Configuration Policy

This portal intentionally does not publish environment variable names, secret names, secret values, internal service URLs, credentials or deployment-specific configuration.

Public documentation rule

Only document configuration behavior at a conceptual level:

• which capability depends on configuration
• who owns the configuration
• where configuration should be managed internally
• which operational checklist should be followed before release

Do not publish:

• real .env files
• copied .env.example files
• secret names or secret values
• internal hostnames, database names, usernames or passwords
• private service URLs
• source-code paths used only by maintainers

Operational guidance

Production configuration should be managed in the approved secret manager or hosting provider settings. Access should follow least-privilege rules and be reviewed regularly.

Documentation guidance

When a feature needs configuration, describe the requirement without exposing implementation details. For example:

Feature	Safe public wording
Authentication	Requires platform authentication configuration managed by administrators.
Email delivery	Requires an approved email provider configuration.
File storage	Requires an approved storage provider configuration.
Scheduled tasks	Requires protected scheduler configuration.