A mysterious web server for Scene 65: The Forbidden Sector.

• Auto-reload (uvicorn) for development
• FastAPI server
• Redis-backed sessions with in-memory fallback
• Docker Compose stack for app + Redis
• Interactive client-side challenges and auth
• Static + dynamic content serving (HTML/CSS/JS)

The complete stack includes Redis for session management:

docker compose up --build -d

This starts:

• Redis server for session storage
• FastAPI application server
• Automatic volume mounting for development

1. Start Redis server (optional - will fallback to in-memory if not available):

# Using Docker
docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:7.2-alpine



# Or install Redis locally and run: redis-server

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server:

python server.py

docker build -t forbidden-sector .
docker run -p 9082:9082 forbidden-sectorr

The server will start on http://localhost:9082

• Persistent storage: Sessions survive application restarts
• Memory efficient: No memory leaks from session accumulation
• Automatic expiration: 24-hour TTL prevents stale sessions
• Scalable: Multiple application instances can share session data

• Automatic fallback: Used when Redis is unavailable
• Development mode: Suitable for local testing
• Warning logged: Clear indication when fallback is active

• GET / - Main index page
• GET /info.html - (redirects to / by design)
• GET /content/help - Challenge HTML (loaded dynamically)
• POST /create_session - returns { "session_id": "..." }
• POST /check_answer - submit answers
• POST /authenticate - JSON username/password auth
• GET /style.css, GET /script.js - static assets

Type help (keyboard sequence) on the landing page to load the interactive challenge UI. Direct GET /info.html is redirected to / intentionally.

Want the username and password? It's here somewhere... hmm...

The server includes auto-reload functionality that watches for changes in:

• Python files (server.py)
• HTML files (index.html, info.html)
• CSS files (style.css)
• JavaScript files (script.js)

• REDIS_HOST: Redis server hostname (default: "redis")
• REDIS_PORT: Redis server port (default: "6379")

The Docker setup includes:

• Base: Python 3.12 slim
• FastAPI and uvicorn with auto-reload
• Redis client for session management
• Port 9082 exposed
• Volume mounting for development

• Base: Redis 7.2 Alpine
• Persistent volume for data storage
• Optimized configuration with AOF persistence