API Tokens

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Health Check Token

This health checkup token is used to enable a secure endpoint for monitoring the status of the app (whether the app is up or down, the status of services like the database, etc).

Video Encoder Key

This is a secret key used to allow AWS to perform video encoding through the VideoStatesController. Currently, Videos is not available on most forems.