public uses a .env file at the root of the project. The file takes standard environment variables (like enviroment variables you would put into a .bashrc or ad-hoc into your shell).

For public to work properly, please make sure to first create the .env file, then fill out the following environment variables:

RUST_ENV - needed for letting the service that we are working in either development or production
DATABASE_URL - needed for connecting to Postgres
REDIS_URL - needed for connecting to the cache (Redis or Valkey)
BASE_URI_WEB - needed for connecting to the frontend user interface of the system to this service