Boilerplate Environment Variables Configuration
Environment variables can be used to control the behavior of the server application and specify certain settings. They can be set in the .env file in the root of the project. Example.env in the documents folder contains an example of such file.
Web Serving
| Variable Name |
Description |
| PORT |
Port for serving the SPA web application and API. |
| HOST |
Host for for serving, for instance 127.0.0.1. |
| PUBLIC_URL |
URL through which browsers and other clients can access the server - isomorphic pages, public, GraphQL. Optional. Should not be empty. Example: https://example.com |
| USER_TOKEN_2_BYPASS_IP |
Requests coming from this IP will not be checked for User Token 2. This allows to use GraphiQL, however it can also be a security issue. By default it is set to 127.0.0.1 and should remain so in production |
Security Tokens and Secrets
| Variable Name |
Description |
| JWT_SECRET |
Secret used for JWT tokens. |
| SESSION_SECRET |
Secret used for express sessions. Rebar only, for logging in with Twitter. |
Cassandra connection
Stripe online payments
This section applies to Rebar only.
| Variable Name |
Description |
| PAYMENTS_STRIPE_SECRET_KEY |
Stripe secret key. |
| PAYMENTS_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY |
Stripe publishable key. |
Social Network login
This section applies to Rebar only. For more details refer to Login Using Social Networks.
| Variable Name |
Description |
| FACEBOOK_APP_ID |
Facebook public, shareable key. |
| FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET |
Facebook private, secret key. |
| GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID |
Google public, shareable key. |
| GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET |
Google private, secret key. |
| TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY |
Twitter public, shareable key. |
| TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET |
Twitter private, secret key. |