fix: Safely add livestream host

bin/deploy-hobby

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ $TLS_BLOCK
 $DOMAIN, http://, https:// {
 encode gzip zstd
 reverse_proxy http://web:8000
+reverse_proxy http://livestream:8666
 }
 EOF
 
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ fi
 
 # setup docker-compose
 echo "Setting up Docker Compose"
-sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.13.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose || true
+sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.33.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose || true
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
 # enable docker without sudo

docker-compose.hobby.yml

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ services:
         environment:
             SENTRY_DSN: $SENTRY_DSN
             SITE_URL: https://$DOMAIN
+            LIVESTREAM_HOST: 'https://${DOMAIN}:8666'
             SECRET_KEY: $POSTHOG_SECRET
             OBJECT_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'object_storage_root_user'
             OBJECT_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'object_storage_root_password'
@@ -276,6 +277,17 @@ services:
             file: docker-compose.base.yml
             service: property-defs-rs
 
+    livestream:
+        extends:
+            file: docker-compose.base.yml
+            service: livestream
+        environment:
+            - JWT.TOKEN=${POSTHOG_SECRET}
+        ports:
+            - '8666:8080'
+        volumes:
+            - ./posthog/docker/livestream/configs-dev.yml:/configs/configs.yml
+
 volumes:
     zookeeper-data:
     zookeeper-datalog:

frontend/src/lib/utils/apiHost.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { getAppContext } from './getAppContext'
+
 export function apiHostOrigin(): string {
     const appOrigin = window.location.origin
     if (appOrigin === 'https://us.posthog.com') {
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ export function apiHostOrigin(): string {
 
 export function liveEventsHostOrigin(): string | null {
     const appOrigin = window.location.origin
+    const appContext = getAppContext()
+
     if (appOrigin === 'https://us.posthog.com') {
         return 'https://live.us.posthog.com'
     } else if (appOrigin === 'https://eu.posthog.com') {
@@ -20,5 +24,5 @@ export function liveEventsHostOrigin(): string | null {
         return 'http://localhost:6006'
     }
 
-    return 'http://localhost:8666'
+    return appContext?.livestream_host || 'http://localhost:8666'
 }

frontend/src/types.ts

@@ -3479,6 +3479,7 @@ export interface AppContext {
     year_in_hog_url?: string
     /** Support flow aid: a staff-only list of users who may be impersonated to access this resource. */
     suggested_users_with_access?: UserBasicType[]
+    livestream_host?: string
 }
 
 export type StoredMetricMathOperations = 'max' | 'min' | 'sum'

posthog/settings/web.py

@@ -425,3 +425,6 @@ def static_varies_origin(headers, path, url):
 
 # temporary setting to control if a cluster has person_properties_map_custom column optimization
 USE_PERSON_PROPERTIES_MAP_CUSTOM = get_from_env("USE_PERSON_PROPERTIES_MAP_CUSTOM", False, type_cast=bool)
+
+# Passed to the frontend for the web app to know where to connect to
+LIVESTREAM_HOST = get_from_env("LIVESTREAM_HOST", "")

posthog/utils.py

@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ def render_template(
             "switched_team": getattr(request, "switched_team", None),
             "suggested_users_with_access": getattr(request, "suggested_users_with_access", None),
             "commit_sha": context["git_rev"],
+            "livestream_host": settings.LIVESTREAM_HOST,
             **posthog_app_context,
         }