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Services

Configuration

Environment variables

API_KEY_SECRET and QWED_CORS_ORIGINS are mandatory as of v5.0.0. See the deployment guide for the full reference.

API configuration

Docker

API only

Build and run

Kubernetes

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Scaling

Horizontal scaling

  • Stateless API servers behind load balancer
  • Redis for distributed rate limiting
  • PostgreSQL with read replicas

Performance tuning

Monitoring

Health check

Prometheus metrics

Security

  1. Always use HTTPS in production
  2. Set API_KEY_SECRET — mandatory, no default value
  3. Set QWED_CORS_ORIGINS — mandatory, explicitly list allowed origins
  4. Set strong API keys
  5. Enable rate limiting
  6. Use network isolation
  7. Rotate secrets regularly