feat(router-domains): add domain alias support for router domains

docs/multi-domains.md

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ ILC can handle requests from multiple domains so that you don't need to roll out
 1.  In the top right corner, click **+ Create special route**.
 
     **In the general tab:**
-
     1. In the **Special role** dropdown, select **404**.
     1. In the **Domain** dropdown, select your domain.
 
@@ -172,19 +171,53 @@ When canonical domain is set, ILC generates canonical tags using the canonical d
 
 When both route `canonicalUrl` (in route metadata) and domain `canonicalDomain` are set, they combine:
 
--   Request: `https://mirror.example.com/products/variant-123`
--   Route metadata: `{ "canonicalUrl": "/products/main" }`
--   Canonical domain: `www.example.com`
--   Result: `https://www.example.com/products/main`
+- Request: `https://mirror.example.com/products/variant-123`
+- Route metadata: `{ "canonicalUrl": "/products/main" }`
+- Canonical domain: `www.example.com`
+- Result: `https://www.example.com/products/main`
 
 See [Route metadata canonicalUrl](routing/route_configuration.md#canonicalurl) for more information.
 
 ### Client-side behavior
 
 ILC automatically updates canonical tags during client-side navigation.
 
+## Domain alias
+
+The **alias** field provides a stable, human-readable identifier for a router domain. Unlike the auto-incremented numeric `id` or the `domainName` (which may differ between environments), the alias is a short slug that stays consistent across multiple ILC instances.
+
+### Why it's needed
+
+In setups with multiple ILC instances (e.g., staging and production, or multiple brands sharing route configuration), routes are often managed programmatically via the Registry API. Using the numeric `id` to reference a domain is fragile because IDs differ between instances. Using `domainName` is also fragile because the actual hostname may differ (e.g., `shop.example.com` in production vs. `shop.staging.example.com`).
+
+An alias like `main-shop` can be identical across all instances, so a route payload referencing `domainAlias: "main-shop"` will bind correctly regardless of the instance it is applied to.
+
+### Configure an alias
+
+1. Open the ILC Registry and navigate to **Router domains**.
+2. Select an existing domain or click **+ Create** to add a new one.
+3. In the **Alias** field, enter a short identifier using only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens (e.g., `main-shop`). Maximum 64 characters.
+4. Click **Save**.
+
+### Using `domainAlias` in routes
+
+When creating or updating a route via the API, you can supply `domainAlias` instead of `domainId`. The two fields are mutually exclusive — provide exactly one or neither.
+
+```json
+{
+    "route": "/checkout",
+    "domainAlias": "main-shop",
+    "slots": { ... }
+}
+```
+
+The Registry resolves the alias to the corresponding `domainId` at write time. If no router domain with that alias exists, the request is rejected with a validation error.
+
+!!! note ""
+The alias must be unique across all router domains within an ILC instance.
+
 ## Additional information
 
--   ILC detects a domain from the [**request.host** of Fastify](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Reference/Request/) and checks whether this hostname is listed in the **Router domains**.
--   Each registered domain in the **Router domains** has its own set of routes that do not overlap.
--   For routes, the domain is optional. If the request goes from the domain that is not listed in the **Router domains**, the routes for the request will stay unassigned.
+- ILC detects a domain from the [**request.host** of Fastify](https://www.fastify.io/docs/latest/Reference/Request/) and checks whether this hostname is listed in the **Router domains**.
+- Each registered domain in the **Router domains** has its own set of routes that do not overlap.
+- For routes, the domain is optional. If the request goes from the domain that is not listed in the **Router domains**, the routes for the request will stay unassigned.

registry/client/README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $ npm install
 $ npm start
 ```
 
-And then browse to [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/).
+And then browse to [http://localhost:4001/](http://localhost:4001/).
 
 The default credentials are:
 **root / pwd** - for admin access.
@@ -44,4 +44,15 @@ Or provide it to the docker container itself.
 
 # Parts of UI
 
--   [Router domains](./docs/multi-domains.md)
+- [Router domains](./docs/multi-domains.md)
+
+## Router domain fields
+
+| Field                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `domainName`         | Hostname of the domain (e.g. `example.com`). Used by ILC at runtime to match incoming requests.                                                                                                                                  |
+| `template500`        | Default 500 error template for this domain.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `canonicalDomain`    | Alternative domain used for canonical `<link>` tags.                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `brandId`            | Brand identifier for multi-brand setups.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `alias`              | Stable human-readable slug (e.g. `main-shop`). Allows routes to reference this domain by alias instead of numeric ID, which is useful when synchronizing route configuration across multiple ILC instances where IDs may differ. |
+| `props` / `ssrProps` | Domain-level properties merged into all applications running on this domain.                                                                                                                                                     |

registry/client/src/routerDomains/Edit.js

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const InputForm = ({ mode = 'edit', ...props }) => {
                     <SelectInput resettable optionText="name" />
                 </ReferenceInput>
                 <TextInput source="canonicalDomain" label="Canonical Domain" fullWidth />
+                <TextInput source="alias" label="Alias" fullWidth />
             </FormTab>
 
             <FormTab label="Domain Props">

registry/client/src/routerDomains/List.js

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const PostList = (props) => {
                         <TextField source="name" />
                     </ReferenceField>
                     <TextField source="canonicalDomain" sortable={false} emptyText="-" label="Canonical Domain" />
+                    <TextField source="alias" sortable={false} emptyText="-" label="Alias" />
                     <ListActionsToolbar>
                         <EditButton />
                     </ListActionsToolbar>

registry/lde/oauth-server.ts

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { OAuth2Server } from 'oauth2-mock-server';
         await server.issuer.keys.generate('RS256');
 
         // Start the server
-        await server.start(8080);
-        console.log('Issuer URL:', server.issuer.url); // -> http://localhost:8080
+        await server.start(8085);
+        console.log('Issuer URL:', server.issuer.url);
 
         server.service.on('beforeTokenSigning', (token, req) => {
             token.payload.unique_name = 'root';

registry/package.json

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         "cross-env": "10.1.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "mocha": "^11.7.5",
-        "nock": "^14.0.10",
+        "nock": "^14.0.11",
         "nodemon": "^3.1.11",
         "nyc": "^17.1.0",
         "oauth2-mock-server": "^8.2.0",

registry/server/appRoutes/interfaces/index.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export interface AppRoute {
     meta?: object | string | null;
     domainId?: number | null;
     domainIdIdxble?: number | null;
+    domainAlias?: string | null;
     namespace?: string | null;
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export type AppRouteDto = {
     templateName: string | null;
     slots: Record<string, AppRouteSlotDto>;
     domainId: number | null;
+    domainAlias: string | null;
     meta: Record<string, any>;
     versionId: string;
     namespace: string | null;
@@ -80,15 +82,20 @@ const commonAppRoute = {
     next: Joi.bool().default(false),
     templateName: templateNameSchema.allow(null).default(null),
     slots: Joi.object().pattern(commonAppRouteSlot.name, appRouteSlotSchema).default({}),
-    domainId: Joi.number().default(null),
+    domainId: Joi.number(),
+    domainAlias: Joi.string()
+        .lowercase()
+        .pattern(/^[a-z0-9-]+$/)
+        .max(64)
+        .trim(),
     meta: Joi.object().default({}),
     versionId: Joi.string().strip(),
     namespace: Joi.string().default(null),
 };
 
 export const partialAppRouteSchema = Joi.object({
     ...commonAppRoute,
-});
+}).oxor('domainId', 'domainAlias');
 
 const conditionSpecialRole = {
     is: Joi.exist(),
@@ -108,4 +115,4 @@ export const appRouteSchema = Joi.object<AppRouteDto>({
         is: Joi.exist(),
         then: Joi.forbidden(),
     }),
-});
+}).oxor('domainId', 'domainAlias');

registry/server/appRoutes/routes/RoutesService.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { User } from '../../../typings/User';
 import db, { type VersionedKnex } from '../../db';
 import { Tables } from '../../db/structure';
-import { extractInsertedId, PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION_CODE } from '../../util/db';
+import { extractInsertedId, isUniqueConstraintError } from '../../util/db';
 import { appendDigest } from '../../util/hmac';
 import { EntityTypes, VersionedRecord } from '../../versioning/interfaces';
 import { AppRoute, AppRouteDto, appRouteSchema, AppRouteSlot } from '../interfaces';
 import { prepareAppRouteSlotsToSave, prepareAppRouteToSave } from '../services/prepareAppRoute';
+import { resolveDomainAlias } from '../services/resolveDomainAlias';
 
 export type AppRouteWithSlot = VersionedRecord<AppRoute & AppRouteSlot>;
 
@@ -49,10 +50,11 @@ export class RoutesService {
      * @returns routeId
      */
     public async upsert(params: unknown, user: User, trxProvider: Knex.TransactionProvider): Promise<AppRoute> {
-        const { slots, ...appRoute } = await appRouteSchema.validateAsync(params, {
+        const { slots, ...validated } = await appRouteSchema.validateAsync(params, {
             noDefaults: false,
             externals: false,
         });
+        const appRoute = await resolveDomainAlias(validated);
 
         let savedAppRouteId: number;
         const appRouteRecord = prepareAppRouteToSave(appRoute);
@@ -104,13 +106,11 @@ export class RoutesService {
         );
     }
 
-    public isOrderPosError(error: any) {
-        const sqliteErrorOrderPos = 'UNIQUE constraint failed: routes.orderPos, routes.domainIdIdxble';
-        const constraint = 'routes_orderpos_and_domainIdIdxble_unique';
-        return (
-            (error.code === PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION_CODE && error.constraint === constraint) ||
-            error?.message.includes(sqliteErrorOrderPos) ||
-            error?.message.includes(constraint)
+    public isOrderPosError(error: unknown) {
+        return isUniqueConstraintError(
+            error,
+            'routes_orderpos_and_domainIdIdxble_unique',
+            'routes.orderPos, routes.domainIdIdxble',
         );
     }
 

registry/server/appRoutes/routes/createAppRoute.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import validateRequestFactory from '../../common/services/validateRequest';
 import db from '../../db';
 import { extractInsertedId, handleForeignConstraintError } from '../../util/db';
 import { defined, getJoiErr, joiErrorToResponse } from '../../util/helpers';
-import { appRouteSchema } from '../interfaces';
+import { AppRouteDto, appRouteSchema } from '../interfaces';
 import { prepareAppRouteSlotsToSave, prepareAppRouteToSave } from '../services/prepareAppRoute';
+import { resolveDomainAlias } from '../services/resolveDomainAlias';
 import { transformSpecialRoutesForDB } from '../services/transformSpecialRoutes';
 import { retrieveAppRouteFromDB } from './getAppRoute';
 import { routesService } from './RoutesService';
@@ -17,13 +18,14 @@ const validateRequestBeforeCreateAppRoute = validateRequestFactory([
     },
 ]);
 
-const createAppRoute = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+const createAppRoute = async (req: Request<unknown, unknown, AppRouteDto>, res: Response) => {
     const { slots: appRouteSlots, ...appRouteData } = req.body;
 
-    const appRoute = transformSpecialRoutesForDB(appRouteData);
+    const domainResolved = await resolveDomainAlias(appRouteData);
+    const appRoute = transformSpecialRoutesForDB(domainResolved);
 
     if (appRouteData.specialRole) {
-        const existingRoute = await db.first().from('routes').where({
+        const existingRoute = await db('routes').first().where({
             route: appRoute.route,
             domainId: appRoute.domainId,
         });

registry/server/appRoutes/routes/updateAppRoute.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import {
     prepareAppRouteToRespond,
     prepareAppRouteToSave,
 } from '../services/prepareAppRoute';
-import { partialAppRouteSchema } from '../interfaces';
+import { resolveDomainAlias } from '../services/resolveDomainAlias';
+import { AppRouteDto, partialAppRouteSchema } from '../interfaces';
 import { appRouteIdSchema } from '../interfaces';
 import { transformSpecialRoutesForDB } from '../services/transformSpecialRoutes';
 import { routesService, RoutesService } from './RoutesService';
@@ -30,11 +31,12 @@ const validateRequestBeforeUpdateAppRoute = validateRequestFactory([
     },
 ]);
 
-const updateAppRoute = async (req: Request<UpdateAppRouteRequestParams>, res: Response) => {
+const updateAppRoute = async (req: Request<UpdateAppRouteRequestParams, unknown, AppRouteDto>, res: Response) => {
     const { slots: appRouteSlots, ...appRouteData } = req.body;
 
     const appRouteId = +req.params.id;
-    const appRoute = transformSpecialRoutesForDB(appRouteData);
+    const domainResolved = await resolveDomainAlias(appRouteData);
+    const appRoute = transformSpecialRoutesForDB(domainResolved);
 
     const countToUpdate = await db('routes').where('id', appRouteId);
     if (!countToUpdate.length) {

registry/server/appRoutes/services/resolveDomainAlias.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import db from '../../db';
+import { getJoiErr } from '../../util/helpers';
+
+/**
+ * If `domainAlias` is provided, resolves it to a `domainId` by looking up router_domains.
+ * Returns the route data with `domainId` set and `domainAlias` removed.
+ * Throws a Joi-style error if the alias doesn't match any router domain.
+ */
+export async function resolveDomainAlias<T extends { domainId?: number | null; domainAlias?: string | null }>(
+    appRoute: T,
+): Promise<T> {
+    const { domainAlias, domainId, ...rest } = appRoute;
+
+    if (!domainAlias) {
+        return { ...rest, domainId: domainId ?? null } as T;
+    }
+
+    const domain = await db('router_domains').first('id').where({ alias: domainAlias });
+    if (!domain) {
+        throw getJoiErr('domainAlias', `Router domain with alias "${domainAlias}" does not exist`);
+    }
+
+    return { ...rest, domainId: domain.id } as T;
+}

registry/server/appRoutes/services/transformSpecialRoutes.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { AppRouteDto } from '../interfaces';
 import { AppRouteWithSlot } from '../routes/RoutesService';
 
 export const SPECIAL_PREFIX = 'special:';
+
 export const isSpecialRoute = (route: string) => route.startsWith(SPECIAL_PREFIX);
+
 export const makeSpecialRoute = (specialRole: string) => `${SPECIAL_PREFIX}${specialRole}`;
+
 const getSpecialRole = (route: string) => route.replace(SPECIAL_PREFIX, '');
 
 export type ConsumerRoute = Omit<AppRouteWithSlot, 'route' | 'next'> & {
@@ -32,14 +34,18 @@ export function transformSpecialRoutesForConsumer(
     return Array.isArray(appRoutes) ? appRoutes.map(handleRoute) : handleRoute(appRoutes);
 }
 
-export function transformSpecialRoutesForDB({ specialRole, ...appRouteData }: AppRouteDto): AppRouteDto {
+export function transformSpecialRoutesForDB<
+    T extends { specialRole?: string; orderPos?: number | null; route?: string },
+>(appRoute: T): T {
+    const { specialRole, ...rest } = appRoute;
+
     if (!specialRole) {
-        return appRouteData;
+        return rest as T;
     }
 
     return {
-        ...appRouteData,
+        ...rest,
         orderPos: null,
         route: makeSpecialRoute(specialRole),
-    };
+    } as T;
 }

registry/server/errorHandler/index.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+import Joi from 'joi';
 import * as httpErrors from './httpErrors';
 
 import noticeError from './noticeError';
+import { joiErrorToResponse } from '../util/helpers';
 
 async function errorHandler(error: Error, req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): Promise<void> {
     if (error instanceof httpErrors.NotFoundError) {
         res.status(404).send('Not found');
         return;
     }
 
+    if (error instanceof Joi.ValidationError) {
+        res.status(422).send(joiErrorToResponse(error));
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (error instanceof httpErrors.UnprocessableContent) {
         res.status(422).send(error.message);
         return;