Console

ThunderID Console Navigation with playwright-cli

Resolving the Console Base URL

Before running any commands, determine the console base URL. Do NOT hardcode a URL — resolve it from project configuration:

1. Check deployment.yaml at backend/cmd/server/deployment.yaml for the server.hostname and server.port. If the backend is serving the console (production mode), the URL is https://{hostname}:{port}/console.
2. Check vite.config.ts at frontend/apps/console/vite.config.ts for the development server PORT (default 5191) and HOST (default localhost). If the frontend development server is running separately, the URL is https://{HOST}:{PORT}/console.
3. Check environment variables: PORT, HOST, or BASE_URL may override the defaults.
4. If unable to resolve, ask the user for the ThunderID Console URL.

Use the resolved URL as {CONSOLE_URL} in all commands below (e.g., {CONSOLE_URL}).

Quick Start

# Open Console (redirects to sign-in gate)
playwright-cli open {CONSOLE_URL} -s=thunderid

# After authenticating (see below), navigate directly
playwright-cli goto {CONSOLE_URL}/users -s=thunderid

# Snapshot the page to see element refs
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid

# Interact with elements using refs from snapshot
playwright-cli click e15 -s=thunderid

# Take a screenshot
playwright-cli screenshot -s=thunderid

# Close the browser
playwright-cli close -s=thunderid

Prerequisites

If playwright-cli is not installed:

npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest

All commands use the named session -s=thunderid so the browser persists across commands.

Authentication

ThunderID Console requires authentication. The sign-in form is dynamically rendered by the ThunderID SDK, so always use snapshot to get element refs before interacting.

Username is admin. For make run, the password defaults to admin unless overridden via ADMIN_PASSWORD (source-only local dev path). For ./setup.sh/./setup.ps1, the password is randomly generated and printed to the console/log output unless explicitly supplied via ADMIN_PASSWORD — check there for the current value rather than assuming a fixed one.

First-Time Login

# 0. Accept self-signed certs first (see Troubleshooting for details)
#    Open blank session, navigate to each origin, click through cert warnings
playwright-cli open -s=thunderid
# Accept backend cert, then console cert, then gate cert (see Troubleshooting)

# 1. Navigate to the console (auto-redirects to /gate/signin)
playwright-cli goto {CONSOLE_URL} -s=thunderid

# 2. Snapshot to see the login form elements
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid

# 3. Fill username (use the ref from snapshot for the username input)
playwright-cli fill <username-ref> "admin" -s=thunderid

# 4. Fill password (use the ref from snapshot for the password input;
#    use the actual generated password from the setup console output, not a literal "admin")
playwright-cli fill <password-ref> "<generated-password>" -s=thunderid

# 5. Click Sign In (use the ref from snapshot for the submit button)
playwright-cli click <submit-ref> -s=thunderid

# 6. Verify redirect to console home
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid

# 7. Save auth state for reuse
playwright-cli state-save thunderid-auth -s=thunderid

Reuse Saved Auth

playwright-cli open -s=thunderid
playwright-cli state-load thunderid-auth -s=thunderid
playwright-cli goto {CONSOLE_URL} -s=thunderid

Routes

Routes change often, so they are not duplicated here — a copied table goes stale. Derive routes from these source files, relative to the repository root:

• Route definitions: frontend/apps/console/src/App.tsx
• Sidebar navigation and categories: frontend/apps/console/src/layouts/DashboardLayout.tsx

The Console base path is /console; append a route from App.tsx to the resolved {CONSOLE_URL} (e.g. {CONSOLE_URL}/users).

Common Patterns

Almost every interaction is the same loop: goto (or click a sidebar/button ref) → snapshot to get fresh refs → fill/click by ref → snapshot to confirm. Always re-snapshot after a navigation or action, since refs change. Examples — navigating, creating a resource, and searching:

# Navigate / create / search all follow the goto → snapshot → act → snapshot loop
playwright-cli goto {CONSOLE_URL}/users -s=thunderid
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid                 # get current refs
playwright-cli click <create-button-ref> -s=thunderid
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid
playwright-cli fill <field-ref> "value" -s=thunderid # or <search-input-ref> "john"
playwright-cli click <submit-ref> -s=thunderid
playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid

Inspect an element, or capture a screenshot:

playwright-cli eval "el => el.getAttribute('data-testid')" <ref> -s=thunderid
playwright-cli screenshot --filename=console-users.png -s=thunderid

Troubleshooting

• Redirected to /gate/signin: Auth expired. Re-authenticate or run playwright-cli state-load thunderid-auth -s=thunderid.

• Elements not found in snapshot: Page may still be loading. Wait a moment and run playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid again.

• HTTPS certificate errors: ThunderID uses self-signed certificates on multiple origins (gate, console, backend). The browser will block navigation with ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID. To bypass, open a blank session first, then navigate via JS eval to trigger Chrome's interstitial error page, and click through it:

  # 1. Open a blank browser session
  playwright-cli open -s=thunderid
  
  # 2. Navigate to the target URL (triggers cert error page)
  playwright-cli eval "window.location.assign('{CONSOLE_URL}')" -s=thunderid
  
  # 3. Click through the cert warning
  playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid          # find the "Advanced" button ref
  playwright-cli click <advanced-ref> -s=thunderid
  playwright-cli snapshot -s=thunderid          # find the "Proceed to localhost (unsafe)" link ref
  playwright-cli click <proceed-ref> -s=thunderid
  

  Important: You must accept certs for each origin the console talks to. The console redirects to the gate for auth, which calls the backend. If the backend cert is not accepted in the same browser session, API calls will silently fail. Resolve the backend port from deployment.yaml (server.port) and the gate port from the console's runtime config. Accept certs for each origin before proceeding.

• Login form not visible: The ThunderID SDK renders the form dynamically. Take a snapshot after a brief wait. If you see a loading spinner, snapshot again after a few seconds.

• Session lost: Run playwright-cli list to check active sessions. Start a new one with playwright-cli open -s=thunderid.