# NextChair

Booking app as an alternative to Booksy

## VPS deployment (multi-business)

One-time setup on a fresh VPS with Docker and the Compose plugin already
installed. Run everything from the repo's checkout directory.

```bash
# 1. Clone the repo at the path you intend to keep it at — STACKS_DIR
#    below must be this exact absolute path, since containers shell
#    `docker compose` back out to the HOST's dockerd via a mounted
#    socket (see stacks/infra/compose.yaml and manager/README.md for why).
git clone <your-repo-url> /opt/nextchair
cd /opt/nextchair

# 2. Shared Docker network every stack attaches to.
docker network create next-chair-edge

# 3. Shared infrastructure: MySQL, Caddy (reverse proxy + automatic TLS),
#    Dockge (stack management UI, http://<vps-ip>:5001).
cp .env.infra.example stacks/infra/.env
# edit stacks/infra/.env — MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD, ACME_EMAIL, and set
# STACKS_DIR to this exact clone path, e.g. /opt/nextchair/stacks
docker compose -f stacks/infra/compose.yaml --env-file stacks/infra/.env up -d

# 4. Build the shared business image (re-run this after every code
#    update — see stacks/blake-heritage/compose.yaml's own note).
docker build -t nextchair-app:latest .

# 5. The management UI (manager/) — this is what you'll use to add
#    businesses from here on, not the by-hand steps in stacks/infra/
#    compose.yaml's header (those exist only as a fallback/reference).
cp manager/.env.example stacks/manager/.env
# edit stacks/manager/.env — MANAGER_EMAIL/PASSWORD_HASH, MANAGER_SESSION_SECRET,
# MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD (same value as step 3), and STACKS_DIR (same as step 3)
docker compose -f stacks/manager/compose.yaml --env-file stacks/manager/.env up -d --build
```

Then, per business, point its domain's DNS at the VPS and use the
management UI (`https://<your-manager-domain>` — add a Caddy site for it
the same way as any business, see `stacks/infra/sites/.gitkeep`) to add
it: name, slug, domain — it creates the database, generates secrets,
starts the container, and runs migrations for you. Finish setup by
visiting `https://<business-domain>/install`.

To ship a code update to every business: `git pull`, rebuild the image
(step 4), then use each business's **Update** button in the management UI
(or `docker compose up -d --force-recreate` in its `stacks/<slug>/`
directory) to recreate it against the new image.