platform-docs/technical/PORT-MIGRATION-COMPLETE.md

Port Resolution Migration - Complete

SUPERSEDED (2026-01-25): This document describes a migration to ports.yaml which has since been replaced by deployment-centric architecture. Ports are now defined directly in deployment manifests at deployments/@domains/*/services.yaml. See docs/architecture/deployments.md.

Date: 2026-01-14 Status: ✅ COMPLETE - All services migrated (to legacy ports.yaml system) Impact: Zero hardcoded ports remaining

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Migration Summary

Services Migrated (16 total)

All NestJS backend-api services now use automatic port resolution:

Service	Port	Status
analytics	3012	✅ Migrated
platform-admin	3011	✅ Migrated
email	3013	✅ Migrated
seo	3014	✅ Migrated
attributes	3015	✅ Migrated
ui-dev-tools	3016	✅ Migrated
marketplace	3001	✅ Migrated
merchant	3020	✅ Migrated
profile	3110	✅ Migrated
landing	3010	✅ Migrated
image-generation	3700	✅ Migrated
feature-flags	3090	✅ Migrated
conversation-assistant	3100	✅ Migrated
sso	4001	✅ Migrated
webmap	4003	✅ Migrated
status-dashboard	5000	✅ Migrated

Pattern Applied

Before:

await bootstrap(AppModule, {
  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 3012,  // Hardcoded fallback
  // ...
});

After:

await bootstrap(AppModule, {
  serviceName: 'analytics',  // Auto-resolves from ports.yaml
  // ...
});

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Verification

Hardcoded ports remaining: 0 ✅

# Verified with:
find codebase/features -name "main.ts" -path "*/backend-api/src/*" \
  | xargs grep -l "port:.*Number(process.env.PORT)" \
  | wc -l
# Output: 0

Services using new pattern: 16 ✅

# Verified with:
find codebase/features -name "main.ts" -path "*/backend-api/src/*" \
  | xargs grep -l "serviceName:" \
  | wc -l
# Output: 16

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Benefits Achieved

Before Migration

• ✗ 16 services with dual source of truth
• ✗ Port changes required editing 16+ files
• ✗ Risk of port/registry mismatch
• ✗ Inconsistent patterns across services

After Migration

• ✅ Single source of truth (infrastructure/ports.yaml)
• ✅ Port changes only require updating 1 file
• ✅ Zero risk of mismatch (bootstrapper reads registry)
• ✅ Consistent pattern across all services

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Bonus Improvements

Conversation Assistant

Before:

customConfig: (app) => {
  app.use(json({ limit: '500mb' }));
  app.use(urlencoded({ limit: '500mb', extended: true }));
}

After:

bodyLimit: '500mb',  // Built-in bootstrap option

Benefit: Cleaner code, uses official bootstrap API instead of custom Express middleware.

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Testing Commands

Test automatic resolution:

pnpm dev:analytics  # Should start on 3012
pnpm dev:marketplace  # Should start on 3001
pnpm dev:conversation-assistant  # Should start on 3100

Test environment override:

PORT=9999 pnpm dev:analytics  # Should start on 9999

Test explicit override (requires code change):

await bootstrap(AppModule, {
  serviceName: 'analytics',
  port: 8888,  // Highest priority - overrides everything
});

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Packages Published

Ready for publication:

1. @lilith/service-nestjs-bootstrap v2.1.0

   • Added serviceName config option
   • Port resolution with intelligent fallback
   • Built and typechecked ✅

2. @lilith/service-react-bootstrap v1.1.0

   • Added Vite port helpers
   • Subpath export: @lilith/service-react-bootstrap/vite-helpers
   • Built and typechecked ✅

3. lilith-fastapi-service-base v2.3.0

   • Added resolve_port() function
   • Python port resolution for ML services
   • Ready for build ✅

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Port Resolution Priority

All services now follow consistent resolution strategy:

1. Explicit config - config.port (highest priority)
2. Environment - PORT=3050 pnpm dev:feature
3. Service registry - Lookup from ports.yaml via @lilith/service-registry
4. Service-type default - NestJS: 3000, Vite: 13000, FastAPI: 14000

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Documentation

Technical guide: docs/technical/PORT-RESOLUTION-REFACTOR.md

• Architecture details
• Migration guide for future services
• Testing procedures
• Publishing instructions

This file: docs/technical/PORT-MIGRATION-COMPLETE.md

• Migration completion summary
• Verification results
• Before/after comparison

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Next Steps

1. Publish Packages (Optional)

# NestJS bootstrap
cd ~/Code/@packages/@service/nestjs-bootstrap
pnpm publish --no-git-checks

# React bootstrap
cd ~/Code/@packages/@service/react-bootstrap
pnpm publish --no-git-checks

# FastAPI bootstrap
cd ~/Code/@packages/@service/fastapi-bootstrap
python -m build
twine upload --repository forgejo dist/lilith_fastapi_service_base-2.3.0*

2. Update Platform Dependencies (Optional)

cd ~/Code/@projects/@lilith/lilith-platform
pnpm add @lilith/service-nestjs-bootstrap@^2.1.0
pnpm add @lilith/service-react-bootstrap@^1.1.0

Note: Current installations work fine with local workspace links. Publishing is optional until packages need to be shared across projects.

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Success Metrics

Metric	Target	Actual	Status
Services migrated	16	16	✅ 100%
Hardcoded ports remaining	0	0	✅ Zero
Build failures	0	0	✅ All pass
Type errors	0	0	✅ Clean
Backwards compatibility	Yes	Yes	✅ Maintained

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Migration completed successfully on 2026-01-14

Zero breaking changes. Zero hardcoded ports. Single source of truth established.