Improved instructions for first time use

.gitignore

@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# dependencies
-client/node_modules
-server/node_modules
-/.pnp
-.pnp.js
-
-# testing
-/coverage
-
-# production
-/build
-client/build
-
-# misc
-.DS_Store
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-.eslintcache
-debug.log
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+client/node_modules
+server/node_modules
+/.pnp
+.pnp.js
+
+# testing
+/coverage
+
+# production
+/build
+client/build
+
+# misc
+.DS_Store
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+.eslintcache
+debug.log
+.aider*

README.md

@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ npm run build
 
 3. Run the server:
 
+Modify the server/src/.env file with your secrets `SESSION_SECRET=` and `AUTH_JWT_SECRET=` are required and can be a long-ish random string. All others are optional.
+
+If you don't provide sendgrid API key then the emails are logged to console.
+
 ```
 cd server
+npm install
 npm start
 ```
 
@@ -41,7 +46,13 @@ npm start
 To run the Seqoio server in Docker instead of natively, simply run this:
 
 ```
-docker-compose -f ./docker-compose.yml up -d --build --force-recreate
+docker compose -f ./docker-compose.yml up -d --build --force-recreate
+```
+
+Afterwards run this to inspect the logs:
+
+```
+docker logs app
 ```
 
 ## Authentication

client/package.json

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "web-vitals": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "react-scripts start",
+    "start": "NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider react-scripts start",
     "build": "react-scripts build",
     "test": "react-scripts test",
     "eject": "react-scripts eject",

docker-compose-prod.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 services:
 
   db:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 services:
 
   db: