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+# DON'T COMMIT THIS FILE IF YOU MODIFY IN DEV
+
+# DOCKER_HOST=unix://tmp/docker.sock
+# DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
+# DOCKER_CERT_PATH=''
+
+SWARM_MODE=true
+INCLUDE_PROJECT_NAME=false
+EXCLUDE_BIND_MOUNTS=false
+
+RESTIC_REPOSITORY=/restic_data
+RESTIC_PASSWORD=password
+
+RESTIC_KEEP_DAILY=7
+RESTIC_KEEP_WEEKLY=4
+RESTIC_KEEP_MONTHLY=12
+RESTIC_KEEP_YEARLY=3
+
+LOG_LEVEL=info
+CRON_SCHEDULE=10 2 * * *
+
+# EMAIL_HOST=
+# EMAIL_PORT=
+# EMAIL_HOST_USER=
+# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
+# EMAIL_SEND_TO=
+
+# DISCORD_WEBHOOK=u
+
+# Various env vars for restic : https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html#environment-variables
+# RESTIC_REPOSITORY                   Location of repository (replaces -r)
+# RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE                Location of password file (replaces --password-file)
+# RESTIC_PASSWORD                     The actual password for the repository
+# 
+# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                   Amazon S3 access key ID
+# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY               Amazon S3 secret access key
+# 
+# ST_AUTH                             Auth URL for keystone v1 authentication
+# ST_USER                             Username for keystone v1 authentication
+# ST_KEY                              Password for keystone v1 authentication
+# 
+# OS_AUTH_URL                         Auth URL for keystone authentication
+# OS_REGION_NAME                      Region name for keystone authentication
+# OS_USERNAME                         Username for keystone authentication
+# OS_PASSWORD                         Password for keystone authentication
+# OS_TENANT_ID                        Tenant ID for keystone v2 authentication
+# OS_TENANT_NAME                      Tenant name for keystone v2 authentication
+# 
+# OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME                 User domain name for keystone authentication
+# OS_PROJECT_NAME                     Project name for keystone authentication
+# OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME              PRoject domain name for keystone authentication
+# 
+# OS_STORAGE_URL                      Storage URL for token authentication
+# OS_AUTH_TOKEN                       Auth token for token authentication
+# 
+# B2_ACCOUNT_ID                       Account ID or applicationKeyId for Backblaze B2
+# B2_ACCOUNT_KEY                      Account Key or applicationKey for Backblaze B2
+# 
+# AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME                  Account name for Azure
+# AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY                   Account key for Azure
+# 
+# GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID                   Project ID for Google Cloud Storage
+# GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS      Application Credentials for Google Cloud Storage (e.g. $HOME/.config/gs-secret-restic-key.json)
+# 
+# RCLONE_BWLIMIT                      rclone bandwidth limit
+