.env.
Where the file lives
ragsuite init creates and manages env for CLI installs. It regenerates JWT_SECRET_KEY.
Required secrets
Email (SMTP)
Needed for invites, forgot-password, and 2FA email. Smoke SMTP frominit may let the API start but does not deliver real mail.
Frontend / API URLs
Other common flags
Backend settings (database URL, Redis, Chroma,
OLLAMA_BASE_URL) live in the backend env template in the Community repository.