Environment Variables

The following environment variables can be used to manipulate your Tau install.

Key	Description	Default Value
PUBLIC_URL	Hostname used to communicate with TAU	localhost
PROTOCOL	Protocol being used, either "http:" or "https:"	http:
PORT	Port for the application to listen on	8000
BEHIND_PROXY	Whether or not the application is running behind a reverse proxy (like NGINX)	False
USE_NGROK	Whether or not to use NGROK to allow running TAU locally without port forwarding	False
NGROK_TOKEN	Token used for authenticating with NGROK	''
REDIS_ENDPOINT	Address and Port to connect to Redis at	redis:6379
REDIS_PW	Password used to authenticate with Redis	''
DJANGO_DB_TYPE	Database types django uses, options are postgres and sqlite	postgres
DJANGO_DB	Name of the database	tau_db
DJANGO_DB_URL	Hostname of the database	db
DJANGO_DB_USER	Username to connect to the database with	tau_db
DJANGO_DB_PW	Password for the DJANGO_DB_USER	''
DJANGO_CONFIGURATION	Configuration django uses	Local
DJANGO_SECRET_KEY	Key used by Django for keeping your data stored securely	None
TWITCH_CLIENT_ID	Application ID for connecting to twitch	''
TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET	Used for communicating with the twitch API	''
TWITCH_WEBHOOK_SECRET	Used for signing the webhooks from twitch to validate they are legitimate	''