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Add note about `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD` needing to be 40 characters…
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Update `first_superuser_password` help text in copier.yml to indicate…
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Expand Up @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ The input variables, with their default values (some auto generated) are:
- `stack_name`: (default: `"fastapi-project"`) The name of the stack used for Docker Compose labels and project name (no spaces, no periods) (in .env).
- `secret_key`: (default: `"changethis"`) The secret key for the project, used for security, stored in .env, you can generate one with the method above.
- `first_superuser`: (default: `"[email protected]"`) The email of the first superuser (in .env).
- `first_superuser_password`: (default: `"changethis"`) The password of the first superuser (in .env).
- `first_superuser_password`: (default: `"changethis"`) The password of the first superuser (in .env). Must be 40 characters or less.
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- `first_superuser_password`: (default: `"changethis"`) The password of the first superuser (in .env). Must be 40 characters or less.
- `first_superuser_password`: (default: `"changethis"`) The password of the first superuser (in .env). Default length constraints: 8–40 characters.

40 is default max size limit, but it can be configured.
Also, there is a min length limit (8 by default).

- `smtp_host`: (default: "") The SMTP server host to send emails, you can set it later in .env.
- `smtp_user`: (default: "") The SMTP server user to send emails, you can set it later in .env.
- `smtp_password`: (default: "") The SMTP server password to send emails, you can set it later in .env.
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ first_superuser:

first_superuser_password:
type: str
help: The password of the first superuser (in .env)
help: The password of the first superuser (in .env), must be 40 characters or less
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help: The password of the first superuser (in .env), must be 40 characters or less
help: The password of the first superuser (in .env). Default length constraints: 8–40 characters.

default: changethis

smtp_host:
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Expand Up @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ You can set several variables, like:
* `BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS`: A list of allowed CORS origins separated by commas.
* `SECRET_KEY`: The secret key for the FastAPI project, used to sign tokens.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER`: The email of the first superuser, this superuser will be the one that can create new users.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The password of the first superuser.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The password of the first superuser. Must be 40 characters or less.
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* `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The password of the first superuser. Must be 40 characters or less.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The password of the first superuser. Default length constraints: 8–40 characters.

* `SMTP_HOST`: The SMTP server host to send emails, this would come from your email provider (E.g. Mailgun, Sparkpost, Sendgrid, etc).
* `SMTP_USER`: The SMTP server user to send emails.
* `SMTP_PASSWORD`: The SMTP server password to send emails.
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