🔒️(helm) allow server host and whitelist pod IP for health checks

In a Kubernetes environment, we need to whitelist the pod's IP address
to allow health checks to pass. This ensures that Kubernetes liveness and
readiness probes can access the application to verify its health.

src/backend/impress/settings.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
 
 import os
 import tomllib
+from socket import gethostbyname, gethostname
 
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -649,7 +650,13 @@ class Production(Base):
     """
 
     # Security
-    ALLOWED_HOSTS = values.ListValue(None)
+    # Add allowed host from environment variables.
+    # The machine hostname is added by default,
+    # it makes the application pingable by a load balancer on the same machine by example
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+        *values.ListValue([], environ_name="ALLOWED_HOSTS"),
+        gethostbyname(gethostname()),
+    ]
     CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = values.ListValue([])
     SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
     SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True