Environment Configuration

Keep environment-specific configuration outside source control.

Local development

Configure the local backend with only the services required for the feature you are developing or testing. Typical categories include:

• the local database connection;
• optional queue or cache services;
• local authentication and integration settings;
• public browser configuration used by the web application.

Use development-only values. Do not reuse production credentials in a local environment.

Secret handling

Never place passwords, API credentials, signing material, database credentials, or third-party service secrets in documentation.

Keep secret values in the local environment or an approved secret-management mechanism. Commit only documented placeholders or templates that are explicitly intended for source control.

Browser-visible configuration must never contain server-side secrets.

Environment separation

Use separate configuration for development, staging, and production. A local development command should not depend on production-only values.

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