From 5720f71a1348280f26ed4b1fc958464950b5eb21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lynnette Ong <103313573+lynnetteeee@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:19:33 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9021769c83..c5609d4161 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ Admin account (if needed):
 1. Clone [our repo](https://github.com/CS3219-AY2425S1/cs3219-ay2425s1-project-g01.git) on your preferred IDE
 2. Open 2 terminals on your IDE (One for Frontend, One for Backend)
 3. Ensure you're on our latest commit on main branch
+4. Create `.env` files in the following directories, and populate them respectively:
+> [!NOTE]
+> The following section is solely for official testing in CS3219.
+
+`peer-prep-be/`:
+```
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://peer-prep:1EjJPR5eiyIwhIql@peer-prep-cluster0.ftsoh.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=peer-prep-cluster0
+PORT=8080
+```
+`message-queue/`
+```
+AMQP_SERVER=amqps://lguugvwb:UtQY1D0zOoX8s0ZvR4GunuRDk0xv8UuI@octopus.rmq3.cloudamqp.com/lguugvwb
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://peer-prep:1EjJPR5eiyIwhIql@peer-prep-cluster0.ftsoh.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=peer-prep-cluster0
+PORT=3002
+```
+`peer-prep-collab/src/`:
+```
+PORT=4003
+MATCHING_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:3002
+QUESTIONS_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:8080
+DB_CLOUD_URI=mongodb+srv://peer-prep:1EjJPR5eiyIwhIql@peer-prep-cluster0.ftsoh.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=peer-prep-cluster0
+```
+`peer-prep-user/user-service/`
+```
+ENV=PROD
+DB_CLOUD_URI=mongodb+srv://peer-prep:1EjJPR5eiyIwhIql@peer-prep-cluster0.ftsoh.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=peer-prep-cluster0
+JWT_SECRET=you-can-replace-this-with-your-own-secret
+```
 
 #### Spin up backend
 Before proceeding to the following procedures, install Docker Desktop