Documentation. Configuration

The configiration of W3DB is done via environment variables:

Environment Variable	Description
LICENSE_NAME	The name of the person/company holding the license. This information is available in your customer panel.
LICENSE_KEY	The license key for W3DB. This information is available in your customer portal.
APP_URL	The url of the application (i.e. http://localhost:34432)
SERVER_HOST	The hostname where W3DB will be listening at. Usually localhost or 127.0.0.1
SERVER_PORT	The port where W3DB will be listening at
API_KEYS	The API keys for accessing the W3DB. These are decided by yourself. When multiple keys are needed separate these with commas. Best practice is to use long random keys (36 chars and above), i.e. GUIDs and change these regularly
DB_DRIVER	The driver to be used. One of sqlite, mysql, postgres
DB_HOST	The host where the database is hosted
DB_DATABASE	The name of the database to connect to
DB_USER	The username for logging to the database
DB_PASS	The password for logging to the database

Example .env File for MySQL


        LICENSE_NAME="Jon Doe <jon.doe@test.com>"
  LICENSE_KEY="AAA-111"
  
  APP_URL="http://localhost:32321"
  SERVER_HOST="localhost"
  SERVER_PORT="32321"
  
  API_KEYS="123,234"
  
  DB_DRIVER="mysql"
  DB_HOST="yourdbhost.com"
  DB_PORT="3306"
  DB_DATABASE="yourdatabasename"
  DB_USERNAME="yourdatabaseuser"
  DB_PASSWORD="yourdatabasepassword"
  DEBUG="yes"

Example .env File for SQLite


        LICENSE_NAME="Jon Doe <jon.doe@test.com>"
  LICENSE_KEY="AAA-111"
  
  APP_URL="http://localhost:32321"
  SERVER_HOST="localhost"
  SERVER_PORT="32321"
  
  API_KEYS="123,234"
  
  DB_DRIVER="sqlite"
  DB_HOST=""
  DB_PORT=""
  DB_DATABASE="./sqlite-database.db"
  DB_USERNAME=""
  DB_PASSWORD=""
  DEBUG="yes"

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Example .env File for MySQL

Example .env File for SQLite