.env file with session_token required

[Avataw]

It's trivial but after running the installation steps in the readme e.g:

git clone https://github.com/redwoodjs/redwood-tutorial
cd redwood-tutorial
yarn install
yarn rw prisma migrate dev
yarn rw dev

I was not able to sign up or login - it failed with 500s

The console I ran yarn rw dev with does show an appropriate message

api | 13:57:13 🚨 NoSessionSecretError dbAuth requires a SESSION_SECRET environment variable that is used to encrypt session cookies. Use `yarn rw g secret` to create one, then add to your `.env` file. DO NOT check this variable in your version control system!! 

I would suggest one of the following options:
A) mention in the README that the .env file with a user created session_secret is required to run it out of the box
B) properly show an error toast when the signup or login button have 500s

[Avataw]

Ah I see - the Tutorial does mention this exact thing.
So I would instead suggest changing the link in the Readme:

tutorial itself -> tutorial itself

The new link (https://redwoodjs.com/docs/tutorial/intermission#using-the-example-repo-recommended)
dives exactly into this issue and how to run this project.

[thedavidprice]

@Avataw Agreed! Would you mind opening a PR to resolve this with the steps you outline above?

[Avataw]

Awesome - I will create a PR :) feel free to assign me ~

[lobosan]

any updates? I just went through this issue

[cannikin]

The tutorial has been updated to include this step for quite a while now:

Is there something else you think we could do to help alleviate this hiccup, @lobosan ?

[lobosan]

in the Readme.md of this repo that instruction is missing, also the packages are not up to date, and I'm seeing issues with the order of imports

[dthyresson]

Hi @lobosan could you to submit a PR to add the line to generate the secret in the README?

Perhaps as part of that you might be able to link the project and have the imports be reordered?