Service Configuration

Our services are configured by having certain environment variables set in their shell before they are started.

Database Configuration

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_DB_READ_HOST`	staging-read.postgres.crowd.dev	Host location of your PostgreSQL v13 database read-only instance. This can be the same as `CROWD_DB_WRITE_HOST` if you don't expect much load on your database.
`CROWD_DB_WRITE_HOST`	staging-write.postgres.crowd.dev	Host location of your PostgreSQL v13 database read & write instance
`CROWD_DB_PORT`	5432	Database port number
`CROWD_DB_USERNAME`	postgres	Database user
`CROWD_DB_PASSWORD`	password	Database password
`CROWD_DB_DATABASE`	crowdDb	Database name

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_SQS_NODEJS_WORKER_QUEUE`	https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/12345678/nodejs-worker.fifo	SQS FIFO Queue Url used by `nodejs-worker` service.
`CROWD_SQS_NODEJS_WORKER_DELAYABLE_QUEUE`	https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/12345678/nodejs-worker	SQS non-FIFO Queue Url used by `nodejs-worker` service to delay messages.
`CROWD_SQS_PYTHON_WORKER_QUEUE`	https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/12345678/python-worker.fifo	SQS FIFO Queue Url used by `python-worker` service.
`CROWD_SQS_PREMIUM_PYTHON_WORKER_QUEUE`	https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/12345678/premium-python-worker.fifo	SQS FIFO Queue Url used by `premium-python-worker` service.
`CROWD_SQS_AWS_ACCOUNT_ID`	12345678	AWS Account ID
`CROWD_SQS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`	AWSACCESSKEYID	AWS Access Key ID
`CROWD_S3_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`	AWSSECRETACCESSKEY	AWS Secret Access Key
`CROWD_S3_AWS_REGION`	us-east-2	AWS Region

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_CUBEJS_URL`	https://staging.cubejs.app.com	URL pointing to the where CubeJS is deployed.
`CROWD_CUBEJS_JWT_SECRET`	topsecretjwtkey	JWT secret used to configure CubeJS so that our services can access CubeJS API.
`CROWD_CUBEJS_JWT_EXPIRY`	2h	How long do JWT tokens issued by CubeJS last?

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_SEARCH_ENGINE_HOST`	https://staging-search.crowd.app.com	URL pointing to where MeiliSearch instance is deployed.
`CROWD_SEARCH_ENGINE_API_KEY`	testkey	MeiliSearch API key so that our services can access their API.

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_EDITION`	community	Which crowd.dev edition are you using?
`TENANT_MODE`	multi	For now we only allow multi here but we could support other modes as well later on.
`NODE_ENV`	development	This can be either set to production for production deploy or to development for all the other deploy modes.
`SERVICE_ENV`	development	Same as `NODE_ENV`
`CROWD_API_URL`	https://app.test.com/api	URL to `api` service instance.
`CROWD_API_FRONTEND_URL`	https://app.test.com	URL to `frontend` service instance. This is where the web application lives.
`CROWD_API_JWT_SECRET`	topsecretjwtissuingkey	Passphrase used for issuing JWT login tokens by our `api` service.
`CROWD_API_JWT_EXPIRES_IN`	100 years	How long should the login token last.
KUBE_MODE	1	This has to be set to 1.

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`VUE_APP_EDITION`	community	Which edition of crowd are you using?
`VUE_APP_COMMUNITY_PREMIUM`	false	Are premium features enabled?
`VUE_APP_BACKEND_URL`	https://app.test.com/api	URL to `api` service instance.
`VUE_APP_FRONTEND_HOST`	app.test.com	Domain name of where web application is hosted at.
`VUE_APP_FRONTEND_PROTOCOL`	https	Either `https` if using SSL or `http`.
`VUE_APP_GITHUB_INSTALLATION_URL`	https://github.com/apps/testappname/installations/new	GitHub app installation URL - Check this guide to see how to get this value.
`VUE_APP_DISCORD_INSTALLATION_URL`	https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=123456789&permissions=12345&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.test.com%2Fintegrations%3Fsource%3Ddiscord&response_type=code&scope=bot%20messages.read	Discord app installation URL - Check this guide to see how to get this value.
`VUE_APP_CUBEJS_URL`	https://app.test.com/cjs	URL pointing to the instance of CubeJS.

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_TWITTER_CLIENT_ID`	WXFZpe4gUSR7ZhiHSu0yuc0yWkeTwY8GGINU7BmLtLQCEN2bP2zrT6glpaSb	Twitter OAuth2 client ID for Twitter integration.
`CROWD_TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET`	dpLTMP0RbSGZeGH9erKkl0GzR7W2iS4BUNLlC9t1LeJa63GhHFqMIuU9QxT155WzxcP6aXBInSzp1NpbtSrvkwxYpAZwR8udj53V	Twitter OAuth2 client secret for Twitter integration.

For a guide on how to get these values click here .

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_SLACK_CLIENT_ID`	WXFZpe4gUSR7ZhiHSu0yuc0yWkeTwY8GGINU7BmLtLQCEN2bP2zrT6glpaSb	Slack OAuth2 client ID for Twitter integration.
`CROWD_SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET`	dpLTMP0RbSGZeGH9erKkl0GzR7W2iS4BUNLlC9t1LeJa63GhHFqMIuU9QxT155WzxcP6aXBInSzp1NpbtSrvkwxYpAZwR8udj53V	Slack OAuth2 client secret for Twitter integration.

For a guide on how to get these values click here .

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_DISCORD_TOKEN`	dpLTMP0RbSGZeGH9erKkl0GzR7W2iS4BUNLlC9t1LeJa63GhHFqMIuU9QxT155WzxcP6aXBInSzp1NpbtSrvkwxYpAZwR8udj53V	Discord access token for Discord integration.

For a guide on how to get these values click here .

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_GITHUB_APP_ID`	123456	GitHub developer app ID.
`CROWD_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID`	WXFZpe4gUSR7ZhiHSu0yuc0yWkeTwY8GGINU7BmLtLQCEN2bP2zrT6glpaSb	GitHub OAuth2 client ID for GitHub integration.
`CROWD_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET`	dpLTMP0RbSGZeGH9erKkl0GzR7W2iS4BUNLlC9t1LeJa63GhHFqMIuU9QxT155WzxcP6aXBInSzp1NpbtSrvkwxYpAZwR8udj53V	GitHub OAuth2 client ID for GitHub integration.
`CROWD_GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY`	LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQ...clipped...FhLUT09Ci0tLS0tRU5EIFBSSVZBVEUgS0VZLS0tLS0K	GitHub private key base 64 encoded into one line.
`CROWD_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET`	7c2e22ca-24c6-4643-8666-2d1766f018de	GitHub webhook verification secret.

For a guide on how to get these values, click here .

For a guide on how to get these values, click here.

Environment variable	Example value	Description
`CROWD_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID`	0-oy43x9FSgjhEshfuU_Eg	Client ID for your Reddit app
`CROWD_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET`	jXtHarnskHjlhHPVid0jDIUYO_p4bg	Secret for your Reddit app