From b8d658a94867c694a944458c48311f5ebd1512d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kellner <Christian.Kellner1@ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:17:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve instana monitoring

---
 .env         | 1 +
 README.md    | 5 +----
 index.js     | 1 +
 package.json | 1 +
 yarn.lock    | 5 +++++
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .env

diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1455f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSTANA_MONITORING=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0996b2c..9e231d2 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ See [Contributing](https://github.com/orangecoding/fredy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTIN
 ### Monitoring
 
 _Fredy_ can be monitored by [Instana](https://www.instana.com). If you are interested, sign up for a free trial. This is totally optional of course :)  
-If you want to use Instana to monitor _Fredy_, you have to set an environment variable to true before starting _Fredy_.
-```
-SET INSTANA_MONITORING=true
-```
+If you want to use Instana to monitor _Fredy_, please change the variable `INSTANA_MONITORING` in the `.env` file to `true`.
 
 # Docker   
 Use the Dockerfile in this repository to build an image.  
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 36406b6..d44d22f 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
 /********OPTIONAL INSTANA INITIALIZATION BEGIN********/
 //if you want to use Instana to monitor fredy, go to https://www.instana.com and
 // try it yourself by signing up for a free trial
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26ce46b..9efaa7b 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "axios-retry": "^3.2.4",
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
     "cookie-session": "1.4.0",
+    "dotenv": "^15.0.0",
     "handlebars": "4.7.7",
     "highcharts": "9.3.1",
     "highcharts-react-official": "3.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 549bfd8..e3de0ca 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3119,6 +3119,11 @@ domutils@^1.5.1:
     dom-serializer "0"
     domelementtype "1"
 
+dotenv@^15.0.0:
+  version "15.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-15.0.0.tgz#2a585639429bf2c2c62f387f0fffde9c75aafde0"
+  integrity sha512-/l1sXXm79ry34KwwS0y4oVZjB468iw/6u9g1W26dtexKcIJAnVL2pMF+hxQwzZ7LutxOwEgtym9eIxvX33CMKg==
+
 dtrace-provider@~0.8:
   version "0.8.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dtrace-provider/-/dtrace-provider-0.8.8.tgz#2996d5490c37e1347be263b423ed7b297fb0d97e"