Configuration

Required settings are defined in app.json. This project requires a functional Reddit backend running from the source code at mitodl/reddit.

There are a few nuances of how this configuration works with other projects

Setting	Notes
OPEN_DISCUSSIONS_COOKIE_NAME	This value should be unique per environment and agree across all integrating applications in that environment. If neither of those criteria are met, open-discussions will not find the correct cookie and treat the user as unauthenticated.
OPEN_DISCUSSIONS_JWT_SECRET	This value should be unique per environment and agree across all integrating applications in that environment. If these values don’t match, open-discussions will reject JWT tokens from those applications and treat the user as unauthenticated.
OPEN_DISCUSSIONS_REDDIT_VALIDATE_SSL	This should only be set to False for local environments as it means communications with the Reddit backend are insecure.