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 # auth-engine-dashboard
 
-Next.js dashboard for **AuthEngine** — platform and tenant administration, user self-service, MFA and passkeys.
+Production-ready admin dashboard for **AuthEngine** — platform operations, tenant management, user self-service, MFA, and passkeys.
 
-**Documentation:** [auth-engine-docs](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-docs) · published at [docs.authengine.org](https://docs.authengine.org)
+Built with Next.js. Talks to the API via `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL`.
 
-| Guide | Link |
-|-------|------|
-| Quick Start | [quick-start.md](https://docs.authengine.org/quick-start/) |
-| OAuth2 / OIDC | [oauth2-oidc-guides.md](https://docs.authengine.org/oauth2-oidc-guides/) |
-| API Reference | [api-reference.md](https://docs.authengine.org/api-reference/) |
-| Architecture | [architecture.md](https://docs.authengine.org/architecture/) |
-| Deployment | [deployment.md](https://docs.authengine.org/deployment/) |
-| Security | [security-overview.md](https://docs.authengine.org/security-overview/) |
+## Development
 
-## What this repository is
+### 1. Local
 
-Next.js 16 admin UI for platform administration (`/platform/*`), tenant administration (`/tenant/*`), and user self-service (`/me/*`). It talks to the API via `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL`. Docker Compose manifests live in **[auth-engine-infra](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra)**.
-
-## Local development
+Requires Node **20+** and a running API.
 
 ```bash
 cd auth-engine-dashboard
 cp .env.example .env.local
-npm ci && npm run dev
+npm ci
+npm run dev
 ```
 
-Minimum `.env.local` values:
-
-```env
-NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8000/api/v1
-NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL=http://localhost:3000
-```
-
-Point `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL` at a running API (local or remote). For the full stack, use Compose from `auth-engine-infra`.
-
-## Production
-
-| Host | Role |
-|------|------|
-| [api.authengine.org](https://api.authengine.org) | API + Swagger |
-| [auth.authengine.org](https://auth.authengine.org) | OIDC / login UI |
-| [app.authengine.org](https://app.authengine.org) | Admin dashboard |
-| [docs.authengine.org](https://docs.authengine.org) | Documentation |
+Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000). Default API: `http://localhost:8000/api/v1`.
 
-## Docker
+### 2. Compose
 
-Dockerfile only — compose files live in **[auth-engine-infra/compose](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra/tree/main/compose)**.
+Runs automatically with the full stack — no separate dashboard setup:
 
 ```bash
 cd auth-engine-infra/compose
-docker compose up -d --build
+cp env.local.example .env
+docker compose up -d
 ```
 
-Pre-built production images: [Deployment guide](https://docs.authengine.org/deployment/).
+Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000). Migrate and seed per [Quick Start](https://docs.authengine.org/quick-start/).
+
+## Production
 
-**CI/CD:** merge to `main` runs lint/build and pushes `DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/authengine-dashboard:latest`. Redeploy the `dashboard` workload in Rancher after a new image is available.
+| Path | Guide |
+|------|-------|
+| Local VM + Cloudflare Tunnel | [deploy-local-vm.sh](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra/blob/main/scripts/deploy-local-vm.sh) |
+| AWS EC2 or any cloud VM | [deploy-aws.sh](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra/blob/main/scripts/deploy-aws.sh) |
 
-## Contributing
+Docker image: `qniranjan01/authengine-dashboard:latest`
 
-See [Contributing](https://docs.authengine.org/contributing/) or [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Report security issues per [Security Policy](https://docs.authengine.org/security-policy/) — not via public issues.
+## Documentation
+
+| Guide | Link |
+|-------|------|
+| Quick Start | [docs.authengine.org/quick-start](https://docs.authengine.org/quick-start/) |
+| Deployment | [docs.authengine.org/deployment](https://docs.authengine.org/deployment/) |
+| API Reference | [docs.authengine.org/api-reference](https://docs.authengine.org/api-reference/) |
+| OAuth2 / OIDC | [docs.authengine.org/oauth2-oidc-guides](https://docs.authengine.org/oauth2-oidc-guides/) |
+| Architecture | [docs.authengine.org/architecture](https://docs.authengine.org/architecture/) |
 
 ## Related repositories
 
-| Repository | Role |
-|------------|------|
-| [auth-engine](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine) | FastAPI backend — IAM, OIDC, introspection |
-| [auth-engine-data](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-data) | Roles, permissions & super-admin seeding |
-| [auth-engine-docs](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-docs) | Platform documentation |
-| [auth-engine-infra](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra) | Terraform & Docker Compose |
-| [.github](https://github.com/auth-engine/.github) | Org profile, contributing & security policy |
+[auth-engine](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine) · [auth-engine-data](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-data) · [auth-engine-infra](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-infra) · [auth-engine-docs](https://github.com/auth-engine/auth-engine-docs)