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+/*
+    ! /servers/dashboard/server.js – Central Dashboard Server Manager
+    ? This module orchestrates the express lifecycle, handles initialization, middleware configs and router integrations.
+*/
+
+// % import nodejs packages
+const express = require('express');
+const http = require('http');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// % import external dependencies
+const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const { dirs } = require(path.resolve(rootDir, 'configuration', 'mapping.js'));
+
+// % set up express server
+const app = express();
+const server = http.createServer(app);
+
+// $ server setup
+app.use(express.json()); // add json support for express
+app.use(express.static(path.resolve(dirs.interfaceDir, 'resources'))); // set resources directory (e.g. scripts, style sheets, images ...)
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // set "embedded javascript" as view engine
+app.set('views', path.resolve(dirs.interfaceDir, 'views')); // set the folder where the .ejs files are located
+
+// $ router setup
+const router = require(path.resolve(dirs.dashboardDir, 'routers'));
+app.use(router);
+
+// $ server functions
+const {
+    boot, shutdown, restart, status
+} = require(path.resolve(dirs.dashboardDir, 'functions.js'));
+
+// $ export server module
+module.exports = { boot, shutdown, restart, status, server };