Apollo Multi-Environment Setup

Overview

Configure Apollo.io for multiple environments (development, staging, production) with proper isolation, configuration management, and deployment strategies.

Environment Strategy

Environment	Purpose	API Key	Rate Limit	Data Access
Development	Local dev	Dev/Sandbox	Low (10/min)	Test data only
Staging	Pre-prod testing	Staging key	Medium (50/min)	Limited prod
Production	Live system	Production key	Full (100/min)	Full access

Configuration Structure

// src/config/apollo/environments.ts
import { z } from 'zod';

const EnvironmentConfigSchema = z.object({
  apiKey: z.string().min(1),
  baseUrl: z.string().url().default('https://api.apollo.io/v1'),
  rateLimit: z.number().positive(),
  timeout: z.number().positive().default(30000),
  cacheEnabled: z.boolean().default(true),
  cacheTtl: z.number().positive().default(300),
  features: z.object({
    search: z.boolean().default(true),
    enrichment: z.boolean().default(true),
    sequences: z.boolean().default(false),
    webhooks: z.boolean().default(false),
  }),
  logging: z.object({
    level: z.enum(['debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error']),
    redactPII: z.boolean().default(true),
  }),
});

type EnvironmentConfig = z.infer<typeof EnvironmentConfigSchema>;

const configs: Record<string, EnvironmentConfig> = {
  development: {
    apiKey: process.env.APOLLO_API_KEY_DEV || '',
    baseUrl: 'https://api.apollo.io/v1',
    rateLimit: 10,
    timeout: 30000,
    cacheEnabled: true,
    cacheTtl: 60, // Short cache in dev
    features: {
      search: true,
      enrichment: true,
      sequences: false, // Disabled in dev
      webhooks: false,
    },
    logging: {
      level: 'debug',
      redactPII: false, // Show full data in dev
    },
  },

  staging: {
    apiKey: process.env.APOLLO_API_KEY_STAGING || '',
    baseUrl: 'https://api.apollo.io/v1',
    rateLimit: 50,
    timeout: 30000,
    cacheEnabled: true,
    cacheTtl: 300,
    features: {
      search: true,
      enrichment: true,
      sequences: true,
      webhooks: true,
    },
    logging: {
      level: 'info',
      redactPII: true,
    },
  },

  production: {
    apiKey: process.env.APOLLO_API_KEY || '',
    baseUrl: 'https://api.apollo.io/v1',
    rateLimit: 90, // Buffer below 100
    timeout: 30000,
    cacheEnabled: true,
    cacheTtl: 900, // 15 min in prod
    features: {
      search: true,
      enrichment: true,
      sequences: true,
      webhooks: true,
    },
    logging: {
      level: 'warn',
      redactPII: true,
    },
  },
};

export function getConfig(): EnvironmentConfig {
  const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
  const config = configs[env];

  if (!config) {
    throw new Error(`Unknown environment: ${env}`);
  }

  // Validate configuration
  const result = EnvironmentConfigSchema.safeParse(config);
  if (!result.success) {
    throw new Error(`Invalid Apollo config for ${env}: ${result.error.message}`);
  }

  return result.data;
}

export function validateEnvironment(): void {
  const config = getConfig();

  if (!config.apiKey) {
    throw new Error('Apollo API key is required');
  }

  console.log(`Apollo configured for ${process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'}`);
  console.log(`  Rate limit: ${config.rateLimit}/min`);
  console.log(`  Features: ${Object.entries(config.features).filter(([,v]) => v).map(([k]) => k).join(', ')}`);
}

Environment Files

# .env.development
NODE_ENV=development
APOLLO_API_KEY_DEV=your-dev-api-key
APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT=10
APOLLO_CACHE_TTL=60
APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL=debug

# .env.staging
NODE_ENV=staging
APOLLO_API_KEY_STAGING=your-staging-api-key
APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT=50
APOLLO_CACHE_TTL=300
APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL=info

# .env.production
NODE_ENV=production
APOLLO_API_KEY=your-prod-api-key
APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT=90
APOLLO_CACHE_TTL=900
APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL=warn

Kubernetes ConfigMaps

# k8s/configmaps/apollo-config-dev.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: apollo-config
  namespace: development
data:
  NODE_ENV: "development"
  APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT: "10"
  APOLLO_CACHE_TTL: "60"
  APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEARCH: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_ENRICHMENT: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEQUENCES: "false"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_WEBHOOKS: "false"
---
# k8s/configmaps/apollo-config-staging.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: apollo-config
  namespace: staging
data:
  NODE_ENV: "staging"
  APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT: "50"
  APOLLO_CACHE_TTL: "300"
  APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL: "info"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEARCH: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_ENRICHMENT: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEQUENCES: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_WEBHOOKS: "true"
---
# k8s/configmaps/apollo-config-prod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: apollo-config
  namespace: production
data:
  NODE_ENV: "production"
  APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT: "90"
  APOLLO_CACHE_TTL: "900"
  APOLLO_LOG_LEVEL: "warn"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEARCH: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_ENRICHMENT: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_SEQUENCES: "true"
  APOLLO_FEATURES_WEBHOOKS: "true"

Secrets Management

# k8s/secrets/apollo-secrets.yaml (use sealed-secrets in practice)
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: apollo-secrets
  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
type: Opaque
stringData:
  api-key: ${APOLLO_API_KEY}
  webhook-secret: ${APOLLO_WEBHOOK_SECRET}

# Using External Secrets Operator
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: ExternalSecret
metadata:
  name: apollo-secrets
spec:
  refreshInterval: 1h
  secretStoreRef:
    name: gcp-secret-manager
    kind: ClusterSecretStore
  target:
    name: apollo-secrets
  data:
    - secretKey: api-key
      remoteRef:
        key: apollo-api-key-${ENV}
    - secretKey: webhook-secret
      remoteRef:
        key: apollo-webhook-secret-${ENV}

Environment-Aware Client

// src/lib/apollo/env-client.ts
import { getConfig } from '../../config/apollo/environments';

class EnvironmentAwareApolloClient {
  private config = getConfig();

  async request<T>(options: RequestOptions): Promise<T> {
    // Check feature flag
    if (!this.isFeatureEnabled(options.feature)) {
      throw new Error(`Feature ${options.feature} is disabled in ${process.env.NODE_ENV}`);
    }

    // Apply environment-specific rate limiting
    await this.rateLimiter.acquire();

    // Make request with environment config
    const response = await axios({
      ...options,
      baseURL: this.config.baseUrl,
      timeout: this.config.timeout,
      params: {
        ...options.params,
        api_key: this.config.apiKey,
      },
    });

    // Log based on environment
    this.log('info', `Apollo ${options.method} ${options.url}`, {
      status: response.status,
      duration: response.headers['x-response-time'],
    });

    return response.data;
  }

  private isFeatureEnabled(feature: string): boolean {
    return this.config.features[feature as keyof typeof this.config.features] ?? true;
  }

  private log(level: string, message: string, meta?: object): void {
    if (this.shouldLog(level)) {
      const sanitized = this.config.logging.redactPII
        ? this.redactPII(meta)
        : meta;
      console[level as 'log'](`[Apollo] ${message}`, sanitized);
    }
  }

  private shouldLog(level: string): boolean {
    const levels = ['debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error'];
    return levels.indexOf(level) >= levels.indexOf(this.config.logging.level);
  }
}

Testing Across Environments

// tests/integration/env-tests.ts
describe('Environment Configuration', () => {
  const originalEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV;

  afterEach(() => {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = originalEnv;
  });

  it('loads development config correctly', () => {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'development';
    const config = getConfig();
    expect(config.rateLimit).toBe(10);
    expect(config.features.sequences).toBe(false);
  });

  it('loads staging config correctly', () => {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'staging';
    const config = getConfig();
    expect(config.rateLimit).toBe(50);
    expect(config.features.sequences).toBe(true);
  });

  it('loads production config correctly', () => {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
    const config = getConfig();
    expect(config.rateLimit).toBe(90);
    expect(config.logging.redactPII).toBe(true);
  });

  it('throws on missing API key', () => {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
    delete process.env.APOLLO_API_KEY;
    expect(() => validateEnvironment()).toThrow();
  });
});

Environment Promotion

#!/bin/bash
# scripts/promote-to-staging.sh

echo "Promoting to staging environment..."

# Verify staging key is configured
if [ -z "$APOLLO_API_KEY_STAGING" ]; then
  echo "Error: APOLLO_API_KEY_STAGING not set"
  exit 1
fi

# Run staging tests
NODE_ENV=staging npm run test:integration

# Deploy to staging
kubectl apply -f k8s/configmaps/apollo-config-staging.yaml
kubectl apply -f k8s/secrets/apollo-secrets-staging.yaml
kubectl rollout restart deployment/apollo-service -n staging

# Verify deployment
kubectl rollout status deployment/apollo-service -n staging
curl -sf https://staging.example.com/health/apollo || exit 1

echo "Successfully promoted to staging"

Output

Environment-specific configurations
Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets
Environment-aware client
Feature flags per environment
Environment promotion scripts

Error Handling

Issue	Resolution
Wrong environment	Check NODE_ENV variable
Missing API key	Verify secrets configuration
Feature disabled	Check environment config
Rate limit mismatch	Verify config values

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to apollo-observability for monitoring setup.

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