Add authentication layer

central_frontend/src/main.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { DarkThemeProvider } from "./hooks/context_providers/DarkThemeProvider";
 import { LoadingMessageProvider } from "./hooks/context_providers/LoadingMessageProvider";
 import { SnackbarProvider } from "./hooks/context_providers/SnackbarProvider";
 import "./index.css";
+import { ServerApi } from "./api/ServerApi";
+import { AsyncWidget } from "./widgets/AsyncWidget";
 
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
@@ -19,7 +21,12 @@ ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
         <ConfirmDialogProvider>
           <SnackbarProvider>
             <LoadingMessageProvider>
-              <App />
+              <AsyncWidget
+                loadKey={1}
+                load={async () => await ServerApi.LoadConfig()}
+                errMsg="Failed to connect to backend to retrieve static config!"
+                build={() => <App />}
+              />
             </LoadingMessageProvider>
           </SnackbarProvider>
         </ConfirmDialogProvider>