Environmental variables

Feel free to copy this table and add your details prior to deployment

Some I haven't included as they are set by Heroku or the resources automatically. I've left DATABASE_URL in though since its kind of important even though heroku sets it up for you!

Outpost

ENV VAR	Value	Description	Service
FEEDBACK_FORM_URL		Link to a feedback form for the service. Shown with the BETA banner for community users.	Any, See [[Customising Outpost]]
GOOGLE_API_KEY	outpost_geocode_<ENV>	with the geocoding API enabled, to geocode postcodes	See [[Maps]]
GOOGLE_CLIENT_KEY	outpost_maps_<ENV>	with the javascript and static maps APIs enabled, to add map views to admin screens	See [[Maps]]
GCP_PROJECT		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_BUCKET		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_PROJECT_ID		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_PRIVATE_KEY_ID		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_PRIVATE_KEY		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_CLIENT_EMAIL		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_CLIENT_ID		Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
GCP_CLIENT_X509_CERT_URL	"https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/"	Used for settings and logo upload	Google cloud storage
MAILER_FROM	no-reply@blah.com	From email for emails	GOV.UK Notify / Sendgrid
MAILER_HOST	https://outpost.blah.com	where the app lives on the web, to correctly form urls in emails	GOV.UK Notify / Sendgrid
NOTIFY_API_KEY		API key for GOV.UK Notify	GOV.UK Notify
NOTIFY_TEMPLATE_ID		Template ID for GOV.UK Notify	GOV.UK Notify
SENDGRID_API_KEY		Not used	Sendgrid
OFSTED_API_KEY		API key for ofsted
OFSTED_FEED_API_ENDPOINT		Endpoint for ofsted feed
DATABASE_URL	postgres://...	Filled in automatically by heroku	Heroku
DB_URI	mongodb+srv://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<INSTANCE>/<USERNAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority	Provided by Atlas MongoDB	Atlas MongoDB
LANG	en_US.UTF-8
SCOUT_BUILD_HOOK (deprecated)		Outpost will make a POST request to this webhook URL whenever taxonomies are changed. Intended to trigger Scout rebuilds.	Netlify
SCOUT_URL (deprecated)		Used in emails when changes have been approved.	Netlify
OUTPOST_INSTANCE_NAME (deprecated)		the name of the Outpost instance. This will appear in invite emails to new users, to let them know who the email is from.
INSTANCE (deprecated?)		Was used to set instance specific options before settings were introduced

Extras

• HEROKU_APP_ID
• HEROKU_APP_NAME
• HEROKU_RELEASE_CREATED_AT
• HEROKU_RELEASE_VERSION
• HEROKU_SLUG_COMMIT
• HEROKU_SLUG_DESCRIPTION
• PAPERTRAIL_API_TOKEN
• RACK_ENV
• RAILS_ENV
• RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT enabled
• RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES enabled
• SECRET_KEY_BASE
• SENTRY_DSN

More info

FEEDBACK_FORM_URL