🔧 Backend Environment Configuration and Database Setup

[ChristianTonny]

📋 Overview

Set up backend environment configuration and database to support the new frontend-backend integration.

✅ Acceptance Criteria

• .env file created with all required variables
• PostgreSQL database techcare_db created
• Prisma migrations executed successfully
• Health check endpoint returns successful connection
• All existing API endpoints tested

🔧 Required Environment Variables

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/techcare_db"
JWT_SECRET="your_super_secret_jwt_key_here"
JWT_EXPIRY="7d"
EMAIL_HOST="smtp.your-email-provider.com"
EMAIL_PORT=587
EMAIL_USER="your-email@domain.com"
EMAIL_PASS="your-email-password"
MAX_FILE_SIZE=5242880
UPLOAD_DIR="uploads"
PORT=3000
NODE_ENV=development

📝 Tasks

1. Create and configure .env file
2. Set up PostgreSQL database
3. Run database migrations
4. Test API endpoints with Postman
5. Verify file upload functionality

⏱️ Estimated Time: 2-3 hours