launch-phoenix-ts.md•1.19 kB
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title: Launch Phoenix TS
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1. Sign up for an Arize Phoenix account at [https://app.phoenix.arize.com/login](https://app.phoenix.arize.com/login)
2. Grab your API key from the Keys option on the left bar.
3. In your code, configure environment variables for your endpoint and API key:
<pre class="language-sh"><code class="lang-sh"><strong># .env, or shell environment
</strong>
# Add Phoenix API Key for tracing
PHOENIX_API_KEY="ADD YOUR PHOENIX API KEY"
# And Collector Endpoint for Phoenix Cloud
PHOENIX_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT="ADD YOUR PHOENIX HOSTNAME"
</code></pre>
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{% tab title="Self-Hosted Phoenix" %}
1. Run Phoenix using Docker, local terminal, Kubernetes etc. For more information, see [self-hosting](https://arize.com/docs/phoenix/self-hosting).
2. In your code, configure environment variables for your endpoint and API key:
```shell
# .env, or shell environment
# Collector Endpoint for your self hosted Phoenix, like localhost
PHOENIX_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:6006"
# (optional) If authentication enabled, add Phoenix API Key for tracing
PHOENIX_API_KEY="ADD YOUR API KEY"
```
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