Prepare Production Environment
Before deployment, configure the application for a production environment.
Important settings include:
- NODE_ENV=production.
- PORT provided by the hosting platform.
- Production MongoDB URI.
- Strong JWT signing secret.
- Trusted frontend origin.
- Secure database credentials.
Never commit production secrets to Git.
Use the hosting platform's environment configuration or a dedicated secret manager.
Also ensure that your production database uses proper network restrictions and appropriate access privileges.
Production Configuration
NODE_ENV
production
PORT
Platform-provided port
MONGODB_URI
Production database
JWT_SECRET
Secure secret
CLIENT_ORIGIN
Trusted frontend origin
Key Takeaways
Separate production and development environments.
Store credentials in secure configuration.
Restrict database network access.