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MODE_ENV and NODE_ENV variables usage guide

Oleksandra korel Kalinina edited this page Sep 19, 2019 · 1 revision

DS project is a universal platform for comparison of visual data. Depends on data you want to be compared [Homes, Clinics, Schools] you need to change the settings for the application [S3 bucket, Default Filter values etc.]. In the other hand, you need to run DS in different modes for testing or for the production environment. There are two env variables used to manage this application states :

  • MODE_ENV: Contains information about MODE in which DS project will be run [local, dev, prod].

  • NODE_ENV: Contains information about the type of data you want to compare in DS project [Homes, Clinics, Schools].

Depending on MODE_ENV and NODE_ENV, the specified config file will be used to build an applicThe config

The config file name should follow the following format ${MODE_ENV}.${NODE_ENV}.json