Isolate internal bot-config route from the public listener (#33)

The GET /internal/bot-config route returns the DECRYPTED Discord bot
token and was mounted on the same Express app / port 3000 that Pangolin
proxies publicly. Its only guard was the BOT_INTERNAL_KEY shared secret,
and .env.example shipped a placeholder default — so a forwarded path or a
weak/unrotated key would expose the plaintext token to the internet.

Move server<->bot internal traffic onto its own listener and fail fast on
a weak key:

- Add server/src/internalApp.js: a standalone Express app mounting
  requireInternalKey + /internal (and a no-secret /health), mirroring the
  bot's unpublished port-4100 pattern.
- server.js starts a second listener on INTERNAL_PORT (default 3001),
  closed on graceful shutdown.
- Remove the /internal mount from the public v1.router; the public app now
  404s /api/v1/internal/bot-config even with a valid key.
- Fail fast: new utils/botInternalKey.js rejects an empty, placeholder, or
  <16-char BOT_INTERNAL_KEY — fatal in production (exit 1), warning in dev.
- docker-compose: bot SITE_INTERNAL_URL -> app:3001/internal/bot-config;
  document that INTERNAL_PORT stays unpublished.
- .env.example (root/server/bot): document INTERNAL_PORT, the fail-fast
  behavior, and a defense-in-depth Pangolin deny rule for /api/v1/internal.

Tests: add requireInternalKey.test.js and botInternalKey.test.js
(node --test: 93 pass).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019rao86n5cXpwAyjdBFEshV
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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
# App
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000
# Separate, UNPUBLISHED port for server<->bot internal traffic (the decrypted
# bot-token route). Must match the port in the bot's SITE_INTERNAL_URL
# (docker-compose.yml) and must NEVER be published/proxied. See issue #33.
INTERNAL_PORT=3001
UPLOAD_DIR=/app/uploads
# Logging — written to BOTH the console and a log file.
LOG_LEVEL=info # console verbosity: error | warn | info | debug
@@ -64,7 +68,14 @@ CLIENT_ORIGIN=http://localhost:5173
# service). BOT_INTERNAL_KEY MUST be byte-for-byte identical to the same
# variable in bot/.env.example — it is the only auth on both sides' /internal/*
# routes, so a mismatch silently breaks every server<->bot call with 401s.
# The Discord bot TOKEN itself is not an env var — it's entered in the admin
# panel (Discord Bot page) and stored encrypted in the DB (see bot_config table).
# It also guards the server's /internal/bot-config route, which returns the
# DECRYPTED Discord token; with NODE_ENV=production the app REFUSES TO START if
# this is left blank, at this placeholder, or shorter than 16 chars. Generate a
# long random string. The Discord bot TOKEN itself is not an env var — it's
# entered in the admin panel (Discord Bot page) and stored encrypted in the DB.
#
# Defense in depth: even with a strong key, configure Pangolin/your reverse
# proxy to DENY /api/v1/internal (and never forward INTERNAL_PORT). The route no
# longer rides the public listener, but an explicit deny rule is belt-and-braces.
BOT_INTERNAL_URL=http://bot:4100
BOT_INTERNAL_KEY=change-me-to-a-long-random-string