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    "slug": "affine-open-source",
    "name": "AFFiNE [Updated Sep '26]",
    "description": "AFFiNE [Sep '26] (Self-Hosted Notion and Miro Alternative)",
    "url": "https://railway.com/deploy/affine-open-source",
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    }
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  "success_rate_30d": null,
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
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    },
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      "secret": false,
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    },
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    },
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      "service": "affine",
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      "default": "3010"
    },
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      "service": "affine",
      "description": "Railway's own edge terminates TLS, so the app itself serves plain HTTP internally.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "false"
    },
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      "generate": "strong_password"
    },
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "AFFINE_INDEXER_ENABLED",
      "service": "affine",
      "description": "Disables the search indexer, which needs a separate Manticore/Elasticsearch instance this template doesn't deploy.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "false"
    },
    {
      "key": "AFFINE_SERVER_EXTERNAL_URL",
      "service": "affine",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "REDISHOST",
      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Internal Redis service hostname.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "REDISPORT",
      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Redis server listening port.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "6379"
    },
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      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Redis default authentication user (plain --requirepass, not ACLs).",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "default"
    },
    {
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      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Internal Redis connection string.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Same password under Railway's conventional Redis variable naming.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Auth password Redis is started with (--requirepass). Auto-generated.",
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      "strategy": "generate",
      "generate": "strong_password"
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    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Username for Postgres authentication, conventional naming.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGDATABASE",
      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Default database name, conventional naming.",
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Password for the Postgres user, conventional naming.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Name of the database created on startup.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "railway"
    },
    {
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      "description": "Postgres superuser name.",
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "postgres"
    },
    {
      "key": "SSL_CERT_DAYS",
      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Validity period for generated SSL certificates.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "820"
    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
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      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGPORT_PRIVATE",
      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Private internal domain for Postgres — this is what affine's DATABASE_URL is built from.",
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      "service": "pgvector",
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      "strategy": "generate",
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    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Full private connection string, for reference/consistency with the reference config's naming — affine's own DATABASE_URL is built independently (see below) rather than referencing this.",
      "secret": false,
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    },
    {
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      "service": "pgvector",
      "description": "Time to wait before shutting down the old deployment on redeploy.",
      "secret": false,
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    }
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      "tool": "deploy_template",
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      }
    },
    "cli": "railway deploy --template affine-open-source",
    "api": {
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/graphql/v2",
      "body": {
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