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+# NOTE: When referencing one variable inside another (e.g., using $DATA_PATH inside $ARCHIVES_PATH),
+# you must use curly braces to expand it properly. For example:
+# ARCHIVES_PATH=${DATA_PATH}/archives
+
+
+# Port that is served by server (default: 45003)
+PORT=3000
+
+# Maxmimum number of threads running at one time to perform any evaluation task (default: 5)
+# MAX_WORKERS=5
+
+# If you want to test things with the webapp but you don't want to strain the server with all the
+# compilations and testing, set this flag to true. It will make the `get_build_handler` function
+# return a dummy handler that does nothing but wait 1 sec instead of compiling testing
+# MOCK_BUILD_HANDLER=true
+
+# Directory in which the results should be store (default: submission_results), if the path is
+# relative, it will be relative to where you call the server from. Make sure to call the server from
+# the root directory of this project by doing `python3 src/server.py`
+# RESULTS_DIR=submission_results  
+
+# Path to directory contianing all the downloadable datasets (default: ./data/)
+# DATA_PATH=data
+
+# Directory in which the archives are present for refiment evaluation (default: data/archives)
+# ARCHIVE_ROOT=$DATA_PATH/archives
+
+# Path to dataset.json, it must contain metdata and comments (default: data/dataset.json)
+# DATASET_PATH=${DATA_PATH}/dataset.json