Group: rg-ahkflowapp-{test|prod}
• App Service: ahkflowapp-api-{test|prod}
• SQL Server: ahkflowapp-sql-{test|prod}
• Static Web App: ahkflowapp-swa-{test|prod}

See docs/deployment/getting-started.md for provisioning instructions.

dotnet restore AHKFlowApp.slnx
dotnet build AHKFlowApp.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore