feat: .env file is optional

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Stage 1: Build frontend
+FROM node:22 AS frontend-builder
+WORKDIR /app/web
+COPY web/ .
+RUN npm install && npm run build
+
+# Stage 2: Build backend
+FROM golang:1.24 AS backend-builder
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+# Copy built frontend into Go embed path (adjust if needed)
+# COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/web/dist ./web/dist
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux make build
+
+# Stage 3: Final image
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install CA certificates for HTTPS
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=backend-builder /app/bin/hspguard .
+COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/dist ./dist
+
+# Optional: copy default .env file if used
+# COPY .env .env
+
+# Set environment variables (can be overridden at runtime)
+ENV ENV=production \
+    GUARD_PORT=3001 \
+    GUARD_HOST="127.0.0.1" \
+    GUARD_DB_URL="postgres://user:user@localhost:5432/db?sslmode=disable" \
+    GUARD_ADMIN_NAME="admin" \
+    GUARD_ADMIN_EMAIL="admin@test.net" \
+    GUARD_ADMIN_PASSWORD="secret" \
+    GUARD_JWT_PRIVATE="rsa" \
+    GUARD_JWT_PUBLIC="rsa" \
+    GUARD_JWT_KID="my-rsa-key-1" \
+    GUARD_JWT_ISSUER="http://localhost:3001" \
+    GUARD_MINIO_ENDPOINT="localhost:9000" \
+    GUARD_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY="" \
+    GUARD_MINIO_SECRET_KEY="" \
+    GOOSE_DRIVER="postgres" \
+    GOOSE_DBSTRING=$GUARD_DB_URL \
+    GOOSE_MIGRATION_DIR="./migrations"
+
+EXPOSE 3001
+
+CMD ["./hspguard"]

cmd/hspguard/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"gitea.local/admin/hspguard/cmd/hspguard/api"
 	"gitea.local/admin/hspguard/internal/config"
@@ -16,9 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	err := godotenv.Load()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && os.Getenv("ENV") != "production" {
-		log.Fatalln("ERR: Failed to load environment variables:", err)
+		log.Fatalln("WARNING: .env file not found. Skipping...")
-		return
 	}
 
 	var cfg config.AppConfig

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 services:
   db:
     image: postgres
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: guard
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
-