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Environment variables

LLM calls

  • OPENAI_API_KEY: OpenAI API key
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: Anthropic API key
  • GOOGLE_API_KEY: Google API key
  • LLM_CACHE_PATH: Path to the LLM cache

You don't have to specify API keys for all providers; only ones that are used. See here for details on adding new providers and customizing Docent's LLM API calls.

Postgres

We have provided reasonable defaults in .env.template, but you're welcome to customize these as needed.

  • DOCENT_PG_USER: Postgres username
  • DOCENT_PG_PASSWORD: Postgres password
  • DOCENT_PG_HOST: Postgres host
  • DOCENT_PG_PORT: Postgres port
  • DOCENT_PG_DATABASE: Postgres database (not postgres)

Redis

We have provided reasonable defaults in .env.template, but you're welcome to customize these as needed.

  • DOCENT_REDIS_HOST: Redis host
  • DOCENT_REDIS_PORT: Redis port
  • DOCENT_REDIS_USER: Redis username (optional)
  • DOCENT_REDIS_PASSWORD: Redis password (optional)

CORS

  • DOCENT_CORS_ORIGINS: CSV list of allowed frontend origins (optional)
    • Leave empty/unset for development (defaults to localhost:*)
    • Example for multiple domains: DOCENT_CORS_ORIGINS=https://app.yourdomain.com,https://admin.yourdomain.com

Optional variables for deployed environments

  • DEPLOYMENT_ID: ID of the deployment (unset for local)
  • SENTRY_DSN: Sentry DSN
  • POSTHOG_API_KEY: PostHog API key
  • POSTHOG_API_HOST: PostHog API host (defaults to https://us.i.posthog.com)