Environment Variables

Each repo ships an .env.*.example file. Copy and fill in values before running.

django-api

cp .env.development.example .env.development

Variable	Description
`DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`	e.g. `config.settings.local`
`SECRET_KEY`	Django secret key
`DATABASE_URL`	MySQL DSN
`CELERY_BROKER_URL`	Redis URL
`CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND`	Redis URL
`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`	S3 credentials
`AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`	S3 credentials
`AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME`	S3 bucket
`DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND`	Email backend class (see Mail service)
`EMAIL_HOST`	SMTP host — `mailpit` for local/staging, real host for production
`EMAIL_PORT`	SMTP port — `1025` for Mailpit, `587` for TLS
`EMAIL_HOST_USER`	SMTP username (empty for Mailpit)
`EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD`	SMTP password (empty for Mailpit)
`EMAIL_USE_TLS`	`True` for production SMTP, `False` for Mailpit
`EMAIL_USE_SSL`	`True` only if provider requires SSL on port 465
`SENDGRID_API_KEY`	Required only when `DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND=anymail...sendgrid`
`CLEARCHECKS_API_KEY`	Background check API
`RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY`	Google ReCaptcha v3
`ALLOWED_HOSTS`	Comma-separated hostnames
`CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`	Comma-separated SPA origins

cp .env.development.example .env.development

Variable	Description
`VITE_API_BASE_URL`	django-api base URL
`VITE_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY`	Google ReCaptcha v3 site key

cp apps/novahomecare/.env.development.example apps/novahomecare/.env.development

Variable	Description
`CYPRESS_BASE_URL`	Portals SPA URL under test
`CYPRESS_API_URL`	django-api URL under test
`CYPRESS_ADMIN_EMAIL` / `_PASSWORD`	Admin test credentials
`CYPRESS_EMPLOYEE_EMAIL` / `_PASSWORD`	Employee test credentials
`CYPRESS_MARKETER_EMAIL` / `_PASSWORD`	Marketer test credentials

Never commit secrets

Keep all .env.* files in .gitignore. Use your team's secret manager for sharing credentials.