environment-variables.md

Required Variables

DATABASE_URL URL of a postgres database postgres://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:5432/DATABASE

Variables with default fallbacks

JWT_SECRET (secret)
JWT_EXPIRES_IN (30d)
NODE_ENV (production)
NODE_PORT (3000): port number of the node server
CLIENT_PORT (1236) port number of webpack dev server (relevant only in developement)
PORT (4000) port number of the nginx reverse proxy (relevant for docker images)
NODE_SERVE_STATIC (false) serve static assets using the server (relevant for executables)
NODE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS (false)
NODE_STS (false)

Required for email

ASSETS_URL URL of the client. used in password reset emails
EMAIL_HOST
EMAIL_PASSWORD
EMAIL_PORT
EMAIL_SECURE
EMAIL_SENDER
EMAIL_USER

Required for Google OAuth and Importing from Google Drive

SERVER_URL URL of the server. used in oauth callback URLs
OAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
OAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET