# Environment

There are three environments that Volven infrastructure operates on:

* DEV (Development environment)
* TEST (Testing environment)
* PROD (Production environment)

Base URL for API connection is:

* `https://apigw.<env>.volven.net` for HTTP &#x20;
* `wss://apigw.<env>.volven.net` for WebSocket&#x20;

where `<env>` is `dev`, `test`, `prod` depending on the environment you want to connect.\
For example, base URL for production is `https://apicf.prod.volven.net`.

{% hint style="warning" %}
TLS layer is required for every API endpoint and trying to access insecure `http://` or `ws://` schema will end up with `301 Moved Permanently` returned with redirection to `https://` or `wss://`
{% endhint %}