Docker: HTTPS upgrade issues

[sNiXx]

Describe the bug:
When running the application in a Docker environment, the container comes up, but when visiting the URL, the page stays blank. Using developer tools, I can see several errors (also see screenshots below) that are related to attempts to upgrade to https.

I was eventually able to figure out how to run a container using docker compose, but I think the documentation could be improved here. This was quite a frustrating experience to be honest 😢

Expected behaviour:
I expect the page to show the Threat Dragon dashboard.

Environment:

• Version: 2.3.0 (also tried 2.2.0)
• Platform: Web App
• OS: Linux
• Browser: Firefox, Brave

To Reproduce:
Run the container with the following compose file and .env file (secrets removed)

docker-compose.yml

services:
  threatdragon:
    image: owasp/threat-dragon:v2.3.0
    container_name: threatdragon
    ports:
      - 8060:3000
    restart: always
    env_file: threatdragon.env

.env

NODE_ENV=development
SERVER_API_PROTOCOL=http
LOG_LEVEL=debug
ENCRYPTION_KEYS='[{"isPrimary": true, "id": 0, "value": "somekey1"}]'
ENCRYPTION_JWT_SIGNING_KEY=somekey2
ENCRYPTION_JWT_REFRESH_SIGNING_KEY=somekey3

command:

docker compose -f threatdragon_docker-compose.yml --env-file threatdragon.env up

Any additional context, screenshots, etc:

[kartik-212004]

I'm interested in working on this issue and would appreciate being assigned to it.

[jgadsden]

thanks @kartik-212004 for taking this on, and I think you reported the same problem in the slack channel?

[jgadsden]

@sNiXx many thanks for reporting this. I expect that the solution is in your line

SERVER_API_PROTOCOL=http

in the run through of using the docker image we use HTTP between front end and server - which makes sense as they are both in the same container

I agree the documentation needs updating and more clarification, and any contributions are very welcome in that respect (we are all unpaid volunteers doing this in our spare time)

[sNiXx]

@jgadsden I am not sure I follow. You are stating a problem, but not giving a solution?

Is there anything wrong with my compose or env file? Because I was not sure what you mean, I removed

SERVER_API_PROTOCOL=http

from the env file, so it should default to https, which clearly fails, because there is no way to define a certificate to be used (see #1098)

EDIT: I am wondering if it has to do with modern browser settings? If I run the exact same command on my dev machine and access the container via localhost, the dashboard loads just fine.
EDIT2: I can confirm this is an issue with the application. When i fully disable CSP (using this browser extension), the UI loads just fine