fix: re-revert the API decoupling (#41263)

* fix(api): decouple api from curriculum

This reverts commit 8f0e441644 and
introduces the implementations from #40703.

* fix(gitpod): add curriculum build to GitPod

This reverts commit 706d70f58d and
introduces implementations from #41234.

* docs: update DevOps manual for api change (#41259)

Co-authored-by: Oliver Eyton-Williams <ojeytonwilliams@gmail.com>

api-server/src/server/datasources.production.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var secrets = require('../../../config/secrets');
+
+module.exports = {
+  db: {
+    connector: 'mongodb',
+    protocol: 'mongodb+srv',
+    connectionTimeout: 10000,
+    url: secrets.db,
+    useNewUrlParser: true,
+    allowExtendedOperators: true
+  },
+  mail: {
+    connector: 'mail',
+    transport: {
+      type: 'ses',
+      accessKeyId: process.env.SES_ID,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.SES_SECRET
+    }
+  }
+};