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--   **Provide**  all credentials, (API keys, access tokens, and Mongo Connection String) in  [docker-compose.yml](https://stackedit.io/docker-compose.yml)  under api service
+-   **Edit**  the credentials you see in  [docker-compose.yml](https://stackedit.io/docker-compose.yml) under api service as needed
+    - **Provide** all necessary credentials in the ./api/.env and client/.env files before the next step
+    - Docker will read those env files. See their respective `.env.example` files for reference
 -   **Run**  `docker-compose up`  to start the app
 -   Note: MongoDB does not support older ARM CPUs like those found in Raspberry Pis. However, you can make it work by setting MongoDB’s version to mongo:4.4.18 in docker-compose.yml, the most recent version compatible with