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Developer Local & Cloud Environment Setup Guide

Updated July 20, 20265 min read

Step-by-step instructions for configuring local development containers, CLI tools, and staging cloud environments.

1. Varixen CLI & Docker Setup

Engineers working with Varixen SDKs can spin up a complete local development environment using Docker Compose and the Varixen CLI utility.

bashvarixen-cli
# Install Varixen Enterprise CLI
npx @varixen/cli init my-ai-service

# Spin up local vector store & mock API server
cd my-ai-service && docker-compose up -d

# Verify health status
varixen status --env=local

2. Secret Keys & Environment Config

Local environment configurations require setting environment keys inside a local `.env.local` file. Never commit API secret keys to public git repositories.

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