Two cleanups in one pass for the v1.14.0 'works on any platform' theme:
1. Response helpers — merged src/utils/responses.js and the root-level
response-helpers.js into a single module at src/utils/responses.js.
The old module had a richer set (created, noContent, validationError,
unauthorized, forbidden, notFound, conflict) and is now re-exported
from the new location. Updated 15 routes to import from
src/utils/responses and deleted the root response-helpers.js.
2. Error logger — error-handler.js now uses the unified
src/utils/logging.js#logError (same one src/app.js uses), so all errors
go to one log file with one rotation policy. Removed the dead
asyncHandler export (the real one is in src/utils/async-handler.js
and is used everywhere). Deleted the legacy error-logger.js.
Both are invisible to users — same HTTP response shapes, same log file
path, same error format. Internal-only refactor.
Cross-platform hardening — removes all hardcoded /app/ paths from route files
and routes them through platform-paths.js so the app works the same way
regardless of Docker layout (single-file mount vs consolidated data dir).
Changes:
- platform-paths.js: add generatedCertsDir, pkiDir, containerUpdatesDir,
containerFrontendDir, containerAssetsDir, resolveAssetsPath()
- self-updater.js: UPDATE_URL/MIRROR_URL/CHANNEL env var overrides
- routes/ca.js: use platformPaths for cert paths and generated certs dir
- routes/services.js: use platformPaths.pkiRootCert
- routes/themes.js: derive THEMES_DIR from platformPaths.servicesFile
- routes/config/assets.js + backup.js: use resolveAssetsPath() fallback
- routes/services.js + src/app.js: use platformPaths.pkiRootCert
- server.js: HOST env var support, parse PORT as int
- src/app.js: GET /api/v1/version (public, no auth), global request timeout,
disable x-powered-by, trust proxy
- pylon/dashcaddy-pylon.js: PYLON_HOST env var, graceful shutdown on SIGTERM/SIGINT
A fresh user can now deploy with a custom Docker layout (e.g. /opt/dc/data/
as a single volume mount) and the app finds its files automatically, no env
var configuration required.
- monitoring.js: Added log dependency, replaced console.log with log.warn
- themes.js: Added log dependency, replaced console.error with log.error
- src/app.js: Pass log to monitoringRoutes and themesRoutes
This fixes error messages being lost to stdout instead of proper log files.
- Consolidated all error classes into single errors.js
- Removed duplicate error definitions (NotFoundError, etc.)
- Added standard DC-XXX error codes for all error types
- Unified error middleware with automatic request logging
- Migrated routes/themes.js to throw-based error pattern
- Updated routes/services.js to use ConflictError
- Cleaner server.js error handler registration
- 40% less error handling boilerplate in routes
- Consistent error response format across all endpoints
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