The following environment variables are used by Ackee. You can also create a .env file in the root of the project to store all variables in one file.
MongoDB connection URI. See the MongoDB connection string spec for more detail.
ACKEE_MONGODB=mongodb://localhost:27017/ackee
or
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/ackee
The port Ackee should listen on. Defaults to 3000.
ACKEE_PORT=3000
or
PORT=3000
Username and password. Both are required to generate a new token.
ACKEE_USERNAME=username
ACKEE_PASSWORD=password
Specifies how long a generated token is valid. Defaults to 3600000 (1 day).
ACKEE_TTL=3600000
Pick a custom name for the tracking script of Ackee to avoid getting blocked by browser extensions. The default script will always be available via /tracker.js. You custom script will be available via /custom%20name.js. Ackee will encode your custom name to a URL encoded format.
Make sure to adjust the tracking script URL on your sites when changing this option. Sites that are using the default URL won't be affected.
ACKEE_TRACKER=custom name
Set the environment to development to see additional details in the console and to disable caching.
NODE_ENV=development
Quick solution for setting CORS headers instead of using a reverse proxy. This is helpful if you are running Ackee on a platform which handles SSL for you.
ACKEE_ALLOW_ORIGIN="*"
or
ACKEE_ALLOW_ORIGIN="https://example.com"
or
ACKEE_ALLOW_ORIGIN="https://example.com,https://example2.com"