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Setup environment variables
Copy database and application variables to the correct location.
cp shared/config/database.yml config/database.yml
cp shared/config/application.yml config/application.yml
Configure database
Use the following values in database.yml
development:
<<: *default
username: postgres
password:
database: chatwoot_dev
Following changes has to be in config/application.yml
Configure Pusher
Chatwoot uses Pusher to handle realtime messages. Create a free account on Pusher and fill the following environment values.
pusher_app_id: ''
pusher_key: ''
pusher_secret: ''
pusher_cluster: ''
Configure FB Channel
To use FB Channel, you have to create an Facebook app in developer portal. You can find more details about creating FB channels here
fb_verify_token: ''
fb_app_secret: ''
fb_app_id: ''
Configure emails
For development, you don't need an email provider. Chatwoot uses letter-opener gem to test emails locally
Configure frontend URL
Provide the following value as frontend url
frontend_url: 'http://localhost:3000'
Configure storage
Chatwoot currently supports only S3 bucket as storage. You can read Creating an S3 bucket and Create an IAM user to configure the following details.
S3_BUCKET_NAME: ''
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ''
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ''
AWS_REGION: ''
Configure Redis URL
For development, you can use the following url to connect to redis.
REDIS_URL: 'redis:://127.0.0.1:6379'