.env File

Typical basic values:

APP_NAME="Kudo AI Music"
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=your-app-key-here
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=https://example.com

LOG_CHANNEL=stack
LOG_LEVEL=info

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=kudo
DB_USERNAME=kudo_user
DB_PASSWORD=secret

FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
QUEUE_CONNECTION=database

# Mail (Choose one provider)
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=user@example.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=pass
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=noreply@example.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Kudo"

App Settings

• APP_URL: Put your main site URL (with https if available).
• APP_DEBUG: Set to false in production.
• APP_KEY: Should be generated only once.

Database

Define MySQL/MariaDB connection. The project also supports DATABASE_URL.

Email

• Supports SMTP and providers like Postmark / Resend / SES (values in config/services.php).
• After configuration, test sending from the admin panel via email templates.

Storage & Media

• Default values use local disk and storage:link.
• For S3:

  FILESYSTEM_DISK=s3
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxx
  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
  AWS_BUCKET=your-bucket
  AWS_URL=
  AWS_ENDPOINT=
  

• Kudo provides a ready media route /media/{path} to serve public files. There is automatic conversion from /storage to /media.

Queue

• Default value QUEUE_CONNECTION=database, ensure the queue worker is running in the background.
• Redis/SQS can be used via config/queue.php and their environment variables.

EKR License

• Use the installation wizard to activate the license via EKR connector.
• Optional settings under config/services.php to customize EKR paths.
• Check the Updates page in admin panel to fetch Kudo updates directly from EKR.