[FE] Build fails after #2372
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**Describe the bug** (Actual behavior)
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Front End DEV environment is not working after vite plugin implementation.

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It should work as before.

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Normal front end setup without any java build to replace the `PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE`


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1. Go the the front end application and start the `pnpm start`

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kafka-ui-react-app/index.html kafka-ui-react-app/package.json kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts
kafka-ui-react-app/index.html kafka-ui-react-app/package.json kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts
diff --git a/kafka-ui-react-app/index.html b/kafka-ui-react-app/index.html
index aa3f89f8f90..33e18ad2688 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-react-app/index.html
+++ b/kafka-ui-react-app/index.html
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
     />
 
     <!-- Favicons -->
-    <link rel="icon" href="PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE/favicon/favicon.ico" sizes="any" />
-    <link rel="icon" href="PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE/favicon/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
-    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png" />
-    <link rel="manifest" href="PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE/manifest.json" />
+    <link rel="icon" href="<%= PUBLIC_PATH %>/favicon/favicon.ico" sizes="any" />
+    <link rel="icon" href="<%= PUBLIC_PATH %>/favicon/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="<%= PUBLIC_PATH %>/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png" />
+    <link rel="manifest" href="<%= PUBLIC_PATH %>/manifest.json" />
 
     <title>UI for Apache Kafka</title>
     <script type="text/javascript">
-      window.basePath = 'PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE';
+      window.basePath = '<%= PUBLIC_PATH %>';
 
       window.__assetsPathBuilder = function (importer) {
         return window.basePath+ "/" + importer;
diff --git a/kafka-ui-react-app/package.json b/kafka-ui-react-app/package.json
index 6353452605a..a385c08c881 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-react-app/package.json
+++ b/kafka-ui-react-app/package.json
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.8.1",
     "ts-prune": "^0.10.3",
-    "typescript": "^4.7.4"
+    "typescript": "^4.7.4",
+    "vite-plugin-ejs": "^1.6.4"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "v16.15.0",
diff --git a/kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml b/kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8a37026d6c3..b69eb15c985 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/kafka-ui-react-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ specifiers:
   typescript: ^4.7.4
   use-debounce: ^8.0.1
   vite: ^4.0.0
+  vite-plugin-ejs: ^1.6.4
   vite-tsconfig-paths: ^4.0.2
   whatwg-fetch: ^3.6.2
   yup: ^0.32.11
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ devDependencies:
   ts-node: 10.8.1_seagpw47opwyivxvtfydnuwcuy
   ts-prune: 0.10.3
   typescript: 4.7.4
+  vite-plugin-ejs: 1.6.4
 
 packages:
 
@@ -4266,6 +4268,10 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
     dev: true
 
+  /async/3.2.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-iAB+JbDEGXhyIUavoDl9WP/Jj106Kz9DEn1DPgYw5ruDn0e3Wgi3sKFm55sASdGBNOQB8F59d9qQ7deqrHA8wQ==}
+    dev: true
+
   /asynckit/0.4.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Oei9OH4tRh0YqU3GxhX79dM/mwVgvbZJaSNaRk+bshkj0S5cfHcgYakreBjrHwatXKbz+IoIdYLxrKim2MjW0Q==}
     dev: true
@@ -4514,6 +4520,12 @@ packages:
       balanced-match: 1.0.2
       concat-map: 0.0.1
 
+  /brace-expansion/2.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-XnAIvQ8eM+kC6aULx6wuQiwVsnzsi9d3WxzV3FpWTGA19F621kwdbsAcFKXgKUHZWsy+mY6iL1sHTxWEFCytDA==}
+    dependencies:
+      balanced-match: 1.0.2
+    dev: true
+
   /braces/3.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -5040,6 +5052,14 @@ packages:
       wcwidth: 1.0.1
     dev: true
 
+  /ejs/3.1.8:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/sXZeMlhS0ArkfX2Aw780gJzXSMPnKjtspYZv+f3NiKLlubezAHDU5+9xz6gd3/NhG3txQCo6xlglmTS+oTGEQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dependencies:
+      jake: 10.8.5
+    dev: true
+
   /electron-to-chromium/1.4.151:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-XaG2LpZi9fdiWYOqJh0dJy4SlVywCvpgYXhzOlZTp4JqSKqxn5URqOjbm9OMYB3aInA2GuHQiem1QUOc1yT0Pw==}
 
@@ -5740,6 +5760,12 @@ packages:
       flat-cache: 3.0.4
     dev: true
 
+  /filelist/1.0.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-w1cEuf3S+DrLCQL7ET6kz+gmlJdbq9J7yXCSjK/OZCPA+qEN1WyF4ZAf0YYJa4/shHJra2t/d/r8SV4Ji+x+8Q==}
+    dependencies:
+      minimatch: 5.1.2
+    dev: true
+
   /fill-range/7.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-qOo9F+dMUmC2Lcb4BbVvnKJxTPjCm+RRpe4gDuGrzkL7mEVl/djYSu2OdQ2Pa302N4oqkSg9ir6jaLWJ2USVpQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -6340,6 +6366,17 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
     dev: true
 
+  /jake/10.8.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-sVpxYeuAhWt0OTWITwT98oyV0GsXyMlXCF+3L1SuafBVUIr/uILGRB+NqwkzhgXKvoJpDIpQvqkUALgdmQsQxw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=10'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dependencies:
+      async: 3.2.4
+      chalk: 4.1.2
+      filelist: 1.0.4
+      minimatch: 3.1.2
+    dev: true
+
   /jest-changed-files/29.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-28/iDMDrUpGoCitTURuDqUzWQoWmOmOKOFST1mi2lwh62X4BFf6khgH3uSuo1e49X/UDjuApAj3w0wLOex4VPQ==}
     engines: {node: ^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=18.0.0}
@@ -7176,6 +7213,13 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       brace-expansion: 1.1.11
 
+  /minimatch/5.1.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-bNH9mmM9qsJ2X4r2Nat1B//1dJVcn3+iBLa3IgqJ7EbGaDNepL9QSHOxN4ng33s52VMMhhIfgCYDk3C4ZmlDAg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=10'}
+    dependencies:
+      brace-expansion: 2.0.1
+    dev: true
+
   /minimist/1.2.6:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Jsjnk4bw3YJqYzbdyBiNsPWHPfO++UGG749Cxs6peCu5Xg4nrena6OVxOYxrQTqww0Jmwt+Ref8rggumkTLz9Q==}
     dev: true
@@ -8675,6 +8719,12 @@ packages:
       '@types/istanbul-lib-coverage': 2.0.3
       convert-source-map: 1.7.0
 
+  /vite-plugin-ejs/1.6.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-23p1RS4PiA0veXY5/gHZ60pl3pPvd8NEqdBsDgxNK8nM1rjFFDcVb0paNmuipzCgNP/Y0f/Id22M7Il4kvZ2jA==}
+    dependencies:
+      ejs: 3.1.8
+    dev: true
+
   /vite-tsconfig-paths/4.0.2_eqmiqdrctagsk5ranq2vs4ssty:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-UzU8zwbCQrdUkj/Z0tnh293n4ScRcjJLoS8nPme2iB2FHoU5q8rhilb7AbhLlUC1uv4t6jSzVWnENjPnyGseeQ==}
     peerDependencies:
diff --git a/kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts b/kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts
index 3320bb8cd87..189e72e7f9d 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts
+++ b/kafka-ui-react-app/vite.config.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,20 @@ import {
 } from 'vite';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react-swc';
 import tsconfigPaths from 'vite-tsconfig-paths';
+import { ViteEjsPlugin } from 'vite-plugin-ejs';
 
 export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   process.env = { ...process.env, ...loadEnv(mode, process.cwd()) };
 
   const defaultConfig: UserConfigExport = {
-    plugins: [react(), tsconfigPaths(), splitVendorChunkPlugin()],
+    plugins: [
+      react(),
+      tsconfigPaths(),
+      splitVendorChunkPlugin(),
+      ViteEjsPlugin({
+        PUBLIC_PATH: mode !== 'development' ? 'PUBLIC-PATH-VARIABLE' : '',
+      }),
+    ],
     server: {
       port: 3000,
     },
