chore: Minor enhancements

Author: tjtanjin

config/env/.env.template

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ FRONTEND_WEBSITE_URLS=FRONTEND_WEBSITE_URL_1,FRONTEND_WEBSITE_URL_2
 # plugin configurations
 MAX_PLUGIN_IMAGE_FILE_SIZE=1048576 # (bytes)
 
-# session secret
+# CSRF token identifier
+CSRF_TOKEN_IDENTIFIER="LOCAL-XSRF-TOKEN"
+
+# session name and secret
+SESSION_IDENTIIFIER=local-connect.sid
 SESSION_SECRET=SESSION_SECRET
 
 # github application info and encyption key for access token
@@ -59,7 +63,4 @@ LOG_LEVEL=INFO
 
 # OpenTelemetry Configuration
 OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=otel-collector
-OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317
-
-# CSRF token identifier
-CSRF_TOKEN_IDENTIFIER="LOCAL-XSRF-TOKEN"
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317

src/api/index.ts

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ app.set('trust proxy', true);
 // handles user session
 app.use(
   session({
+    name: process.env.SESSION_NAME || 'connect.sid',
     store: redisSessionStore,
     secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET as string,
     resave: false,

src/api/middleware/csrfMiddleware.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const csrfMiddleware: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
       secure: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'local',
       // in production, use "lax" as frontend and backend have the same root domain
       sameSite: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'local' ? 'none' : 'lax',
+      domain: '.react-chatbotify.com',
     });
     return next();
   }