Step 5: Authentication System & Environment Variables

- Implemented JWT authentication in Console backend
- Added .env file for environment variable management
- Updated docker-compose to use .env variables
- Created authentication endpoints (login/logout/me)
- Added protected route middleware
- Created ARCHITECTURE.md with Kafka as main messaging platform
- Defined Kafka for both events and task queues
- Redis dedicated for caching and session management

Test credentials:
- admin/admin123
- user/user123

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console/backend/requirements.txt

@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ fastapi==0.109.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.27.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 pydantic==2.5.3
-httpx==0.26.0
+httpx==0.26.0
+python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
+passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
+python-multipart==0.0.6