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-# WARNING: Commenting after a variable's value DOES NOT WORK in .env files.
-# In other words, don't to this: `FOO=value # this is a comment`.
-# This would give the value "value # this is a comment" to the FOO variable.
-# You need to use single-line comments instead, e.g:
-# ```
-#   # this is a comment:
-#   FOO=value
-# ```
-
-#
-#
-#
-
-# Frontend app URL and bare domain name:
-FRONTEND_URL=https://frontend.example.com
-FRONTEND_DOMAIN_NAME=frontend.example.com
-
-# Backend app URL and bare domain name:
-BACKEND_URL=https://backend.example.com
-BACKEND_DOMAIN_NAME=backend.example.com
-
-
-# Obtain the following 2 values on the Pi Developer Portal (open develop.pi in the Pi Browser).
-
-# Domain validation key:
-DOMAIN_VALIDATION_KEY=todo_developer_portal
-# Pi Platform API Key:
-PI_API_KEY=todo_developer_portal
-
-# Generate a random string, or roll your face on the keyboard to fill this value:
-SESSION_SECRET=abcd1324_TODO
-
-# MongoDB database connection details:
-MONGODB_DATABASE_NAME=demoapp
-MONGODB_USERNAME=demoapp
-MONGODB_PASSWORD=abcd1234
-
-
-# This will be prepended to all container names.
-# Changing this will make docker-compose lose track of all your containers.
-# Run `docker-compose down` before changing it.
-COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=pi-demo-app
-
-# Set this to either "development" or "production" (XXX "staging"?):
-ENVIRONMENT=production
-
-# This directory will be used to store all persistent data needed by Docker (using volumes):
-DATA_DIRECTORY=./docker-data
-
-# URL of the Pi Platform API - you should not need to change this.
-PLATFORM_API_URL=https://api.minepi.com