fix: update gRPC service configuration to use CmsServerBaseUrl resolver

- Replace direct access to configuration for GwUrl with CmsServerBaseUrl.Resolve in AddGrpcServices and TokenNotificationService.
- Ensure proper error handling for missing GwUrl and add support for optional bypass of public TLS using CmsInternalBaseUrl.
- Adjust channel credentials based on whether the base URL is HTTPS or not.

k8s/staging/frontoffice-deployment.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+---
+# FrontOffice (Blazor Server) — staging. Server-side gRPC/SignalR to CMS: set CmsInternalBaseUrl to the
+# in-cluster Service URL so TLS is not terminated on a broken public chain (PartialChain).
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: frontoffice
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    app: frontoffice
+    environment: staging
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: frontoffice
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: frontoffice
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: frontoffice
+          image: 194.5.195.53:30080/admin/frontoffice:latest
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 80
+              name: http
+          env:
+            - name: ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT
+              value: "Staging"
+            - name: CmsInternalBaseUrl
+              value: "http://cms-svc:8080"
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "256Mi"
+              cpu: "250m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "512Mi"
+              cpu: "500m"
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: gitea-registry-secret
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: frontoffice-svc
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    app: frontoffice
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: frontoffice
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 80
+      name: http
+  type: ClusterIP

src/FrontOffice.Main/ConfigureServices.cs

@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ public static class ConfigureServices
 
     public static IServiceCollection AddGrpcServices(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        var baseUrl = configuration["GwUrl"];
+        var baseUrl = CmsServerBaseUrl.Resolve(configuration)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "GwUrl is required. Optionally set CmsInternalBaseUrl (e.g. http://cms-svc:8080 on Kubernetes) to bypass public TLS for server-side gRPC.");
 
         // Register optimized HttpClient for gRPC
         services.AddScoped(sp =>
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ public static class ConfigureServices
         var httpClient = sp.GetRequiredService<HttpClient>();
         var localStorage = sp.GetRequiredService<ILocalStorageService>();
         var baseUrl = httpClient.BaseAddress?.ToString() ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Base URL not configured");
+        var isHttps = baseUrl.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
         var credentials = CallCredentials.FromInterceptor(async (context, metadata) =>
         {
@@ -177,10 +180,14 @@ public static class ConfigureServices
             }
         });
 
+        var channelCredentials = isHttps
+            ? ChannelCredentials.Create(new SslCredentials(), credentials)
+            : ChannelCredentials.Create(ChannelCredentials.Insecure, credentials);
+
         var channel = GrpcChannel.ForAddress(baseUrl, new GrpcChannelOptions
         {
-            UnsafeUseInsecureChannelCallCredentials = true,
+            UnsafeUseInsecureChannelCallCredentials = !isHttps,
-            Credentials = ChannelCredentials.Create(new SslCredentials(), credentials),
+            Credentials = channelCredentials,
             HttpClient = httpClient,
             MaxReceiveMessageSize = 1000 * 1024 * 1024, // 1 GB
             MaxSendMessageSize = 1000 * 1024 * 1024     // 1 GB

src/FrontOffice.Main/Utilities/CmsServerBaseUrl.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+namespace FrontOffice.Main.Utilities;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Server-side base URL for CMS (gRPC-Web, SignalR). Prefer in-cluster HTTP when FrontOffice runs on Kubernetes
+/// next to CMS to avoid public ingress TLS chain issues (e.g. PartialChain).
+/// </summary>
+public static class CmsServerBaseUrl
+{
+    public static string? Resolve(IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        var internalUrl = configuration["CmsInternalBaseUrl"];
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(internalUrl))
+            return internalUrl.TrimEnd('/');
+        return configuration["GwUrl"]?.TrimEnd('/');
+    }
+}

src/FrontOffice.Main/Utilities/TokenNotificationService.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class TokenNotificationService : IAsyncDisposable
                 return;
             }
 
-            var gwUrl = _configuration["GwUrl"]?.TrimEnd('/') ?? "https://localhost:5002";
+            var gwUrl = CmsServerBaseUrl.Resolve(_configuration) ?? "https://localhost:5002";
             var hubPath = _configuration["SignalR:HubPath"] ?? "/hubs/token-relay";
             var hubUrl = $"{gwUrl}{hubPath}";