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Hello Team, I'm following the self hosting documentation [1] using docker compose on localhost. When I try to access the same, I'm getting: Error connecting to the GrowthBook API at http://xyz:3100. Received the following error message: Load Failed Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance [docker-compose.yml] version: "3" services: mongo: image: "mongo:latest" environment: - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password volumes: - mongodata:/data/db growthbook: image: "growthbook/growthbook:latest" ports: - "3000:3000" - "3100:3100" depends_on: - mongo environment: - MONGODB_URI=mongodb://root:password@mongo:27017/growthbook?authSource=admin - APP_ORIGIN=http://xyz:3000 - API_HOST=http://xyz:3100 volumes: - uploads:/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/uploads volumes: uploads: mongodata:
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do you have caddy, nginx or similar services?
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It is hosted on Public IP
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docker logs growhbook ?
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yarn run v1.22.19 $ wsrun -p 'back-end' -p 'front-end' --no-prefix -c start $ node dist/server.js $ next start ready - started server on 0.0.0.0:3000, url: http://localhost:3000 /usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/util/secrets.js:79 throw new Error("Cannot use JWT_SECRET=dev in production. Please set to a long random string."); ^ Error: Cannot use JWT_SECRET=dev in production. Please set to a long random string. at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/util/secrets.js7911) at Module._compile (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1198:14) at Object.Module._extensions..js (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1252:10) at Module.load (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1076:32) at Function.Module._load (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader911:12) at Module.require (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1100:19) at require (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/helpers119:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/init/config.js1119) at Module._compile (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1198:14) at Object.Module._extensions..js (nodeinternal/modules/cjs/loader1252:10) error Command failed with exit code 1. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command. 
yarn start
failed with exit code 1
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add - SECRET_API_KEY= - NODE_ENV=production - JWT_SECRET=
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But this is not a production env.. I just want to test this on ec2
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answer in your logs
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Is it not possible to setup this as we do on local without these env variables?
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Yes, when self-hosting GrowthBook locally, you still need to set environment variables to customize the behavior of your instance. The default configuration is optimized for trying things out quickly on a local dev machine, but beyond that, you may want to set environment variables for various purposes, such as changing domains and ports, configuring a database, or setting up email.
For example, if you need to run GrowthBook on a different host than ​`localhost`​ or change the default ports, you would need to set the ​`APP­_ORIGIN`​ and ​`API­_HOST`​ environment variables in your ​`docker-compose.yml`​ file. Here's an example snippet showing how to set these variables:
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growthbook:  
 ...  
 environment:  
 - APP­_ORIGIN=http://<my ip>:3000  
 - API­_HOST=http://<my ip>:3100
Remember to replace ​`<my ip>`​ with your actual IP address or domain, and adjust the ports as needed.
For more detailed information on the environment variables available for self-hosting GrowthBook, you can refer to the Self-hosting Environment Variables section of the GrowthBook documentation.
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