A hot path that will assume the backend is running on a port that is one less than the front end port (rather than assuming 7000)

Updating the docker-compose for all of SpiffArena so that it will fire up on ports 8000 -> 8004 rather than 7000 which has a common conflict with Apple AirPlay

docker-compose.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ services:
     environment:
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=spiffworkflow_backend_development
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw
-      - MYSQL_TCP_PORT=7003
+      - MYSQL_TCP_PORT=8003
     ports:
-      - "7003"
+      - "8003"
     healthcheck:
       test: mysql --user=root --password=my-secret-pw -e 'select 1' spiffworkflow_backend_development
       interval: 10s
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ services:
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ENV=development
       - FLASK_DEBUG=0
       - FLASK_SESSION_SECRET_KEY=super_secret_key
-      - OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:7000/openid
+      - OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000/openid
-      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:7001
+      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:8001
-      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:7000
+      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8000
-      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PORT=7000
+      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PORT=8000
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_UPGRADE_DB=true
-      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DATABASE_URI=mysql+mysqlconnector://root:my-secret-pw@spiffworkflow-db:7003/spiffworkflow_backend_development
+      - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DATABASE_URI=mysql+mysqlconnector://root:my-secret-pw@spiffworkflow-db:8003/spiffworkflow_backend_development
       - BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR=/app/process_models
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOAD_FIXTURE_DATA=false
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME=example.yml
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ services:
       - OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID=spiffworkflow-backend
       - OPEN_ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY=my_open_id_secret_key
     ports:
-      - "7000:7000"
+      - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
       - ./process_models:/app/process_models
       - ./log:/app/log
     healthcheck:
-      test: curl localhost:7000/v1.0/status --fail
+      test: curl localhost:8000/v1.0/status --fail
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 20
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/sartography/spiffworkflow-frontend
     environment:
       - APPLICATION_ROOT=/
-      - PORT0=7001
+      - PORT0=8001
     ports:
-      - "7001:7001"
+      - "8001:8001"
 
   spiffworkflow-connector:
     container_name: spiffworkflow-connector
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ services:
       - FLASK_ENV=${FLASK_ENV:-development}
       - FLASK_DEBUG=0
       - FLASK_SESSION_SECRET_KEY=${FLASK_SESSION_SECRET_KEY:-super_secret_key}
+      - CONNECTOR_PROXY_PORT=8004
     ports:
-      - "7004:7004"
+      - "8004:8004"
     healthcheck:
-      test: curl localhost:7004/liveness --fail
+      test: curl localhost:8004/liveness --fail
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 20

spiffworkflow-frontend/src/config.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-const host = window.location.hostname;
+const { port, hostname } = window.location;
-let hostAndPort = `api.${host}`;
+let hostAndPort = `api.${hostname}`;
 let protocol = 'https';
-if (/^\d+\./.test(host) || host === 'localhost') {
+
-  hostAndPort = `${host}:7000`;
+if (/^\d+\./.test(hostname) || hostname === 'localhost') {
+  let serverPort = 7000;
+  if (!Number.isNaN(Number(port))) {
+    serverPort = Number(port) - 1;
+  }
+  hostAndPort = `${hostname}:${serverPort}`;
   protocol = 'http';
 }
-export const BACKEND_BASE_URL = `${protocol}://${hostAndPort}/v1.0`;
+
+let url = `${protocol}://${hostAndPort}/v1.0`;
+// Allow overriding the backend base url with an environment variable at build time.
+if (process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_BASE_URL) {
+  url = process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_BASE_URL;
+}
+
+export const BACKEND_BASE_URL = url;
 
 export const PROCESS_STATUSES = [
   'not_started',