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✍️ Description

Reworks the AliasVault dev script for AliasVault 0.31.x. The current script cannot build 0.31.x:

• apps/server/AliasVault.Client (Blazor WASM) was removed in 0.31.0; the web client is now a React/Vite app in apps/web.
• core/build-and-distribute.sh --browser was removed and split into --web / --browser-extension.

It also addresses the problems reported in #1827: .env options for reverse-proxy use were ignored, and nginx used a hardcoded template that diverged from upstream.

Upstream research

• apps/web/Dockerfile: core built with build-and-distribute.sh --web (Rust + wasm-pack + clang/llvm), then npm ci && npm run build, served as static files (apps/web/nginx.conf). No engines in package.json; Docker uses Node 20, the script uses Node 22 LTS.
• apps/server/*/Dockerfile: .NET 10 (global.json 10.0.100), API on 3001 (/api), Admin on 3002 (/admin), SMTP service, TaskRunner. The wasm-tools workload is no longer needed.
• docker-compose.yml: PostgreSQL → setup_postgresql / setup_postgresql_db.
• .env.example: TRUSTED_PROXIES, FORCE_HTTPS_REDIRECT, ADMIN_IP_ALLOWLIST, MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_MB, HOSTNAME, PUBLIC_REGISTRATION_ENABLED, SMTP_* — names used unchanged.
• Shared/AliasVault.Shared.Server/Utilities/SecretReader.cs: outside a container, secrets come from env vars (JWT_KEY, DATA_PROTECTION_CERT_PASS, ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH, ADMIN_PASSWORD_GENERATED, ABUSE_METRICS_SALT), so .env as EnvironmentFile works.
• Secrets generated as in upstream install.sh (openssl rand -base64 32); admin password via random_password.

Changes

• Build apps/web instead of the removed Blazor client; --web core build.
• nginx is rendered on every nginx start/reload from upstream apps/server/nginx-443.conf / nginx-80-443.conf by running upstream apps/server/entrypoint.sh (up to where it starts nginx). Only container→LXC substitutions are applied (client/api/admin → 127.0.0.1, static/status roots). The static client server block comes from upstream apps/web/nginx.conf.
• .env secrets quoted (the connection string contains ;, which broke source .env).
• aliasvault.target: systemctl restart aliasvault.target applies .env changes to nginx and all services.
• Admin password written to ~/aliasvault.creds and referenced in the final output (AliasVault #1827: the password was not shown).
• var_arm64="no": the wasm-pack prebuild pattern and the Microsoft .NET apt repo are amd64-only.
• JSON: three short notes (first login, reverse proxy, email), hdd aligned with var_disk (24).
• The update detects containers made by the old (pre-0.31) script and tells the user to recreate.

Deviations from AGENTS.md (stated as required)

• /usr/local/bin/aliasvault-configure (anti-pattern 11): not a one-shot install script. An nginx systemd drop-in runs it on every start/reload so .env changes take effect, as upstream's container entrypoint does at each start. There is no way to get that behaviour without a persistent hook.
• No nginx_enable_site / create_self_signed_cert: the full nginx.conf (with geo, real_ip and upstream blocks) comes from the upstream template, and the certificate comes from upstream's entrypoint logic (SAN from HOSTNAME, regenerated when it changes). A sites-available vhost would mean a hardcoded template again, which is the original problem.
• systemctl daemon-reload: needed once because a drop-in modifies the existing nginx.service (allowed per [core] update .app files #13).
• ~/aliasvault.creds (anti-pattern 14): .env holds only the hash of the generated admin password, so the plaintext has nowhere else to live. Same pattern as install/zitadel-install.sh (no msg block, chmod 600).

Not yet tested on a Proxmox host; I will post install/update logs in #1827.

🔗 Related PR / Issue

Link: #1827 (also ProxmoxVE discussion community-scripts/ProxmoxVE#1915)

✅ Prerequisites (X in brackets)

• Self-review completed – Code follows project standards.
• Tested thoroughly – Changes work as expected.
• No breaking changes – Existing functionality remains intact.
• No security risks – No hardcoded secrets, unnecessary privilege escalations, or permission issues.

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🏗️ arm64 Support (X in brackets)

• arm64 supported - Tested and supported on arm64.
• arm64 not tested - Assumed to work on arm64, but testing has not been done.
• arm64 not supported - Confirmed upstream dependencies or binaries do not support arm64.

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🖥️ Tested on (X in brackets)

• Proxmox VE – Created on a Proxmox VE host and the app works.
• Incus – Created on an Incus host and the app works.

Application containers run on both; tick what you actually tested. VMs and host tools are Proxmox only.

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🛠️ Type of Change (X in brackets)

• 🐞 Bug fix – Resolves an issue without breaking functionality.
• ✨ New feature – Adds new, non-breaking functionality.
• 💥 Breaking change – Alters existing functionality in a way that may require updates.
• 🆕 New script – A fully functional and tested script or script set.
• 🌍 Website update – Changes to website-related JSON files or metadata.
• 🔧 Refactoring / Code Cleanup – Improves readability or maintainability without changing functionality.
• 📝 Documentation update – Changes to README, AppName.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, or other docs.

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🔍 Code & Security Review (X in brackets)

• Follows CODE-AUDIT.md & CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines
• Uses correct script structure (AppName.sh, AppName-install.sh, AppName.json)
• No hardcoded credentials
• No Docker / Docker Compose – The application is installed bare-metal; Docker is not used.
• No git pull – Updates use fetch_and_deploy_gh_release, fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release, fetch_and_deploy_gl_release, or fetch_and_deploy_from_url instead of git pull.

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📋 Additional Information (optional)

Breaking: containers created by the previous (pre-0.31, Blazor) version of this script cannot be updated in place, because the client architecture changed upstream. The update aborts with a message to export vaults and recreate the container.

Validated so far: nginx rendering against the 0.31.1 source tree (nginx -t passes in default mode and in reverse-proxy mode with FORCE_HTTPS_REDIRECT=false, TRUSTED_PROXIES=192.168.1.10, ADMIN_IP_ALLOWLIST=private), bash -n, shellcheck. Full install and update on PVE still to do.

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📦 Application Requirements (for new scripts)

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It is used by automated PR validation checks.
If this PR is not a new script submission, leave the checkboxes unchecked.

Required for 🆕 New script submissions.
Pull requests that do not meet these requirements may be closed without review.

• The application is at least 6 months old
• The application is actively maintained
• The application has 1,000+ GitHub stars
• Official release tarballs are published
• I understand that not all scripts will be accepted due to various reasons and criteria by the community-scripts ORG

🌐 Source

• https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault (3.1k stars)
• https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault/releases/tag/0.31.1
• https://aliasvault.net

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🤖 AI Assistance (X in brackets)

If you used an AI tool (GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to write or generate any scripts in this PR, you must confirm compliance below.
Select exactly one option.

• No AI used – Scripts were written without AI assistance.
• AI was used – I confirm the scripts were built using AGENTS.md and .github/agents/pve-script-creator.agent.md as guidance, and the output has been reviewed and corrected to match those guidelines.

Please describe to which degree, if any, an LLM was used in creating this pull request. Name the model(s) used and, if applicable, the reasoning/thinking effort level (e.g. "Claude Sonnet 4.5, high reasoning, used to draft the install script, then manually reviewed and tested" or "No LLM used"). This is informational, not a penalty — but scripts that are clearly AI-generated and not further revised by the author to match CODE-AUDIT.md / CONTRIBUTING.md may be closed without review.

Claude Opus 5.5, low reasoning. Used to draft the scripts and description; reviewed by me, PVE testing in progress. QuillBot Spell Checker used for proofreading.

[github-actions]

Try this script

ct/aliasvault.sh, run in the Proxmox VE shell or on an Incus host:

COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jwklijnsma/DevScripts/aliasvault-0.31 \
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jwklijnsma/DevScripts/aliasvault-0.31/ct/aliasvault.sh)"

COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL is not optional for ct/. Fetching the ct/ script from a
branch does not tell the engine where that branch is — with bash -c "$(curl …)"
there is no file on disk for the scripts root to be derived from, so it would fall
back to upstream main and look for the install script there.

Against a core branch as well

Add COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWNER/core/BRANCH
to test an engine change at the same time. The two resolve independently.

Useful flags while testing

dev_mode=net logs every fetch with status and duration, so you can confirm the
branch is really being used. dev_mode=keep stops a failed build from deleting
the container along with the evidence.

[github-actions]

✅ Requirements check passed. Thanks for fixing the description — the stale mark has been removed.