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Environment variables

Unlike traditional Django settings, we use environment variables for configuration to be compliant with twelve-factor apps.

You can define environment variables using your environment, or (if you're developing locally) an .env file in the root directory of the repository. For more information on configuring environment variables on cloud.gov, see Deploying to Cloud Foundry.

Note: When an environment variable is described as representing a boolean value, if the variable exists with any value (even the empty string), the boolean is true; otherwise, it's false.

Local development settings

These settings are likely to only be useful during local development and/or the deployment of non-production instances of CALC.

  • DEBUG is a boolean value that indicates whether debugging is enabled (this should always be false in production).

  • DEBUG_LOG_SQL is a boolean value that indicates whether SQL statements sent to the database should be logged to the console.

  • DEBUG_HTTPS is a boolean value that indicates whether the site should consider itself to be served over HTTPS while debugging is enabled. This can be useful if you want to develop with SSL enabled.

  • HIDE_DEBUG_UI is a boolean value that indicates whether to hide various development and debugging affordances in the UI, such as the Django Debug Toolbar. This can be useful when demoing or user testing a debug build.

  • REDIS_TEST_URL is the redis URL to use when running tests. When DEBUG is true and REDIS_URL isn't defined, it defaults to redis://localhost:6379/1.

  • FORCE_DISABLE_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT is a boolean value that indicates whether to disable redirection from http to https. Because such redirection is enabled by default when DEBUG is false, this option can be useful when you want to simulate almost everything about a production environment without having to setup SSL.

  • USE_POLLING is a boolean; if true, this will force all the watchers to use filesystem polling instead of OS notifications, which works better with some configurations, such as Windows, VirtualBox, and NFS mounts.

  • NON_PROD_INSTANCE_NAME is an optional instance name that when specified will cause a banner to be shown at the top of every page to let users know that they are viewing a non-production instance of CALC. This value can contain HTML, so it's possible to e.g. wrap the value in a hyperlink.

Deployment settings

These are useful for any kind of deployment of CALC.

  • SECRET_KEY is a large random value corresponding to Django's SECRET_KEY setting. It is automatically set to a known, insecure value when DEBUG is true.

  • DATABASE_URL is the URL for the database, as per the DJ-Database-URL schema. Note that the protocol must be postgres:.

  • EMAIL_URL is the URL for the service to use when sending email, as per the dj-email-url schema. When DEBUG is true, this defaults to console:. If it is set to dummy: then no emails will be sent and messages about email notifications will not be shown to users. The setting can easily be manually tested via the manage.py sendtestemail command.

  • DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL is the email from-address to use in all system generated emails to users. It corresponds to Django's DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL setting. It defaults to noreply@localhost when DEBUG=True.

  • SERVER_EMAIL is the email from-address to use in all system generated emails to managers and admins. It corresponds to Django's SERVER_EMAIL setting. It defaults to system@localhost when DEBUG=True.

  • HELP_EMAIL is the email used as the reply-to address in system generated emails to users. It is also the email address used in the site footer and for other contact purposes. It should refer to an inbox that is monitored. If not set, it will use the same value as DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL.

  • REDIS_URL is the URL for redis, which is used by the task queue. When DEBUG is true, it defaults to redis://localhost:6379/0.

  • ENABLE_SEO_INDEXING is a boolean value that indicates whether to indicate to search engines that they can index the site.

  • UAA_CLIENT_ID is your cloud.gov/Cloud Foundry UAA client ID. It defaults to calc-dev.

  • UAA_CLIENT_SECRET is your cloud.gov/Cloud Foundry UAA client secret. If this is undefined and DEBUG is true, then a built-in Fake UAA Provider will be used to "simulate" cloud.gov login.

  • SECURITY_HEADERS_ON_ERROR_ONLY is a boolean value that indicates whether security-related response headers (such as X-XSS-Protection) should only be added on error (status code >= 400) responses. This setting will likely only be used for cloud.gov deployments, where the built-in proxy sets those security headers on 200 responses but not on others.

  • GA_TRACKING_ID is the tracking ID (e.g. 'UA-12345678-12') for the associated Google Analytics account. It will default to the empty string if not found in the environment.

  • SLACKBOT_WEBHOOK_URL is the URL of a Slack incoming webhook that will be sent messages whenever certain kinds of events occur in the app.
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