Environment variables

In order to run notifier in a prodution environment, some configuration is needed via environment variables.

Server configuration

• NODE_ENV: Set to production on production server.Defaults to development
• PORT: port where notifier will be listening. Defaults to 9001
• LOCALE: i18n locale to consider for templates. Refer to source/translations/lib to see which locales are currently supported.
• MONGO_URL: URL to your MongoDB solution to persist notifications and fetch user preferences. For DemocracyOS notifications, use the same database where users are persisted.
• ACCESS_TOKEN: API key for notifier clients.

Services

• MANDRILL_TOKEN: API token for if you're using Mandrill
  • MANDRILL_FROM_EMAIL: for mails via Mandrill, this specifies the email address for the sender of outgoing mails (e.g.: [email protected])
  • MANDRILL_FROM_NAME: for mails via Mandrill, this specifies the name for the sender of outgoing mails (e.g.: The DemocracyOS team).
• LOGENTRIES_TOKEN: API key for logging to logentries
• HOOK_URL and HOOK_TOKEN: set these up if you're using resthooks
• TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_ACCOUNT_TOKEN: set these up if using twilio
• GOOGLE_SERVER_API_KEY: for Android notification service.
• APPLE_CERT and APPLE_KEY: for Apple's APN service.