server-configuration.md

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Server Configuration

This API requires a configuration file in the ./app/config/ folder based on the environment you are in.

You will need to set the API Environment via:

set API_NODE_ENV=local

The supported environments are: ( FYI, you can download config file samples for local, staging & production below )

• local
• staging
• production

You can also use Environmental Variables rather than a config file, if that is easier by editing the ~/.bash_profile file ( or whatever profile file you have ).

nano ~/.bash_profile

API Environmental Variables

export API_API_DATABASE='CHANGE_ME';
export API_API_HOST='locahost';
export API_API_PASSWORD='CHANGE_ME';
export API_API_USERNAME='CHANGE_ME';
export API_API_VERSION='v1'
export API_APP_SECRET='CHANGE_ME';
export API_BUGSNAG='CHANGE_ME';
export API_DEBUG=true;
export API_DEBUG_KEY='CHANGE_ME7';
export API_ELASTIC_SEARCH='http://localhost:9200';
export API_HASH_ID_ALPHABET='BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz';
export API_HASH_ID_LENGTH=6;
export API_HASH_ID_SECRET='CHANGE_ME';
export API_INVITE_CAP=15;
export API_INVITE_ONLY=true;
export API_LOGZIO_DEBUG=true;
export API_LOGZIO_TOKEN='CHANGE_ME';
export API_LOGZIO_TYPE='CivilServiceAPI';
export API_MANDRILL_API_KEY='CHANGE_ME';
export API_NODE_ENV='local';
export API_OPENSTATES_API_KEY='CHANGE_ME';
export API_PORT=5000;
export API_REDIS_HOST='127.0.0.1';
export API_REDIS_PORT=6379;
export API_REDIS_PASSWORD='CHANGE_ME';
export API_SESSION_KEY='CHANGE_ME';

You can use https://guid.it to create random strings for stuff like Session Key's and App Secret's.

You will now need to apply these new Environmental Variables

source ~/.bash_profile

Now you can verify that your settings are applied correctly:

echo $API_NODE_ENV