Environment Variables

We try to let most of the things defined through Environment Variables, as 12factor applications’s config. You will need to configure through your hosting provider (for example in Heroku), through a gem like figaro or through docker-compose env_file.

This is an extensive list of all the Env variables supported for an application created with the default decidim generator (ie: decidim my-application). Custom applications may modify or customize the default decidim initializer (config/initializers/decidim.rb) in such a a way that this will have no effect.

Finally, take into account that there are some config variables not available as Env vars, this is because it is not enough to set them in order to make that particular feature to work, it requires the user to add some custom code (usually a service class that acts a wrapper for an external API). These are the case for initializers such as sms_gateway_service, timestamp_service, pdf_signature_service or machine_translation_service. For more information about these extra services check the Initializer documentation.

The next tables show all the default Env Vars available when running a default Decidim application (note that customized Decidim apps might differ). The ones marked in bold are the minimal required to run a production server. The ones marked as italic are only required for development.

Table 1. Required Decidim Env Vars
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
DATABASE_HOST	Hostname for the Postgres database.	localhost	No
DATABASE_PASSWORD	Password for the Postgres database		No
DATABASE_PORT	Port for the Postgres database.	5432	No
DATABASE_USERNAME	Username for the Postgres database. Note that database name is autogenerated in development mode thus there is no config var here.		No
DATABASE_URL	For production environments database needs to be defined as a string following the scheme: postgres://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST/DATABASE_NAME`		No
RAILS_ENV	Environment for Ruby on Rails. If it is on your local machine for development, then it should be `development`. If it is on server it should be `production`. Please take care that this has security implications. You DO NOT want to be running a production application on development mode.	development	No
SECRET_KEY_BASE	Secret key base for the Application. It is specially important that this is kept secret from the outside word; do NOT publish it on GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket.		No
SMTP_ADDRESS	Hostname for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP		Yes
SMTP_DOMAIN	Domain for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP		Yes
SMTP_PASSWORD	Password for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP		Yes
SMTP_USERNAME	Username for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP		Yes
DECIDIM_APPLICATION_NAME	Default name (shown in the browser’s title status and search engines) for the Decidim instance.	My Application Name	Yes
DECIDIM_MAILER_SENDER	Default Reply email for any email sent (transactional or newsletters).	change-me@example.org	Yes
SMTP_PORT	Port for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP	587	Yes
SMTP_STARTTLS_AUTO	Automatically use STARTTLS protocol for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP	true	Yes
SMTP_AUTHENTICATION	Type of authentication for the SMTP server, for sending emails. See SMTP	plain	Yes
QUEUE_ADAPTER	Use this var to establish the backend used to process jobs in your application. Note that every backend requires some additional configuration steps. Also take into account that the default value (async) is not suitable for production environments Common values are `sidekiq` and `delayed_job`. If you decide to use `sidekiq`, you can easily generate the additional required files with the `--queue` option in the `decidim` generator (delayed_job is not supported yet, but you can easily follow the official instructions). - Check the Delayed Job info - Check the Sidekiq info	async	No
SIDEKIQ_CONCURRENCY	If you are using `sidekiq` as your job processor backend. You can use this var to tune the number of concurrent sidekiq processes running in parallel (this only applies if you are using the default `config/sidekiq.yml` file generated by the `decidim` generator). Note that each process consumes a database connection. You need to be sure you infrastructure is properly configured not to exceed the concurrent number of connections that your database supports. For this matter, check also the RAILS_MAX_THREADS param if you are using Puma.	5	No

If you want to use a cloud provider to storage user uploads. this can be done via next extra configuration variables.

Different providers require extra gems to be specified in your Gemfile. You can generate a new application with the appropriated gems with the command decidim --storage=[provider] my-application.

Table 2. Optional Decidim Env Vars for cloud storage settings
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
STORAGE_PROVIDER	Which storage provider is going to be used for the application, provides support for the most popular options. Options are `local`, `s3` (compatible with any AWS-S3 service provider), `azure` (for Microsoft Cloud Storage), `gcs` (Google Cloud Services). If this setting is set to any other value than `local`, and additional gem for the specified service must be installed in the Gemfile of your application. See the official Rails guide for details.	local	No
STORAGE_CDN_HOST	If you are using a cloud provider, having a CDN on top of it is probably a good idea. For instance, using a CloudFront distribution on top of a S3 configuration. But other services can be used as well (you can use CloudFlare for free with excellent results). Set the protocol, host and path to your CDN and all the user-generated files (through Active Storage) will be prefixed with this instead of serving files directly from the same domain of your application. Note that this is not the same as the RAILS_ASSET_HOST var. This other variable is used for static, compiled assets while STORAGE_CDN_HOST is for files dynamically generated within the application by users or admins.		No
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `s3`, define here your AWS KEY ID with permissions to access the bucket for the application. Also, be sure to add the line `gem "aws-sdk-s3", require: false` in your Gemfile.		No
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `s3`, define here your AWS SECRET KEY with permissions to access the bucket for the application.		No
AWS_BUCKET	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `s3`, define here the bucket used for uploading files and images.		No
AWS_REGION	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `s3`, define here your region (in case your S3 provider requires it, required if `AWS_ENDPOINT` is empty).		No
AWS_ENDPOINT	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `s3`, define here your endpoint (this is mandatory if using any provider that is not AWS, can be empty if using AWS and `AWS_REGION` is specified).		No
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `azure`, define here your AZURE ACCESS KEY with permissions to access the container for the application. Needs to be encoded in Base64. Also, be sure to add the line `gem "azure-storage-blob", require: false` in your Gemfile.		No
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `azure`, define here your AZURE ACCOUNT NAME with permissions to access the container for the application.		No
AZURE_CONTAINER	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `azure`, define here your AZURE CONTAINER used for uploading files and images.		No
GCS_PROJECT	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD PROJECT with permissions to access the bucket for the application. Also, be sure to add the line `gem "google-cloud-storage", "~> 1.11", require: false` in your Gemfile. GOOGLE CLOUD SERVICES require some amount of parameters. You should be able to extract them from a `keyfile.json` file.		No
GCS_BUCKET	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD BUCKET used for uploading files and images.		No
GCS_TYPE	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD SERVICE TYPE.	service_account	No
GCS_PROJECT_ID	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD PROJECT ID.		No
GCS_PRIVATE_KEY_ID	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD PRIVATE KEY ID.		No
GCS_PRIVATE_KEY	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD PRIVATE KEY.		No
GCS_CLIENT_EMAIL	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD CLIENT EMAIL.		No
GCS_CLIENT_ID	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD CLIENT ID.		No
GCS_AUTH_URI	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD AUTH URI (if needed)	https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth	No
GCS_TOKEN_URI	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD TOKEN URI (if needed)	https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token	No
GCS_AUTH_PROVIDER_X509_CERT_URL	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD AUTH X509 CERT URI (if needed)	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs	No
GCS_CLIENT_X509_CERT_URL	If STORAGE_PROVIDER is set to `gcs`, define here your GOOGLE CLOUD X509 CERT URI (if needed)		No

Next variables are additional services such as geolocation, etherpad and other simple integrations. Also some more refined configurations:

Table 3. Optional Decidim Env Vars for external services integrations
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
MAPS_PROVIDER	For a simple geolocation and tile maps service configuration define this value to one of the supported providers, currently `here` for HERE Maps or `osm` for OpenStreetMap. See Maps.		No
MAPS_API_KEY	For a simple geolocation and tile maps service configuration define this value in case the provider needs it (if you are using Here Maps, you will need an API key). See Maps. Note that if you are using the `here` service you do not need to do anything else. If using `osm` however check the rest of env vars related to maps for a proper configuration		No
MAPS_DYNAMIC_URL	If you are using a `osm` as a provider, you need to define this variable. Keep in mind that OpenStreetMap cannot be used directly due its non-commercial license in many cases. See Maps. You need to define this variable if using `osm` as a provider, usually the URL goes in the form of `https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?key={apiKey}&{foo}`		No
MAPS_STATIC_URL	If you are using a `osm` as a provider, you need to define this variable. Keep in mind that OpenStreetMap cannot be used directly due its non-commercial license in many cases. See Maps. You need to define this variable if using `osm` as a provider, usually the URL goes in the form of `http://staticmap.openstreetmap.de/`	https://image.maps.ls.hereapi.com/mia/1.6/mapview (only if using Here Maps)	No
MAPS_ATTRIBUTION	If you are using a `osm` as a provider, you need to define this variable. OpenStreeMap requires you to show the credits and that is what this does. See Maps. You need to define this variable if using `osm` as a provider, the next text is a pretty common value: `<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank">© OpenStreetMap</a> contributors`		No
MAPS_EXTRA_VARS	Some providers may require you to send additional variables in the dynamic tile request (custom api keys, secrets, etc). Use this to do that, you can define as many pairs of "variable"/"value" in a URL-encoded string. See Maps. Note that to defined this variable might not be necessary in most cases, if you do it must look something like `api_key=true&foo=bar%3Dbaz`		No
MAPS_GEOCODING_HOST	If you are using a `osm` as a provider, you need to define this variable to define the geocoder service to to translate addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates. See Maps. You need to define this variable if using `osm` as a provider, usually the URL goes in the form of `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org`		No
MAPS_DYNAMIC_PROVIDER	For advanced cases, you can define this value instead or in combination of MAPS_PROVIDER (which will be the default). This allows to set up different providers for the static tile provider than the dynamic. See Maps. Note that you do not need to define this variable for the most common, simple, one provider cases.		No
MAPS_STATIC_PROVIDER	For advanced cases, you can define this value instead or in combination of MAPS_PROVIDER (which will be the default). This allows to set up different providers for the static tile provider than the dynamic. See Maps. Note that you do not need to define this variable for the most common, simple, one provider cases.		No
MAPS_STATIC_API_KEY	For advanced cases, you can define this value instead or in combination of MAPS_API_KEY (which will be the default). This allows to set up different providers for the static tile provider than the dynamic requiring different API KEYS. See Maps. Note that you do not need to define this variable for the most common, simple, one provider cases.		No
MAPS_DYNAMIC_API_KEY	For advanced cases, you can define this value instead or in combination of MAPS_API_KEY (which will be the default). This allows to set up different providers for the static tile provider than the dynamic requiring different API KEYS. See Maps. Note that you do not need to define this variable for the most common, simple, one provider cases.		No
ETHERPAD_SERVER	URL for an Etherpad.org server to integrate in Decidim for collaborative, real time writing events. See Etherpad.		No
ETHERPAD_API_KEY	API key for communicating with the Etherpad server. See Etherpad.		No
ETHERPAD_API_VERSION	Etherpad API version, this is unlikely to be needed to be changed. See Etherpad.	1.2.1	No
OMNIAUTH_FACEBOOK_APP_ID	App ID for enabling access through Facebook.com accounts. See Social Providers. Note that defining this variable automatically renders the "log in with" button.		Yes
OMNIAUTH_FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET	App Secret for enabling access through Facebook.com accounts. See Social Providers.		Yes
OMNIAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID	Client ID for enabling access through Google.com accounts. See Social Providers.		Yes
OMNIAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET	Client Secret for enabling access through Google.com accounts. See Social Providers.		Yes
OMNIAUTH_TWITTER_API_KEY	API Key for enabling access through Twitter.com accounts. See Social Providers.		Yes
OMNIAUTH_TWITTER_API_SECRET	API Secret for enabling access through Twitter.com accounts. See Social Providers.		Yes
VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY	VAPID public key that will be used to sign the Push API requests. It can be generated running the task: `rails decidim:pwa:generate_vapid_keys`		No
VAPID_PRIVATE_KEY	VAPID private key that will be used to sign the Push API requests. It can be generated running the task: `rails decidim:pwa:generate_vapid_keys`		No

Table 4. Additional Optional Decidim Env Vars for the setting up the application
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
DECIDIM_AVAILABLE_LOCALES	a list of, coma separated, locales that will be available for each organization configured in the System configuration. Check for the Supported values in ISO639 format. Be careful while setting up this value, you can easily shoot yourself in the food as Decidim will crash if one of the languages is not supported	ca, cs, de, en, es, eu, fi, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ro	Partially, Only when creating a new organization the admin needs to choose between these values
DECIDIM_DEFAULT_LOCALE	The default locale to be used as a fallback (note that, in practice, this value must always be defined in the System configuration for each organization anyway). Note that `DECIDIM_AVAILABLE_LOCALES` must include this value	en	Partially, Only when creating a new organization
DECIDIM_FORCE_SSL	By default, Decidim enforces a SSL connection (https), sometimes it is necessary to disable it in order to handle this through a proxy system (note that use Decidim without SSL at all is NOT RECOMMENDED). This value can take 3 values: `auto`: Will be `true` for Rails Production or Staging environments and `false` for development or test. If undefined, defaults to this value. `true`: Will redirect to HTTPS always `false`: Will not redirect to HTTPS	auto	No
DECIDIM_ENABLE_HTML_HEADER_SNIPPETS	Set to `true` in order to allow administrators to define an arbitrary custom HTML code in the `<head></head>` section any Decidim page. The most common use is to integrate third-party services that require some extra JavaScript or CSS. Also, you can use it to add extra meta tags to the HTML. Note that this will only be rendered in public pages, not in the admin section. Before enabling this you should ensure that any tracking that might be done is in accordance with the rules and regulations that apply to your environment and usage scenarios. This component also comes with the risk that an organization’s administrator injects malicious scripts to spy on or take over user accounts.		No
DECIDIM_CURRENCY_UNIT	Currency unit is used in view showing monetary actions, such as budgets. It does not affect any internal calculations.	€	No
DECIDIM_CORS_ENABLED	The SVG do not support CORS. When using custom asset host different than root url, set this value to `true`, in order to activate the available workaround.	false	No
DECIDIM_IMAGE_UPLOADER_QUALITY	Defines the quality of image uploads after processing. Image uploads are processed by Decidim, this value helps reduce the size of the files.	80	No
DECIDIM_CACHE_EXPIRATION_TIME	The default number of minutes where a cache in Decidim will be applied (currently Decidim applies cache to some pieces of html called cells). If empty has no expiration time (but you can clear the cache anytime with the command `rails tmp:clear`). Note that zero ("0") is different than an empty string and it will disable the cache completely.	1440	No
DECIDIM_STATS_CACHE_EXPIRATION_TIME	Same as before but for the default number of minutes for html that displays stats.	10	No
DECIDIM_MAXIMUM_ATTACHMENT_SIZE	The maximum file size of an attachment (in Megabytes). Mind that this depends on your environment, for instance you could also need to change your web server configuration (nginx, apache, etc).	10	Yes
DECIDIM_MAXIMUM_AVATAR_SIZE	The maximum file size for a user avatar (in Megabytes). Mind that this depends on your environment, for instance you could also need to change your web server configuration (nginx, apache, etc).	5	Yes
DECIDIM_MAX_REPORTS_BEFORE_HIDING	The number of reports which a resource can receive before hiding it. This affects moderations for resources such as proposals or users (spammers).	3	No
DECIDIM_TRACK_NEWSLETTER_LINKS	Allow organizations admins to track newsletter links, trough UTMs. See UTM parameters in Wikipedia. Set it to `true` or `false`, if undefined defaults to `true`.	true	No
DECIDIM_DOWNLOAD_YOUR_DATA_EXPIRY_TIME	Number of days that the download your data files will be available in the server.	7	No
DECIDIM_THROTTLING_MAX_REQUESTS	Max requests in a time period to prevent DoS attacks. Only applied on production. Note that this is used by the Gem Rack::Attack and blocks are based on the detected remote IP. Different proxy configurations (such as load balancers) may affect this, we recommend to read the documentation for this gem.	100	No
DECIDIM_THROTTLING_PERIOD	Time window (in number of minutes) in which the throttling is applied.	1	No
DECIDIM_UNCONFIRMED_ACCESS_FOR	Time window (in number of days) were users can access the website even if their email is not confirmed.	0	No
DECIDIM_SYSTEM_ACCESSLIST_IPS	For extra security, restrict access to the system part with an authorized ip list. You can use a single ip like `1.2.3.4`, or an ip subnet like `1.2.3.4/24` You may specify multiple ip in an array, separating by commas, such as `1.2.3.4, 1.2.3.4/24`		No
DECIDIM_BASE_UPLOADS_PATH	A base path for the uploads. If set, make sure it ends in a slash. Uploads will be set to `<base_path>/uploads/`. This can be useful if you want to use the same uploads place for both staging and production environments, but in different folders. If not set, it will be ignored.		No
DECIDIM_DEFAULT_CSV_COL_SEP	Sets Decidim::Exporters::CSV’s default column separator. This is used in general in any activity that generates a CSV file.	;	No
DECIDIM_CONSENT_COOKIE_NAME	Defines the name of the cookie used to check if the user allows Decidim to set cookies. This is needed due the GDPR regulations.	decidim-cc	No
DECIDIM_EXPIRE_SESSION_AFTER	In minutes, How long can a user remained logged in before the session expires. Notice that this is also maximum time that user can idle before getting automatically signed out.	30	No
DECIDIM_ENABLE_REMEMBER_ME	If set to true, users have option to "remember me". Notice that expire_session_after will not take effect when the user wants to be remembered.	true	No
DECIDIM_SESSION_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL	In seconds, defines how often `session_timeouter.js` checks time between the current moment and the last request. This is a periodic poll method (performed by a JS script) that is used to show users an alert that the session is about to expire after a period of inactivity.	10	No
DECIDIM_FOLLOW_HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST	Exposes a configuration option: `HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST` header follow-up. If a caching system is in place, it can also allow cache and log poisoning attacks, allowing attackers to control the contents of caches and logs that could be used for other attacks.	false	No
DECIDIM_MAXIMUM_CONVERSATION_MESSAGE_LENGTH	The maximum length (number of characters) for conversation messages. Conversations are private threads between two or more users or groups. This does not affect comments as its length can be configured by administrators in the component’s settings.	1000	No
DECIDIM_DENIED_PASSWORDS	List of Denied passwords. Array may contain strings and regex entries. Separate each item of the array with a comma AND a space, for instance: `i-do-not-like-this-password, i-do-not-like-this-one-either, password123456`		No
DECIDIM_PASSWORD_SIMILARITY_LENGTH	Amount of characters required by parts of a domain (site or email / separated by a dot) for them to be taken into account during a password validation	4	No
DECIDIM_SOCIAL_SHARE_SERVICES	The social networking services that will be available when using the "Share" feature on some resources. See Social shares services documentation	X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram	No
DECIDIM_ALLOW_OPEN_REDIRECTS	Disable the redirection to the external host when performing redirect back. This is not recommended to activate unless you know what you are doing More details at Rails issue #39643 Additional context: This has been revealed as an issue during a security audit on the Future of Europe installation	false	No
DECIDIM_ADMIN_PASSWORD_STRONG	Enable strong password rules for admin users.	true	No
DECIDIM_ADMIN_PASSWORD_EXPIRATION_DAYS	Defines how many days admin passwords are valid before they need to be reset. If you want to disable password expiration, you can set this value to `0`.	90	No
DECIDIM_ADMIN_PASSWORD_REPETITION_TIMES	Defines how many previous passwords are compared against new admin user passwords.	5	No
DECIDIM_ADMIN_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH	The minimum character length for admin user passwords.	15	No
DECIDIM_SERVICE_WORKER_ENABLED	Enable/Disable the service worker. This is used to enable offline support and to deliver push notifications. In development it is recommended to be disabled because its aggressive cache configuration might cause some issues when submitting forms.	false	No
DECIDIM_ENABLE_ETIQUETTE_VALIDATOR	Enable/Disable Etiquette validator. The etiquette validator is applied to the create and edit forms of Proposals, Meetings, and Debates for both regular and admin users.	true	No
DECIDIM_SPAM_DETECTION_BACKEND_USER	The adapter type needed for user classifier. (for CI purposes, you can set "memory")	redis	No
DECIDIM_SPAM_DETECTION_BACKEND_USER_REDIS_URL	The redis connection url used by the user classifier	redis://localhost:6379/3	No
DECIDIM_SPAM_DETECTION_BACKEND_RESOURCE	The adapter type needed for resource classifier. (for CI purposes, you can set "memory")	redis	No
DECIDIM_SPAM_DETECTION_BACKEND_RESOURCE_REDIS_URL	The redis connection url used by the resource classifier	redis://localhost:6379/2	No

Table 5. Optional Env Vars fine tuning some Decidim modules (such the API or Proposal behaviors)
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
API_SCHEMA_MAX_PER_PAGE	Set this number to define the default limit for the number of items returned and queried from the database in any collection returned in the GraphQL API.	50	No
API_SCHEMA_MAX_COMPLEXITY	Complexity is a number based on the GraphQL query sent to the API. Too complex queries may cause a degradation of performance, lower or increase this number according your needs.	5000	No
API_SCHEMA_MAX_DEPTH	GraphQL nested queries can generated equally deeply nested queries on the database. To prevent this set this limit to prevent too unperformant queries.	15	No
PROPOSALS_PARTICIPATORY_SPACE_HIGHLIGHTED_PROPOSALS_LIMIT	Number of proposals to be shown in blocks with highlighted content across different participatory spaces.	4	No
PROPOSALS_PROCESS_GROUP_HIGHLIGHTED_PROPOSALS_LIMIT	Number of proposals to be shown in blocks with highlighted content in processes groups only.	3	No
MEETINGS_UPCOMING_MEETING_NOTIFICATION	Number of days before scheduled to send a reminder notification to users registered in a meeting.	2	No
MEETINGS_ENABLE_PROPOSAL_LINKING	If true, enables several relationships between meetings and proposals. By default is active if Proposals are active (which is true always at the moment). We recommend not to tamper with this setting unless you know what are you doing	auto	No
MEETINGS_EMBEDDABLE_SERVICES	A list (separated by spaces) of allowed services that can be embedded in a iframe when creating an online meeting.	www.youtube.com www.twitch.tv meet.jit.si	No
BUDGETS_ENABLE_PROPOSAL_LINKING	If true, enables several relationships between budgets and proposals. By default is active if Proposals are active (which is true always at the moment). We recommend not to tamper with this setting unless you know what are you doing	auto	No
ACCOUNTABILITY_ENABLE_PROPOSAL_LINKING	If true, enables several relationships between the accountability module and proposals. By default is active if Proposals are active (which is true always at the moment). We recommend not to tamper with this setting unless you know what are you doing	auto	No
INITIATIVES_CREATION_ENABLED	If false, regular users cannot create initiatives.	true	No
INITIATIVES_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD	Acts as the proposals similarity threshold, use a number between 0 and 1 to establish how similar have to be 2 initiatives to be listed the alternate list. 0 will require no similarity at all 1 will require for two initiatives to contain exactly the same text	0.25	No
INITIATIVES_SIMILARITY_LIMIT	Number of similar initiatives presented to the user before publishing a new one.	5	No
INITIATIVES_MINIMUM_COMMITTEE_MEMBERS	Minimum number of committee members required to pass the initiative to technical validation phase. Only applies to initiatives created by individuals.	2	No
INITIATIVES_DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_TIME_PERIOD_LENGTH	Number of days available to collect supports after an initiative has been published.	120	No
INITIATIVES_DEFAULT_COMPONENTS	Components enabled by default for a new initiative (administrators can add more).	pages, meetings	No
INITIATIVES_FIRST_NOTIFICATION_PERCENTAGE	Notifies when the given percentage of supports is reached for an initiative.	33	No
INITIATIVES_SECOND_NOTIFICATION_PERCENTAGE	Notifies when the given percentage of supports is reached for an initiative.	66	No
INITIATIVES_STATS_CACHE_EXPIRATION_TIME	Sets the expiration time for the statistic data.	5	No
INITIATIVES_MAX_TIME_IN_VALIDATING_STATE	Maximum amount of time in validating state. After this time the initiative will be moved to discarded state.	60	No
INITIATIVES_PRINT_ENABLED	Print functionality enabled. Allows users to get a printed version of the initiative.	false	No
INITIATIVES_DO_NOT_REQUIRE_AUTHORIZATION	If true, This flag allows creating initiatives to unauthorized users.	false	No

Table 6. Optional Env Vars for extra Rails configuration
Name	Value	Default value	Multitenant’s System configurable
RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT	If defined (value is indifferent) it will show the log content on the shell Standard Out. It is special relevant on certain hosting providers (for example, Heroku or Docker). It is also part of 12factor’s recommendations.		No
RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES	If defined (value is indifferent) it will serve static files present in the `public` folder of Rails. It is special relevant on certain hosting providers (for example, Heroku or Docker).		No
RAILS_LOG_LEVEL	The log level for the application. This makes more or less verbose the logger. Usually, it is a good choice to use `info` after a period of testing a production application. It must be one of these: `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `fatal` Note that this only applies to production environments.	debug	No
RAILS_ASSET_HOST	If you use a CDN or another type of assets management, you can specify the host (and path) for it so, instead of Rails serving your assets (CSS, JavaScript, Images) will use your custom system. For instance `https://assets.example.org`		No
PORT	Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests. This does not apply to alternative application servers such as Passenger.	3000	No
RAILS_MAX_THREADS	Specifies the maximum number of concurrent database connections and `threads` that Puma will use to serve requests. Please refer to Database pooling at Rails Guides for more information.	5	No
REDIS_URL	If using Sidekiq as a queue adapter for processing background jobs, a Redis database is needed. Sidekiq uses this env var if defined, if not defaults to `localhost:6379`. Please refer to Sidekiq documentation for more information.	5	No

Please take care that all these configurations would be the defaults but some of these could also be changed on a Multitenant’s System configuration (for instance SMTP or OAUTH providers).