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-# Database
-POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
-POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_DB=transit_db
-POSTGRES_USER_AUTH=auth_user
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD_AUTH=change_me
-POSTGRES_USER_EMPLOYEE=employee_user
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD_EMPLOYEE=change_me
-POSTGRES_USER_TRANSIT=transit_user
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD_TRANSIT=change_me
-POSTGRES_USER_LOGGER=logger_user
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD_LOGGER=change_me
-
-# Auth
-JWT_SECRET=change_me_in_production
-ADMIN_USER_CODES=1234,5678
-DEV_BYPASS=0
-
-# Internal service-to-service authentication
-INTERNAL_API_KEY=generate_strong_random_string_here
-
-# Error Log API URL (used by services to forward errors)
-ERROR_LOG_API_URL=https://error.xtransit.testinstance.nl/error_log
-
-# Monitoring UI (runtime config)
-AUTH_API=https://auth.xtransit.testinstance.nl
-EMPLOYEE_API=https://employees.xtransit.testinstance.nl
-TRANSIT_API=https://transit.xtransit.testinstance.nl
-ERROR_LOG_API=https://error.xtransit.testinstance.nl
-ADMIN_UI=https://admin.xtransit.testinstance.nl
-
-# Transit API
-DEV_MOCK=0
-
-# Registry
-REGISTRY_HOST=gitea.testinstance.nl
-IMAGE_NAMESPACE=sven/the-transit-project
-IMAGE_TAG=latest
-
-# Portainer webhook for auto-deploy
-PORTAINER_WEBHOOK_URL=
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