This guide explains how to set up your local environment to work with the GCP-hosted backend (Firebase App Hosting + Secret Manager).

Install the following CLI tools:

• Google Cloud CLI: Install gcloud
• Firebase CLI: npm install -g firebase-tools

Authenticate with your Google account that has access to the dsgt-website project:

# Login to gcloud
gcloud auth login
gcloud auth application-default login

# Login to Firebase
firebase login

Set the default project:

gcloud config set project dsgt-website
firebase use dsgt-website

We manage secrets in GCP Secret Manager. To avoid manually copying them into .env.local, use the sync script:

# From the root directory
./scripts/sync-secrets.sh

This will pull the following from GCP:

• DATABASE_URL
• AUTH_SECRET
• STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
• RESEND_API_KEY
• etc.

To run the entire stack (Main Web + Discord Bot) in development mode:

pnpm dev:full

If you get a permission error when running sync-secrets.sh, make it executable:

chmod +x scripts/sync-secrets.sh

Ensure your account has the Secret Manager Secret Accessor role in the GCP Console for the dsgt-website project.