updated comments and pass the dashboard path into the installer

apis/installer.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -16,9 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/security"
 )
 
-const installerHookId = "__pbinstallerHook"
-
-func loadInstaller(app core.App, hostURL string) error {
+// @todo consider combining with the installer specific hooks after refactoring cmd
+func loadInstaller(app core.App, dashboardURL string) error {
 	if !needInstallerSuperuser(app) {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ func loadInstaller(app core.App, hostURL string) error {
 	}
 
 	// launch url (ignore errors and always print a help text as fallback)
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/_/#/pbinstal/%s", hostURL, token)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/#/pbinstal/%s", strings.TrimRight(dashboardURL, "/"), token)
 	_ = launchURL(url)
 	color.Magenta("\n(!) Launch the URL below in the browser if it hasn't been open already to create your first superuser account:")
 	color.New(color.Bold).Add(color.FgCyan).Println(url)
-	color.New(color.FgHiBlack, color.Italic).Printf("(you can also create your first superuser account by running '%s superuser upsert test@example.com yourpass' and restart the server)\n", os.Args[0])
+	color.New(color.FgHiBlack, color.Italic).Printf("(you can also create your first superuser account by running '%s superuser upsert test@example.com yourpass')\n", os.Args[0])
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func needInstallerSuperuser(app core.App) bool {
 	total, err := app.CountRecords(core.CollectionNameSuperusers, dbx.Not(dbx.HashExp{
 		"email": core.DefaultInstallerEmail,
 	}))
+
 	return err == nil && total == 0
 }
 

apis/serve.go

@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ type ServeConfig struct {
 	// ShowStartBanner indicates whether to show or hide the server start console message.
 	ShowStartBanner bool
 
-	// DashboardPath specifies the route path to the superusers dashboard interface
-	// (default to "/_/{path...}").
+	// DashboardPath specifies the route path to the superusers dashboard (default to "_").
 	//
-	// Note: Must include the "{path...}" wildcard parameter.
+	// Currently it is limited to a single path segment (this is because the UI is not extendable at the moment).
 	DashboardPath string
 
 	// HttpAddr is the TCP address to listen for the HTTP server (eg. "127.0.0.1:80").
@@ -68,9 +67,12 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	if config.DashboardPath == "" {
-		config.DashboardPath = "/_/{path...}"
-	} else if !strings.HasSuffix(config.DashboardPath, "{path...}") {
-		return errors.New("invalid dashboard path - missing {path...} wildcard")
+		config.DashboardPath = "_"
+	} else {
+		config.DashboardPath = strings.Trim(config.DashboardPath, "/")
+		if strings.Contains(config.DashboardPath, "/") {
+			return errors.New("the dashboard path must be single path segment: _, admin, etc.")
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ensure that the latest migrations are applied before starting the server
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 		AllowMethods: []string{http.MethodGet, http.MethodHead, http.MethodPut, http.MethodPatch, http.MethodPost, http.MethodDelete},
 	}))
 
-	pbRouter.GET(config.DashboardPath, Static(ui.DistDirFS, false)).
+	pbRouter.GET("/"+config.DashboardPath+"/{path...}", Static(ui.DistDirFS, false)).
 		BindFunc(func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			// ingore root path
 			if e.Request.PathValue(StaticWildcardParam) != "" {
@@ -252,7 +254,8 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 			addr = config.CertificateDomains[0]
 		}
 	}
-	fullAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", schema, addr)
+	baseURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", schema, addr)
+	dashboardURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", baseURL, config.DashboardPath)
 
 	if config.ShowStartBanner {
 		date := new(strings.Builder)
@@ -262,16 +265,16 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 		bold.Printf(
 			"%s Server started at %s\n",
 			strings.TrimSpace(date.String()),
-			color.CyanString("%s", fullAddr),
+			color.CyanString("%s", baseURL),
 		)
 
 		regular := color.New()
-		regular.Printf("├─ REST API:  %s\n", color.CyanString("%s/api/", fullAddr))
-		regular.Printf("└─ Dashboard: %s\n", color.CyanString("%s/_/", fullAddr))
+		regular.Printf("├─ REST API:  %s\n", color.CyanString("%s/api/", baseURL))
+		regular.Printf("└─ Dashboard: %s\n", color.CyanString("%s/", dashboardURL))
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		installerErr := loadInstaller(app, fullAddr)
+		installerErr := loadInstaller(app, dashboardURL)
 		if installerErr != nil {
 			app.Logger().Warn("Failed to initialize installer", "error", installerErr)
 		}

cmd/serve.go

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func NewServeCommand(app core.App, showStartBanner bool) *cobra.Command {
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
 		&dashboardPath,
 		"dashboard",
-		"/_/{path...}",
-		"The route path to the superusers dashboard; must include the '{path...}' wildcard parameter",
+		"_",
+		"The route path to the superusers dashboard (currently limited to a single path segment)",
 	)
 
 	return command

cmd/superuser.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NewSuperuserCommand creates and returns new command for managing
-// superuser accounts (create, update, delete).
+// superuser accounts (create, update, upsert, delete).
 func NewSuperuserCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "superuser",

pocketbase.go

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func NewWithConfig(config Config) *PocketBase {
 }
 
 // Start starts the application, aka. registers the default system
-// commands (serve, migrate, version) and executes pb.RootCmd.
+// commands (serve, superuser, version) and executes pb.RootCmd.
 func (pb *PocketBase) Start() error {
 	// register system commands
 	pb.RootCmd.AddCommand(cmd.NewSuperuserCommand(pb))