Self-Hosting Environment Variables

Full .env reference for self-hosted Future AGI — secrets, database credentials, runtime flags, LLM provider keys, email, and frontend build-time configuration.

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Reference for every environment variable the stack reads from .env. Grouped by purpose: secrets, database credentials, runtime flags, LLM provider keys, email, and frontend build-time config.

cp .env.example .env

The stack boots fine with defaults. Replace CHANGEME secrets before sharing with others.

Required secrets

Variable	Generate with	Used by
`SECRET_KEY`	`openssl rand -hex 32`	Django sessions, CSRF, password reset
`PG_PASSWORD`	`openssl rand -base64 24`	PostgreSQL auth
`MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`	`openssl rand -base64 24`	MinIO object storage auth
`AGENTCC_INTERNAL_API_KEY`	`openssl rand -hex 32`	Backend ↔ gateway shared secret

Database credentials

Variable	Default	Notes
`PG_USER`	`futureagi`	PostgreSQL username
`PG_PASSWORD`	`CHANGEME`	Must change
`PG_DB`	`futureagi`	PostgreSQL database name
`MINIO_ROOT_USER`	`futureagi`	MinIO username
`MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`	`CHANGEME`	Must change
`CH_USE_REPLICATED_ENGINES`	`false`	`true` only for multi-node ClickHouse

Ports

All configurable. See Requirements → Ports reference for the full table with defaults and exposure scope.

Backend runtime

Variable	Default	Description
`ENV_TYPE`	`development`	`development` · `staging` · `prod` — prod mode disables debug output, enables `check --deploy`
`FAST_STARTUP`	`false`	Skip migrations on restart (dev only). Always `false` in production.
`GRANIAN_WORKERS`	`1`	ASGI worker processes. Set to CPU count in production.
`GRANIAN_THREADS`	`2`	Threads per worker.
`ENABLE_GRPC`	`true`	Enable gRPC endpoint.
`ENABLE_HTTP`	`true`	Enable HTTP/REST endpoint.

Temporal worker

Variable	Default	Description
`TEMPORAL_NAMESPACE`	`default`	Temporal namespace.
`TEMPORAL_ALL_QUEUES`	`true`	Single worker polls all queues. Set `false` + use dev overlay for per-queue workers.
`TEMPORAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_ACTIVITIES`	`50`	Max concurrent activity tasks.
`TEMPORAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_WORKFLOW_TASKS`	`50`	Max concurrent workflow tasks.

LLM gateway

Variable	Default	Description
`AGENTCC_INTERNAL_API_KEY`	`CHANGEME`	Must change. Backend authenticates gateway calls with this.

LLM provider keys

Leave blank for providers you’re not using.

Variable	Provider
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	OpenAI
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Anthropic
`GOOGLE_API_KEY`	Google Gemini
`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` / `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` / `AWS_REGION`	AWS Bedrock + S3

Email (Mailgun)

Required for email-based sign-up and password reset. Without these, create users via the Django shell — see User Management.

Variable	Description
`MAILGUN_API_KEY`	Mailgun private API key
`MAILGUN_SENDER_DOMAIN`	Verified Mailgun sending domain
`DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL`	`From:` address for outbound emails
`SERVER_EMAIL`	Django admin error emails

Frontend build-time

Warning

These are baked into the JS bundle at Vite build time. Changing them requires rebuilding: docker compose build frontend

Variable	Default	Description
`VITE_HOST_API`	`http://localhost:8000`	Backend URL as seen by the browser. In production: your public backend URL.
`VITE_ENVIRONMENT`	`development`	Frontend analytics and feature flags.

Optional

Variable	Default	Description
`RECAPTCHA_ENABLED`	`false`	Enable reCAPTCHA on registration.
`RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY`	—	reCAPTCHA v2/v3 server-side key.
`VITE_GOOGLE_SITE_KEY`	—	reCAPTCHA client-side key (requires frontend rebuild).
`FUTURE_AGI_CLOUD_API_KEY`	—	EE-tier Cloud features only. Leave blank for OSS.
`FUTURE_AGI_CLOUD_API_URL`	`https://api.futureagi.com`	Do not change.

Next Steps

System Configuration

Set up LLM gateway providers and PeerDB mirrors.

Production

Hardening checklist for exposing the stack to users.

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