From 3e190e3ccad20ef61e469cdda0245d93920f7b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristofers Solo <dev@kristofers.xyz>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:42:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add configuration

---
 Cargo.lock                            | 847 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Cargo.toml                            |   3 +-
 server/Cargo.toml                     |  24 +-
 server/configuration/base.toml        |   9 +
 server/configuration/local.toml       |   5 +
 server/configuration/productionn.toml |   5 +
 server/src/configuration.rs           | 140 +++++
 server/src/lib.rs                     |   4 +
 server/src/main.rs                    |   2 -
 server/src/routes/mod.rs              |   6 +
 server/src/startup.rs                 |  77 +++
 11 files changed, 1114 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 server/configuration/base.toml
 create mode 100644 server/configuration/local.toml
 create mode 100644 server/configuration/productionn.toml
 create mode 100644 server/src/configuration.rs
 create mode 100644 server/src/lib.rs
 create mode 100644 server/src/routes/mod.rs
 create mode 100644 server/src/startup.rs

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71caf62..aea5af9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,6 +54,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "any_spawner"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -123,6 +144,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atoi"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f28d99ec8bfea296261ca1af174f24225171fea9664ba9003cbebee704810528"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attribute-derive"
 version = "0.10.3"
@@ -238,11 +268,20 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64ct"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55248b47b0caf0546f7988906588779981c43bb1bc9d0c44087278f80cdb44ba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b8e56985ec62d17e9c1001dc89c88ecd7dc08e47eba5ec7c29c7b5eeecde967"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -315,6 +354,18 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9555578bc9e57714c812a1f84e4fc5b4d21fcb063490c624de019f7464c91268"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c469d952047f47f91b68d1cba3f10d63c11d73e4636f24f08daf0278abf01c4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codee"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -384,6 +435,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-oid"
+version = "0.9.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-str"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -434,6 +491,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation-sys"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -443,6 +506,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9710d3b3739c2e349eb44fe848ad0b7c8cb1e42bd87ee49371df2f7acaf3e675"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc-catalog",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crc-catalog"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -452,6 +530,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-queue"
+version = "0.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f58bbc28f91df819d0aa2a2c00cd19754769c2fad90579b3592b1c9ba7a3115"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.21"
@@ -488,6 +575,17 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2a2330da5de22e8a3cb63252ce2abb30116bf5265e89c0e01bc17015ce30a476"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "der"
+version = "0.7.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7c1832837b905bbfb5101e07cc24c8deddf52f93225eee6ead5f4d63d53ddcb"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid",
+ "pem-rfc7468",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -515,7 +613,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
+ "const-oid",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -529,6 +629,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "drain_filter_polyfill"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -540,6 +646,9 @@ name = "either"
 version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either_of"
@@ -572,6 +681,17 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a1731451909bde27714eacba19c2566362a7f35224f52b153d3f42cf60f72472"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.0"
@@ -603,12 +723,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flume"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da0e4dd2a88388a1f4ccc7c9ce104604dab68d9f408dc34cd45823d5a9069095"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "spin",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -673,6 +810,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-intrusive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d930c203dd0b6ff06e0201a4a2fe9149b43c684fd4420555b26d21b1a02956f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -812,6 +960,20 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5971ac85611da7067dbfcabef3c70ebb5606018acd9e2a3903a0da507521e0d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
+ "foldhash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7382cf6263419f2d8df38c55d7da83da5c18aef87fc7a7fc1fb1e344edfe14c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.4",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hdrhistogram"
@@ -823,12 +985,51 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc0fef456e4baa96da950455cd02c081ca953b141298e41db3fc7e36b1da849c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hkdf"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b5f8eb2ad728638ea2c7d47a21db23b7b58a72ed6a38256b8a1849f15fbbdf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "hmac",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "589533453244b0995c858700322199b2becb13b627df2851f64a2775d024abcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "html-escape"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -941,6 +1142,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.63"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0c919e5debc312ad217002b8048a17b7d83f80703865bbfcfebb0458b0b27d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -1123,6 +1348,9 @@ name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "spin",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "leptos"
@@ -1352,6 +1580,22 @@ version = "0.2.174"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1171693293099992e19cddea4e8b849964e9846f4acee11b3948bcc337be8776"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9fbbcab51052fe104eb5e5d351cf728d30a5be1fe14d9be8a3b097481fb97de"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e99fb7a497b1e3339bc746195567ed8d3e24945ecd636e3619d20b9de9e9149"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linear-map"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1418,6 +1662,16 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md-5"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d89e7ee0cfbedfc4da3340218492196241d89eefb6dab27de5df917a6d2e78cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.5"
@@ -1493,12 +1747,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint-dig"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc84195820f291c7697304f3cbdadd1cb7199c0efc917ff5eafd71225c136151"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libm",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7969661fd2958a5cb096e56c8e1ad0444ac2bbcd0061bd28660485a44879858f"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-iter"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1429034a0490724d0075ebb2bc9e875d6503c3cf69e235a8941aa757d83ef5bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -1506,6 +1797,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "libm",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1558,6 +1850,15 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8c04f5d74368e4d0dfe06c45c8627c81bd7c317d52762d118fb9b3076f6420fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f19d67e5a2795c94e73e0bb1cc1a7edeb2e28efd39e2e1c9b7a40c1108b11c"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1605,6 +1906,15 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df94ce210e5bc13cb6651479fa48d14f601d9858cfe0467f43ae157023b938d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pem-rfc7468"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88b39c9bfcfc231068454382784bb460aae594343fb030d46e9f50a645418412"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -1643,6 +1953,27 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs1"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8ffb9f10fa047879315e6625af03c164b16962a5368d724ed16323b68ace47f"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "spki",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs8"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f950b2377845cebe5cf8b5165cb3cc1a5e0fa5cfa3e1f7f55707d8fd82e0a7b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "spki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -1939,6 +2270,40 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "libc",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rsa"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78928ac1ed176a5ca1d17e578a1825f3d81ca54cf41053a592584b020cfd691b"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-oid",
+ "digest",
+ "num-bigint-dig",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "pkcs1",
+ "pkcs8",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "signature",
+ "spki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rstml"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1975,6 +2340,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.23.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7160e3e10bf4535308537f3c4e1641468cd0e485175d6163087c0393c7d46643"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "serde-aux",
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+ "cpufeatures",
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+ "home",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "md-5",
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+ "serde",
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+ "sha2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "stringprep",
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+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-intrusive",
+ "futures-util",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "log",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sqlx-core",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "wasite",
+]
+
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+checksum = "c0fdd3ddb90610c7638aa2b3a3ab2904fb9e5cdbecc643ddb3647212781c4ae3"
+dependencies = [
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+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-link",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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@@ -3191,6 +4032,12 @@ dependencies = [
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa3a8e4..1208180 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.7"
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+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
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diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 09349f5..329bd6e 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
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-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["tracing"] }
-tower.workspace = true
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+serde-aux = "4.7"
+serde.workspace = true
+simple_logger.workspace = true
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = [
+  "runtime-tokio",
+  "tls-rustls",
+  "macros",
+  "postgres",
+  "uuid",
+  "chrono",
+  "migrate",
+] }
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["tracing"] }
+tower-http.workspace = true
+tower.workspace = true
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+tracing-bunyan-formatter = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
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diff --git a/server/configuration/base.toml b/server/configuration/base.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76aa6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/configuration/base.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[application]
+port = 8000
+
+[database]
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+port = 5432
+username = "postgres"
+password = "password"
+database_name = "kristofersxyz"
diff --git a/server/configuration/local.toml b/server/configuration/local.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be5491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/configuration/local.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[application]
+host = "127.0.0.1"
+
+[database]
+require_ssl = false
diff --git a/server/configuration/productionn.toml b/server/configuration/productionn.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9775701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/configuration/productionn.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[application]
+host = "0.0.0.0"
+
+[database]
+require_ssl = true
diff --git a/server/src/configuration.rs b/server/src/configuration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afd6508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/configuration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_aux::field_attributes::deserialize_number_from_string;
+use sqlx::{
+    ConnectOptions,
+    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgSslMode},
+};
+use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Top-level application settings.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub database: DatabaseSettings,
+    pub application: ApplicationSettings,
+}
+
+/// Database-related settings.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct DatabaseSettings {
+    pub username: String,
+    pub password: SecretString,
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_number_from_string")]
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub database_name: String,
+    pub require_ssl: bool,
+}
+
+/// Application-related settings.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct ApplicationSettings {
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_number_from_string")]
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub host: String,
+}
+
+/// Supported application environments.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum Environment {
+    Local,
+    Production,
+}
+
+/// Errors that can occur while loading configuration.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigurationError {
+    #[error("Failed to load configuration file: {0}")]
+    ConfigFileError(#[from] config::ConfigError),
+    #[error("Invalid environment: {0}")]
+    InvalidEnvironment(String),
+}
+
+/// Load the application configuration.
+///
+/// This function reads configuration files and environment variables to build
+/// the `Settings` struct.
+///
+/// - `base.toml` is always loaded.
+/// - `{environment}.toml` is loaded based on the `APP_ENVIRONMENT` variable.
+/// - Environment variables prefixed with `APP_` override file-based settings.
+///
+/// # Errors
+/// Returns a `ConfigurationError` if the configuration cannot be loaded.
+pub fn get_config() -> Result<Settings, ConfigurationError> {
+    let base_path = std::env::current_dir().expect("Failed to determine current directory");
+    let config_directory = base_path.join("config");
+    let env = std::env::var("APP_ENVIRONMENT")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "local".into())
+        .parse::<Environment>()?;
+
+    let env_filename = format!("{}.toml", &env);
+
+    let settings = config::Config::builder()
+        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join("base.toml")))
+        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join(env_filename)))
+        .add_source(
+            config::Environment::with_prefix("APP")
+                .prefix_separator("_")
+                .separator("__"),
+        )
+        .build()?;
+
+    settings
+        .try_deserialize::<Settings>()
+        .map_err(ConfigurationError::from)
+}
+
+impl DatabaseSettings {
+    /// Build connection options without specifying the database name.
+    pub fn without_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        let ssl_mode = if self.require_ssl {
+            PgSslMode::Require
+        } else {
+            PgSslMode::Prefer
+        };
+
+        PgConnectOptions::new()
+            .host(&self.host)
+            .username(&self.username)
+            .password(self.password.expose_secret())
+            .port(self.port)
+            .ssl_mode(ssl_mode)
+    }
+
+    /// Build connection options with the database name.
+    pub fn with_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        self.without_db()
+            .database(&self.database_name)
+            .log_statements(tracing_log::log::LevelFilter::Trace)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Environment {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let s = match self {
+            Environment::Local => "local",
+            Environment::Production => "production",
+        };
+        write!(f, "{s}")
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Environment {
+    type Err = ConfigurationError;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "local" => Ok(Self::Local),
+            "production" => Ok(Self::Production),
+            other => Err(ConfigurationError::InvalidEnvironment(other.to_string())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<String> for Environment {
+    type Error = ConfigurationError;
+    fn try_from(value: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        value.parse()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92000fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mod configuration;
+mod routes;
+mod startup;
+mod telemetry;
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 86867b7..15956d9 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-mod telemetry;
-
 use app::*;
 use axum::Router;
 use leptos::logging::log;
diff --git a/server/src/routes/mod.rs b/server/src/routes/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ba3634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use crate::startup::AppState;
+use axum::Router;
+
+pub fn route(state: AppState) -> Router {
+    todo!()
+}
diff --git a/server/src/startup.rs b/server/src/startup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a91f00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/startup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use crate::{
+    configuration::{DatabaseSettings, Settings},
+    routes::route,
+};
+use sqlx::{PgPool, postgres::PgPoolOptions};
+use std::{
+    io::{Error, ErrorKind},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
+use tokio::{net::TcpListener, task::JoinHandle};
+use tracing::{error, info};
+
+/// Shared application state.
+pub struct App {
+    pub pool: PgPool,
+}
+
+/// Type alias for the shared application state wrapped in `Arc`.
+pub type AppState = Arc<App>;
+
+/// Represents the application, including its server and configuration.
+pub struct Application {
+    port: u16,
+    server: Option<JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>>,
+}
+
+impl Application {
+    /// Build a new `Application` instance from the provided configuration.
+    ///
+    /// This method initializes the database connection pool, binds the server
+    /// to the specified address, and prepares the application for startup.
+    pub async fn build(config: &Settings) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        // Initialize the database connection pool
+        let pool = get_connection_pool(&config.database);
+        info!("Database connection pool initialized.");
+
+        // Bind the server to the specified address
+        let addr = format!("{}:{}", config.application.host, config.application.port);
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr).await?;
+        let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        info!("Server listening on port {}", port);
+
+        // Create the shared application state
+        let app_state = App { pool }.into();
+
+        // Spawn the server
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            axum::serve(listener, route(app_state)).await.map_err(|e| {
+                error!("Server error: {}", e);
+                e
+            })
+        });
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            port,
+            server: Some(server),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Get the port the server is listening on.
+    pub fn port(&self) -> u16 {
+        self.port
+    }
+
+    pub async fn start(self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.server
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Server was not initialized."))?
+            .await?
+    }
+}
+
+/// Initialize the database connection pool.
+///
+/// This method creates a lazy connection pool using the provided database settings.
+fn get_connection_pool(config: &DatabaseSettings) -> PgPool {
+    PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(config.with_db())
+}