Velaro — Photographer Gallery Platform

Admin setup

The platform admin role is bootstrapped from environment variables. No database record is created for the admin — credentials are validated directly against env vars at login time.

Required environment variables

ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@jouwdomein.nl      # Platform admin e-mail address
ADMIN_PASSWORD=kies_een_sterk_wachtwoord  # Platform admin password
ADMIN_SESSION_SECRET=willekeurige_lange_string_hier  # Shared session secret

Note: ADMIN_PASSWORD is shared between the platform admin (email + password) and the photographer (password only). If you want separate passwords, set ADMIN_PASSWORD for the admin and use a different value in ADMIN_SESSION_SECRET to ensure session tokens don't overlap.

First login

1. Set ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD in your environment (.env.local locally, Vercel dashboard in production).
2. Navigate to /admin.
3. Log in with the configured email and password.
4. You will be redirected to /admin/dashboard.

Roles

Role	Login path	Credentials
Platform Admin	/admin	ADMIN_EMAIL + ADMIN_PASSWORD
Photographer	/photographer	ADMIN_PASSWORD only
Client	/gallery/[id]	Per-shoot email + password

Managing photographers

From /admin/dashboard you can:

• Add a photographer (name + email)
• Activate / Deactivate an account — deactivated accounts are blocked from the platform
• Delete a photographer — permanently removes the account and all associated galleries and photos

Local development

npm install
cp .env.local.example .env.local
# Fill in .env.local (or run: vercel env pull .env.local)
npm run dev