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Looks like you are missing the CLERK_SECRET_KEY environment variable. The Clerk Docs show you that you need to have at least 2 environment variables, the publishable key, and the secret key…

it wasnt that apparently its because i need mongodb in my env on top of that

its a discord clone I wanted to mess around with

Make sure that you are using reference variables with the private Database URL. Otherwise, you will be paying for egress charges on every database connection

do I have to deploy a seperate app or is there a way to integrate it

yes I dont have one set up atm sadly I'm assuming remote queries works maybe via railway?

railway as a remote host for mongodb on a seperate app?

If you have your DB on Mongo Atlas, you can use that, but you will pay egress from your app every time you make a DB request.

I only have railway and digital ocean

You can use a database hosted anywhere with your application.

ok so Im going to use the mongo provision provided by railway

can you help as to where to get the env data from the seperate app pleasee

That works perfectly fine as well. Once you deploy it, go back to your next app, and add a reference variable for the DB private URL

found it

@MantisInABox The provided database string is invalid. MongoDB connection string error: Missing delimiting slash between hosts and options in database URL. Please refer to the documentation in https://www.prisma.io/docs/reference/database-reference/connection-urls for constructing a correct connection string. In some cases, certain characters must be escaped. Please check the string for any illegal characters.

DATABASE_URL mongodb://mongo:RemovedForDiscord@roundhouse.proxy.rlwy.net:44786/test

its correct

unless the port shouldnt use a colon?