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# Environment Variables

The server can be configured by passing in different environment variables. Here are some of them:

#### DISABLE\_HSTS

Enabling this flag will disable [HSTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security) from [helmet](https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet). This is useful for local deployment and our desktop build so that users doesn't have to use HTTPS to access the app.

#### AUTO\_LOGIN

Setting this to **"1"** will automatically create an anonymous user and use that to authenticate every client. This is useful in deployments where the concept of user is redundant like our desktop build.

#### ALLOW\_ANY\_ORIGIN

When enabled, we will relax security when being accessed from a random origin. Useful for local deployment like our desktop build.

#### UPLOADS\_PATH

When using the `file` storage, you can use this property to set the folder where the files will be saved. Otherwise, it will default to an `uploads` folder in the root directory.

#### PLUGINS\_PATH

The folder where plugins will be loaded from. The default is to a `loadedPlugins` folder in the root directory.


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