Enviroment Variables

Config and enviroment(.env) files

Gatsby uses a standard to define enviroment variables on his code.

You can provide environment variables to your site to customize its behavior in different environments. Gatsby Boilerplate offers two possible files: .env.production which is used to set environment variables on production and .env.development that can be used to set environment variables on development.

Gatsby Boilerplate uses the following environment variables:

  • ALGOLIA_API_KEY is used to set the API Key for Algolia search service.
  • ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME is used to set another one necessary Algolia credential to use the service.
  • GA_TRACKING_ID is used to set the tracking ID for Google Analytics track your app using gatsby-google-analytics plugin.
  • GITHUB_REPO is used to make references of a repo that have been passed to some components like Footer, Navigation...
  • PROJECT_NAME is used to define some titles on the page. Default value: Gatsby Boilerplate.
  • WEDEPLOY_AUTH_SERVICE_URL is used to set your WeDeploy auth service URL. More info on this link
  • WEDEPLOY_MASTER_TOKEN is used to set your WeDeploy project's master token.

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