Environment Variables

Details for Backend Configuration

Assume most variables are required unless noted otherwise; see sample .env.example for sample usage in order to create a local .env file.

.env will need to be created for running backend locally (if not using local Docker workflow). Note that this will not be included in build or git history. You will need to configure EV in your host environment. If using Docker workflow for local development, you will want to make sure to set your local env vars in .env.local.docker

Application Level

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
APP_NAME	Name for the application	string	"A/B Testing"
APP_SCHEMA	Protocol for local server	"http" or "https"	"http"
APP_PORT	Port number to the backend application	string	"3030"
APP_HOST	Domain to be used in Upgrade local codebase	string	"localhost"
APP_ROUTE_PREFIX	API route prefix	"/" + url safe string	"/api"
APP_BANNER	console log the basic info of the application as a banner log	boolean	TRUE
APP_DEMO	deploy as demo-supporting backend. Additionally, gives access to clear DB via "/clearDB"	boolean (default: false)	FALSE
CACHING_ENABLED	Enable cached query calls (current applies to GET /segments queries)	boolean (default: FALSE)	TRUE

Logging

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
LOG_LEVEL	Log level for Winston logger	"error" | "warn" | "info" | "http" | "verbose" | "debug" | "silly"	"debug"
LOG_OUTPUT	log output	"dev" or empty	"dev"

TYPEORM + POSTGRES CONFIG

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
TYPEORM_CONNECTION	Name for TypeORM connection to DB	string	"postgres"
TYPEORM_HOST (RDS_HOSTNAME)	TypeORM connection domain to be used in Upgrade local codebase Replace with RDS_HOSTNAME if deployed in AWS	string	"localhost"
TYPEORM_HOSTNAME_REPLICAS (RDS_HOSTNAME_REPLICAS)	TypeORM connection domains for any read-replica DB to be used in Upgrade local codebase Replace with RDS_HOSTNAME_REPLICAS if deployed in AWS	array of strings	[ "localhost1", "localhost2", "localhost3"]
TYPEORM_PORT (RDS_PORT)	Port to be used for connection	string	"5432"
TYPEORM_USERNAME (RDS_USERNAME)	Connection username	string	"postgres"
TYPEORM_PASSWORD (RDS_PASSWORD)	Connection password	string	"postgres"
TYPEORM_DATABASE (RDS_DB_NAME)	Name of database driver	string	"postgres"
TYPEORM_SYNCHRONIZE	Whether TypeORM models will synchronize with DB at startup	boolean	FALSE
TYPEORM_LOGGING	Log level for db queries	"query" | "schema" | "error" | "warn" | "info" | "log" | "migration"	"error"
TYPEORM_MAX_QUERY_EXECUTION_TIME	Number of milliseconds before TypeORM will log a "slow query" message. (Note: this does not timeout a query)	string	1000
TYPEORM_MAX_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE	Maximum number of db connections to postgres	string	20 (defaults to 10)

PATH STRUCTURE FOR TYPEORM

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
TYPEORM_MIGRATIONS	Path for all migration files to apply	string	src/database/migrations/**/*.ts
TYPEORM_MIGRATIONS_DIR	Path for migration root directory	string	src/database/migrations
TYPEORM_ENTITIES	Path for all entity models.	string	src/api/models/**/*.ts
TYPEORM_ENTITIES_DIR	Path for entities root directory	string	src/api/models
CONTROLLERS	Path for controllers	string	src/api/controllers/**/*Controller.ts
MIDDLEWARES	Path for middlewares	string	src/api/middlewares/**/*Middleware.ts
INTERCEPTORS	Path for interceptors.	string	src/api/interceptors/**/*Interceptor.ts
TYPEORM_SEED	Path for seeding data files	string	src/database/seeds/**/*.seed.ts
TYPEORM_FACTORY	Path for factories	string	src/database/factories/**/*.factory.ts

SWAGGER

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
SWAGGER_ENABLED	Enables generation of swagger API docs output. (If not needed, build is faster when FALSE)	boolean	FALSE
SWAGGER_ROUTE	URL endpoint to access swagger docs (host + SWAGGER_ROUTE)	string	/swagger
SWAGGER_API	Code path for swagger API source	string	src/api/controllers/*.ts

Authorization Config

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID	Google Client Id credential provided from Google Cloud Console	string	<id>.apps.googleusercontent.com
DOMAIN_NAME	Limit Google-auth JWT credential token to be granted only user logins from a specific email domain (blank will allow all domains)	string	yourDomain.com
AUTH_CHECK	Enables Google-Auth credential Bearer token validation on public API requests	string	FALSE

AWS Configs

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
SCHEDULER_STEP_FUNCTION	The arn value of the Schedular step function deployed in aws	string	arn:aws:states:us-east-1:781188149671:stateMachine:development-upgrade-experiment-schedular
AWS_REGION	AWS region for backend and frontend resource deployments	Valid AWS Region string	"us-east-1"
HOST_URL	AWS deployed backend endpoint url	string	"http://development-upgrade-experiment-app.eba-gp6psjut.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/api"
TOKEN_SECRET_KEY	Secret key shared with Scheduler Lambda function to decode JWT authorization token in request	string	carnegielearning

Email Config

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
EMAIL_FROM	Addess that email will be sent from	string	[e-mail]
EMAIL_EXPIRE_AFTER_SECONDS	Milliseconds to retain availability of email	string	36000
EMAIL_BUCKET	S3 email bucket name deployed on aws	string	"upgrade-csv-upload"

Initialization

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
ADMIN_USERS	Email addresses that will be inserted as users with "admin" or other role automatically in this environment	string list of email addresses, with ":" followed be "admin" or other role. delimited by "/\"	"[e-mail]:admin/\[e-mail]:admin/\[e-mail]:creator"
CLIENT_API_SECRET	Secret value shared with Client Library function to verify JWT authorization token payload in request	string	"api-token-secret"
CLIENT_API_KEY	Secret key shared with Client Library function to decode JWT authorization token in request	string	"api-token-key"

CONTEXT_METADATA

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
CONTEXT_METADATA	Describes valid references to technical values from client platforms that will be connected to UpGrade experiments.	Please see CONTEXT_METADATA article for full details	Please see CONTEXT_METADATA article for full details

METRICS

Variable	Description	Allowed Values	Example
METRICS	Describes valid references to outcomes data from client platforms that will be connected to UpGrade experiments.	Please see METRICS article for full details	Please see METRICS article for full details