add options to let user configure CDN options for webpack

packages/xarc-app-dev/src/config/opt2/remote-federation.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export type RemoteSubAppOptions = {
    *
    */
   name: string;
+
   /**
    * Name the remote entry JS file
    *

packages/xarc-app-dev/src/config/opt2/webpack-options.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,35 @@
 
 import { RemoteSubAppOptions } from "./remote-federation";
 
+/**
+ * Options for CDN server.
+ *
+ */
+export type WebpackCdnOptions = {
+  /**
+   * Enable the use of a CDN server for serving assets.
+   *
+   * - Setting this `true` will force `publicPath` default to `"auto"` for production mode **unless**
+   * mapping is also set to `true`.
+   *
+   */
+  enable?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Enable URL mapping if CDN server gives a different URL for each asset
+   *
+   * - If `mapping` is `false`, then `publicPath` must be `"auto"` for assets to work.
+   * - If `mapping` is `true`, then post processing is required to provide the mapping data
+   *   for the app.
+   */
+  mapping?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * If you don't need CDN mapping, but `"auto"` `publicPath` doesn't work, and you know
+   * ahead of time what it should be, then you can set it here.
+   */
+  publicPath?: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * User configurable options that are related to Webpack
  */
@@ -173,6 +202,34 @@ export type WebpackOptions = {
    */
   useAppWebpackConfig?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Options for if you need to serve your assets from a CDN server
+   *
+   * **When should you use this:**
+   *
+   * - You need to serve your assets from a CDN server that gives URLs that are:
+   *
+   * > 1. Changes original asset filenames
+   * > 2. Gives a different URL for each asset file
+   *
+   * - or if you need to set a `publicPath` other than `"auto"`.  Normally, webpack can auto detect
+   *   the correct base URL, but if that doesn't work and you know ahead of time what it can be, you
+   *   can set it.
+   *
+   * - If `"auto"` doesn't work and you don't know ahead of time what `publicPath` should be, then
+   *   you would need CDN mapping.
+   *
+   * **About how CDN and mapping affects `publicPath`**
+   *  - Without CDN mapping, for module federation remote assets to work, it must set
+   *    `publicPath` to `"auto"`.
+   *  - In development mode, webpack dev server serves the assets and CDN options
+   *    will have no effect, and `publicPath` is forced to be the following:
+   *  > - module federation remote assets - `"auto"`
+   *  > - normal assets - `"/js"`
+   *
+   */
+  cdn?: WebpackCdnOptions;
+
   /**
    * Specify Module Federation options to expose or consume remote V1 subapps through webpack5's
    * ModuleFederationPlugin.  See docs at https://webpack.js.org/concepts/module-federation/

packages/xarc-webpack/src/partials/subapp-chunks.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function makeConfig(options) {
 
   if (webpack.v1RemoteSubApps) {
     let exposeRemote = 0;
+    const cdnMapping = _.get(webpack, "cdn.enable", false) && _.get(webpack, "cdn.mapping", false);
     const modFedPlugins = [].concat(webpack.v1RemoteSubApps).map(remote => {
       const missing = [];
       const subAppsToExpose = []
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ function makeConfig(options) {
       return new ModuleFederationPlugin({
         name,
         filename: remote.filename || `_remote_~.${idName}.js`,
-        entry: !process.env.WEBPACK_DEV && require.resolve("../client/webpack5-jsonp-cdn"),
+        entry:
+          cdnMapping && !process.env.WEBPACK_DEV && require.resolve("../client/webpack5-jsonp-cdn"),
         exposes,
         shared
       } as any);
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ function makeConfig(options) {
 
     // if app is exposing modules for remote loading, then we must set following
     if (exposeRemote > 0) {
-      if (process.env.WEBPACK_DEV) {
+      if (process.env.WEBPACK_DEV || !cdnMapping) {
         // in dev mode there's no CDN mapping, so must set public path to auto for
         // remote container to load its bundles
         options.currentConfig.output.publicPath = "auto";