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# Configure Prophecies

The application can be configured using the following environment variables:

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>Environment Variable</th><th>Description</th><th>Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>SECRET_KEY</code></td><td>Secret key for Django security</td><td>'django-insecure-...'</td></tr><tr><td><code>DEBUG</code></td><td>Debug mode toggle</td><td><code>False</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>TEMPLATE_DEBUG</code></td><td>Debug mode for templates</td><td>Value of <code>DEBUG</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>ALLOWED_HOSTS</code></td><td>Host/domain names that Django can serve</td><td>'localhost,127.0.0.1'</td></tr><tr><td><code>CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS</code></td><td>Trusted origins for CSRF protection</td><td>'http://localhost:8080'</td></tr><tr><td><code>STATIC_URL</code></td><td>URL for static files</td><td>'/static/'</td></tr><tr><td><code>STATIC_ROOT</code></td><td>Directory for <code>collectstatic</code></td><td>Project root + 'run/static'</td></tr><tr><td><code>MEDIA_STORAGE</code></td><td>Type of media storage</td><td>'FS'</td></tr><tr><td><code>MEDIA_ROOT</code></td><td>Directory for user-uploaded files</td><td>'/media/' for S3, Project root + 'run/media' for FS</td></tr><tr><td><code>MEDIA_URL</code></td><td>URL for media files</td><td>'https://{AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN}/' for S3, '/media/' for FS</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID</code></td><td>AWS access key ID for S3</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY</code></td><td>AWS secret access key for S3</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME</code></td><td>AWS storage bucket name for S3</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_S3_REGION_NAME</code></td><td>AWS S3 region name</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION</code></td><td>AWS S3 signature version</td><td>'s3v4'</td></tr><tr><td><code>AWS_QUERYSTRING_EXPIRE</code></td><td>AWS query string expiration time</td><td>'3600'</td></tr><tr><td><code>DATABASE_URL</code></td><td>Database URL for Django-environ to parse</td><td>'sqlite:///{root.path("db.sqlite3")()}'</td></tr><tr><td><code>USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST</code></td><td>Use <code>X-Forwarded-Host</code> header</td><td>Value of <code>DEBUG</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_URL_NAMESPACE</code></td><td>Namespace for social auth URLs</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_LOGIN_URL</code></td><td>Login URL for social auth</td><td>'/login/provider/'</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_HOSTNAME</code></td><td>Hostname for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_KEY</code></td><td>Key for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_SECRET</code></td><td>Secret for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_PROFILE_URL</code></td><td>Profile URL for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_AUTHORIZATION_URL</code></td><td>Authorization URL for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL</code></td><td>Access token URL for OAuth provider</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_ACCESS_TOKEN_METHOD</code></td><td>Access token method for OAuth provider</td><td>'POST'</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_USERNAME_FIELD</code></td><td>Username field for OAuth provider</td><td>'username'</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_GROUPS_FIELD</code></td><td>Groups field for OAuth provider</td><td>'groups'</td></tr><tr><td><code>SOCIAL_AUTH_PROVIDER_STAFF_GROUP</code></td><td>Staff group for OAuth provider</td><td>'staff'</td></tr><tr><td><code>CONSTANCE_PUBLIC_KEYS</code></td><td>Comma separated public keys for dynamic settings</td><td>'loginUrl'</td></tr><tr><td><code>DJANGO_ADMIN_LOGIN</code></td><td>Toggle for Django Admin native login</td><td>Value of <code>DEBUG</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>CACHE_URL</code></td><td>URL for cache backend</td><td>'filecache:///code/prophecies/run/cache/'</td></tr><tr><td><code>DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL</code></td><td>Logging level for Django</td><td>'INFO'</td></tr></tbody></table>


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