Merge pull request #463 from octo-patch/fix/issue-352-configurable-backend-url

fix: make REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL configurable for remote deployments

.env.example

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ WORK_DIR="/Users/username/Documents/workspace_with_my_files"
 OLLAMA_PORT="11434"
 LM_STUDIO_PORT="1234"
 BACKEND_PORT="7777"
+# Set this to your server's public IP/hostname when accessing the UI from a remote machine.
+# Example: REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=http://192.168.1.100:7777
+REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:7777
 CUSTOM_ADDITIONAL_LLM_PORT="11435"
 OPENAI_API_KEY='xxxxx'
 DEEPSEEK_API_KEY='xxxxx'

docker-compose.yml

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=development
       - CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=true
-      - REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:7777
+      - REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=${REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL:-http://localhost:7777}
     networks:
       - agentic-seek-net