Annotot documentation

.env.template

@@ -16,3 +16,13 @@ HTTP_FOLDER=./www
 # hosts allowed to access ressources from $HTTP_FOLDER
 # * to allow all, http://localhost:$DEV_PORT to allow only devserver
 CORS_ALLOWED_HOSTS=http://localhost:$DEV_PORT
+# Annotot configuration (annotation storage server
+# ENV = development or production
+ANNOTOT_ENV=development
+ANNOTOT_PORT=3000
+ANNOTOT_LISTEN_IP=0.0.0.0
+# This is the host used by annotot request launched by the client using mirador
+# It should be localhost on dev mode, an something like annotot.yourservice.com in production
+ANNOTOT_HOST=localhost
+# For production only
+ANNOTOT_SECRET_KEY_BASE=insert-a-random-key-here

README.md

 ## Mirador Video Annotation POC
 
-Copy `.env.template` to `.env` and change variables to suit your need (you can skip the edit step)  
+Copy `.env.template` to `.env` and change variables to suit your need.
+
+You **MUST** set at least the `ANNOTOT_SECRET_KEY_BASE` to a random string, the rest is preconfigured for a local development environment.
+
+For production, one **also** need to setup :
+
++ `COMPOSE_FILE` should be at least `docker-compose.yml:annotot.yml`
++ `ANNOTOT_ENV` should be `production`
++ `ANNOTOT_HOST` should be the public hostname of your annotot server
 
 Run `docker-compose up -d`, which will serve a mirador instance at `http://localhost:$PORT` (default port is 8080).
 
@@ -16,4 +24,3 @@ Follow the previous instructions if you want to access ressources from `$HTTP_FO
 Edit `.env` (copy it from `.env.template` if needed), set `COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:devserver.yml` and adapt `DEV_*` variables to your needs.  
 
 Run `docker-compose up -d --build devserver`, which will serve a mirador instance at `http://localhost:$DEV_PORT` (default port is 9000) with live rebuild/reload enabled on each `src/` and `public/` files modifications.  
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