deployment fixes

.env.example

@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ SMTP_TIMEOUT=30
 SSH_HOST=media-server.example.com
 SSH_USERNAME=username
 SSH_PORT=22
-# In Docker Compose, mount your private key at ./secrets/ssh/id_ed25519
-# and set this path to /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 inside the backend container.
-SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
-SSH_KEY_NAME=id_rsa
+# In Docker Compose, mount ./secrets/ssh to /root/.ssh inside the backend container.
+# The app uses SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY + SSH_KEY_NAME to build the full key path.
+SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY=/root/.ssh
+SSH_KEY_NAME=id_ed25519
+# Optional legacy override if you want to provide the full path directly.
+# SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
 # SSH_PASSWORD=optional-password-or-key-passphrase
 REMOTE_MEDIA_ROOT=/mnt/media
 # Optional fallback prefix when REMOTE_MEDIA_ROOT mapping is not enough.

README.md

@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ LOG_LEVEL=INFO
 SSH_HOST=media-server.example.com
 SSH_USERNAME=username
 SSH_PORT=22
-# In Docker Compose, mount your private key at ./secrets/ssh/id_ed25519
-# and your host key file at ./secrets/ssh/known_hosts.
-SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
+# In Docker Compose, mount ./secrets/ssh to /root/.ssh inside the backend container.
+# The app uses SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY + SSH_KEY_NAME to build the full key path.
+SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY=/root/.ssh
+SSH_KEY_NAME=id_ed25519
+# Optional legacy override if you want to provide the full path directly.
+# SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
 SSH_PASSWORD=
 
 REMOTE_MEDIA_ROOT=/srv/media

backend/README.md

@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ OIDC_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS=30
 SSH_HOST=media-server.example.com
 SSH_USERNAME=username
 SSH_PORT=22
-# In Docker Compose, mount your private key at ./secrets/ssh/id_ed25519
-# and your host key file at ./secrets/ssh/known_hosts.
-SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
+# In Docker Compose, mount ./secrets/ssh to /root/.ssh inside the backend container.
+# The app uses SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY + SSH_KEY_NAME to build the full key path.
+SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY=/root/.ssh
+SSH_KEY_NAME=id_ed25519
+# Optional legacy override if you want to provide the full path directly.
+# SSH_KEY_FILENAME=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519
 SSH_PASSWORD=
 
 REMOTE_MEDIA_ROOT=/srv/media

backend/src/media_library_viewer_api/config.py

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     ssh_host: str = ""
     ssh_username: str = ""
     ssh_port: int = 22
-    ssh_key_filename: str = str(Path.home() / ".ssh" / "id_rsa")
+    ssh_key_directory: str = str(Path.home() / ".ssh")
+    ssh_key_name: str = "id_rsa"
+    ssh_key_filename: str = ""  # legacy direct override (full path)
     ssh_password: str = ""
 
     # Remote paths
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     def path_prefix(self) -> str:
         return self.remote_path_prefix or ""
 
+    @property
+    def ssh_key_path(self) -> str:
+        if self.ssh_key_filename:
+            return self.ssh_key_filename
+        return str(Path(self.ssh_key_directory) / self.ssh_key_name)
+
     model_config = {"env_file": ".env", "env_file_encoding": "utf-8", "extra": "ignore"}
 
 

backend/src/media_library_viewer_api/dependencies.py

@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ def get_ssh_client() -> RemoteSSHClient:
         settings.ssh_host or "<unset>",
         settings.ssh_username or "<unset>",
         settings.ssh_port,
-        settings.ssh_key_filename or "<unset>",
+        settings.ssh_key_path or "<unset>",
         "set" if settings.ssh_password else "missing",
     )
     client = RemoteSSHClient(
         host=settings.ssh_host,
         username=settings.ssh_username,
         port=settings.ssh_port,
-        key_filename=settings.ssh_key_filename or None,
+        key_filename=settings.ssh_key_path or None,
         password=settings.ssh_password or None,
     )
     try:

backend/src/media_library_viewer_api/logging_utils.py

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def describe_settings(settings: object) -> dict[str, str]:
         "ssh_host": getattr(settings, "ssh_host", "") or "<unset>",
         "ssh_username": getattr(settings, "ssh_username", "") or "<unset>",
         "ssh_port": str(getattr(settings, "ssh_port", 22) or 22),
+        "ssh_key_directory": getattr(settings, "ssh_key_directory", "") or "<unset>",
+        "ssh_key_name": getattr(settings, "ssh_key_name", "") or "<unset>",
         "ssh_key_filename": "set" if getattr(settings, "ssh_key_filename", "") else "missing",
         "ssh_password": "set" if getattr(settings, "ssh_password", "") else "missing",
         "smtp_host": _sanitize_url(getattr(settings, "smtp_host", "")),

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ services:
       - .env
     environment:
       AUTH_ENABLED: "false"
-      SSH_KEY_FILENAME: /root/.ssh/id_rsa
+      SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY: /root/.ssh
+      SSH_KEY_NAME: ${SSH_KEY_NAME:-id_ed25519}
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
       - ./backend:/app/backend
-      - ./secrets/ssh/:/root/.ssh/
+      - ./secrets/ssh:/root/.ssh:ro
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   frontend:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ services:
       dockerfile: backend/Dockerfile
     environment:
       AUTH_ENABLED: "true"
-      SSH_KEY_FILENAME: /root/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME}
+      SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY: /root/.ssh
+      SSH_KEY_NAME: ${SSH_KEY_NAME}
     volumes:
-      - ./secrets/ssh:/root/.ssh:ro
+      - ${SSH_KEY_DIRECTORY}:/root/.ssh:ro
     restart: unless-stopped
     expose:
       - "8000"

docs/REQUIREMENTS.md

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Phase 1: Jellyfin media index, SSH-based remote filesystem inspection, server mo
 - Support OIDC login in the frontend using an OIDC client library, with backend JWT validation for protected API requests.
 - Provide Docker Compose deployment files at the repository root for production and local development.
 - Backend Docker deployment should mount a private SSH key and a known_hosts file into the container rather than baking them into the image.
+- The SSH key configuration should support separate directory/name inputs so Docker Compose can mount an entire `./secrets/ssh` directory into `/root/.ssh` while the app assembles the full key path.
 - Show Jellyfin media counts for movies, series, and series episodes on the dashboard.
 - Show dashboard session activity from Jellyfin, including both currently playing sessions and logged-in idle sessions.
 - Activity rows should include user, media title (or `(idle)`), playback state (`playing`/`paused`/`idle`), and whether transcoding is active.
@@ -169,4 +170,4 @@ Phase 1: Jellyfin media index, SSH-based remote filesystem inspection, server mo
 - 2026-05-03: Confirmed the shared session table should keep the compact overall status summary line above the rows.
 - 2026-05-03: Updated the dashboard monitoring cards to show 10-minute averages with high/low subtext instead of only the latest sample.
 - 2026-05-03: Added OIDC/JWT auth support plus root-level Docker Compose deployment files for production and dev workflows.
-- 2026-05-04: Backend Docker Compose now mounts `./secrets/ssh/id_ed25519` and `./secrets/ssh/known_hosts` into `/root/.ssh` so Paramiko can use a private key and strict host-key checking without baking secrets into the image.
+- 2026-05-04: Backend Docker Compose now mounts the entire `./secrets/ssh` directory into `/root/.ssh` so Paramiko can use a private key and strict host-key checking without baking secrets into the image.