From 45f11105ab9163e38884da20cb472513f9171b52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <youremail@example.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:43:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Create .env symlink in Dockerfile and add APP_KEY
 placeholder

- Create symlink from /app/code/.env to /app/data/.env in Dockerfile
- Add APP_KEY= placeholder to .env template
- Remove runtime symlink creation attempts
- This fixes key:generate error about missing .env file
---
 Dockerfile |  3 ++-
 start.sh   | 11 ++++-------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8515819..c47ef17 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ RUN cd /app/code && \
 
 # Remove storage directory and create symlink to /app/data/storage
 RUN rm -rf /app/code/storage && \
-    ln -s /app/data/storage /app/code/storage
+    ln -s /app/data/storage /app/code/storage && \
+    ln -s /app/data/.env /app/code/.env
 
 # Copy configuration files
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index ae9aa23..b816e7c 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ chmod -R 755 /app/data/storage
 echo "==> Configuring application environment"
 cat > /app/data/.env <<EOF
 APP_NAME="AnonAddy"
+APP_KEY=
 APP_ENV=production
 APP_DEBUG=false
 APP_URL=${CLOUDRON_APP_ORIGIN}
@@ -69,9 +70,9 @@ LOG_LEVEL=info
 BCRYPT_ROUNDS=12
 EOF
 
-# Create symlink for .env in /run (writable location)
-ln -sf /app/data/.env /run/.env
-ln -sf /app/data/.env /app/code/.env 2>/dev/null || true
+# Set proper ownership
+chown cloudron:cloudron /app/data/.env
+chmod 640 /app/data/.env
 
 # Generate APP_KEY if it doesn't exist
 if [ ! -f "/app/data/app_key" ]; then
@@ -98,10 +99,6 @@ else
     echo "ANONADDY_SECRET=${ANONADDY_SECRET}" >> /app/data/.env
 fi
 
-# Set proper ownership
-chown cloudron:cloudron /app/data/.env
-chmod 640 /app/data/.env
-
 # Run database migrations
 echo "==> Running database migrations"
 cd /app/code