Redirect base URL to start page when running locally

[jdgage]

Description

Similar to how we have on WH:LG now, to get it off my to-do list

Checklist

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• I have checked there are no unintentional line ending changes
• I have added tests where applicable
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[samyou-softwire]

I couldn't get this to work

the old URL does still work

[jdgage]

@samyou-softwire Will be because your browser is using HTTPS rather than HTTP for the base path - if you manually change it then it should remember it for next time

[samyou-softwire]

@samyou-softwire Will be because your browser is using HTTPS rather than HTTP for the base path - if you manually change it then it should remember it for next time

ah this worked thanks, though after making the change to http://localhost:5001/ it still redirects me to https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency on local dev

[jdgage]

@samyou-softwire Will be because your browser is using HTTPS rather than HTTP for the base path - if you manually change it then it should remember it for next time

ah this worked thanks, though after making the change to http://localhost:5001/ it still redirects me to https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency on local dev

On this branch? Not what happens for me 🤔

[samyou-softwire]

@samyou-softwire Will be because your browser is using HTTPS rather than HTTP for the base path - if you manually change it then it should remember it for next time

ah this worked thanks, though after making the change to http://localhost:5001/ it still redirects me to https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency on local dev

On this branch? Not what happens for me 🤔

purged my docker cache and this now seems to be working 👍

[jdgage]

@Glenn-Clarke would you mind giving this a try as well to make sure everything's been ironed out?

[Glenn-Clarke]

@samyou-softwire Will be because your browser is using HTTPS rather than HTTP for the base path - if you manually change it then it should remember it for next time

ah this worked thanks, though after making the change to http://localhost:5001/ it still redirects me to https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency on local dev

On this branch? Not what happens for me 🤔

cleared my cache and this now seems to be working 👍

Mine is taking me to the GDS homepage when I'm trying.
I've cleared my browser cache, Docker Images/Volumes, and manually typed http://

[Glenn-Clarke]

I've consulted with Sammy, and I'm clearing my docker cache. Will update when I have results

[Glenn-Clarke]

Mine doesn't seem to be benefiting from clearing the Docker cache like Sammy's did @jdgage

[Glenn-Clarke]

It doesn't appear that #if DEBUG is being respected, despite debug being selected as the configuration in my rider build options

[jdgage]

As far as I can tell Rider is doing something magic and overriding the build configuration with whatever you've got selected when you run docker compose from there (@Glenn-Clarke I expect you've got Release selected in the dropdown next to the build/hammer icon if you check?). Which is wild, but useful to know I guess! When running docker compose up locally I'd reliably get it built in Release config as I would have expected from the Dockerfile.

I've made it so you'll always get the Debug config when running via docker-compose (which should only be the case when running locally - it will default to Release if you build directly from the Dockerfile) and then added a comment to explain what Rider's doing. I was also getting errors due to race conditions the first time I ran docker compose up locally as the app would try to start up before the database was ready, so I took the opportunity to fix that.

@Glenn-Clarke @samyou-softwire If you wouldn't mind re-testing quickly at some point I'd appreciate it!

[Glenn-Clarke]

I've only just got in so I'll run through the rest of it, but just to confirm quickly: I've always had Debug selected in the little dropdown next to the hammer.

[Glenn-Clarke]

It works as expected now after your most recent commits; I get taken to the first question when I type in http://localhost:5001

[samyou-softwire]

works for me as well