AnswerQ

AnswerQ is a scalable and secure platform for form and survey management, built with modern Java technologies and production-ready observability tools.

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🔐 Environment Variables (.env)

Configure your environment variables before running the project. Create a .env file in the root directory with the folowing values:

Application Settings

Variable	Example Value	Description
PORT	8081	Main application port
SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE	dev	Active Spring Boot profile

Keycloak Admin Credentials

Variable	Example Value	Description
KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_ENV	admin	Keycloak admin username
KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD_ENV	admin123	Keycloak admin password

Database Configuration

Variable	Example Value	Description
ANSWERQ_DB	answerq	Database name
ANSWERQ_DB_USERNAME	answerq_user	Database username
ANSWERQ_DB_PASSWORD	strongpassword123	Database password
ANSWERQ_DB_HOST	answerq-db	Database hostname
ANSWERQ_DB_PORT	5432	PostgreSQL port

Security / JWT

Variable	Example Value	Description
RESOURCE_SERVER_ISSUER_URI	http://localhost:8080/realms/answerq-realm	Keycloak issuer URI
RESOURCE_SERVER_JWK_URI	http://keycloak:8080/realms/answerq-realm/protocol/openid-connect/certs	JWK endpoint
JWT_SECRET_KEY	mysupersecretjwtkeyexample1234567890	JWT secret key
PBKDF2_PEPPER	pepp3r-EXAMPLE-KEY-1234567890abcd	Pepper for password hashing

Email Configuration

Variable	Example Value	Description
EMAIL_USERNAME	example@email.com	Email sender
EMAIL_PASSWORD	emailpassword123	Email sender password

Grafana Admin

Variable	Example Value	Description
GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER	admin	Grafana admin
GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD	admin123	Grafana admin password

Actuator Monitoring

Variable	Example Value	Description
ACTUATOR_PORT	8082	Actuator port
ACTUATOR_ADDRESS	0.0.0.0	Bind address
ACTUATOR_USERNAME	monitor	Actuator user
ACTUATOR_PASSWORD	monitor123	Actuator password

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