videoflix/backend/README.md

Backend

Env Configuration

To configure your backend application, you need to create an .env file in the videoflix folder of your project. This file contains various environment-specific settings, including email, security, and monitoring configuration.

Step 1: Create the .env file

Create a file named .env inside the videoflix folder of your project:

/your-project-root/
└── videoflix/
    ├── .env_example
    └── .env  ← create this file

You can also simply rename or copy the existing .env_example file:

cp videoflix/.env_example videoflix/.env

Then open videoflix/.env and adjust the values according to your environment.

Step 2: Add the required configuration

Open the .env file and include the following lines according to your needs:

# General settings
DEBUG=False
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_here

# Email settings
EMAIL_HOST_USER=your_email_user
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your_email_password

# Sentry settings
SENTRY_DSN=your_sentry_dsn