Make use of dotenv

.gitignore

@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ pickle-email-*.html
 /doc/app
 .ruby-version
 .vagrant/
+.env
+.env.production
+.env.development
+.env.test
+.env.local

Gemfile

@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ gem 'ruby-oembed'
 # for uploading images to the cloud
 gem 'cloudinary'
 
+# for setting app configuration in the environment
+gem 'dotenv-rails'
+
+# Use guard and spring for testing in development
 group :development do
   # to launch specs when files are modified
   gem 'guard-rspec', '~> 4.2.8'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ GEM
     docile (1.1.5)
     domain_name (0.5.20160310)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
+    dotenv (2.1.1)
+    dotenv-rails (2.1.1)
+      dotenv (= 2.1.1)
+      railties (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.6.0)
     factory_girl (4.5.0)
@@ -544,6 +548,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   delayed_job_active_record
   devise
   devise_ichain_authenticatable
+  dotenv-rails
   factory_girl_rails
   font-awesome-rails
   formtastic (~> 3.1.1)

dotenv.example

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Set environment variables for OSEM in this file
+# and copy it to .env or .env.rails_environment
+# (like env.production or env.development)
+#
+# The following is a list of variables and default
+# values that OSEM uses to configure some aspects
+# of the app
+
+# The name of your page
+OSEM_NAME="OSEM"
+
+# The host this OSEM instance runs on. Used for
+# generating urls in emails sent
+OSEM_HOSTNAME="localhost:3000"
+
+# The address OSEM uses for sending mails
+OSEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS="no-reply@localhost"
+
+# The api key for transifex.com.
+# See TRANSLATION.md for details
+OSEM_TRANSIFEX_APIKEY=""
+
+# The errbit host to post exceptions to
+OSEM_ERRBIT_HOST=""
+# The api key for the errbit host
+OSEM_ERRBIT_APIKEY=""
+
+# OMNIAUTH Developer Key/Secret for GOOGLE
+OSEM_GOOGLE_KEY=''
+OSEM_GOOGLE_SECRET=''
+
+# OMNIAUTH Developer Key/Secret for Facebook
+OSEM_FACEBOOK_KEY=''
+OSEM_FACEBOOK_SECRET=''
+
+# OMNIAUTH Developer Key/Secret for GitHub
+OSEM_GITHUB_KEY=''
+OSEM_GITHUB_SECRET=''
+
+# Disable linting of factories in the test suite.
+# Speeds up turn around times of tests
+OSEM_FACTORY_LINT="false"
+
+
+# Enable the usage of the devise ichain plugin
+OSEM_ICHAIN_ENABLED=false