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+## .env file for docker-compose deployments of open-appsec integrated with Kong
+## for more info see https://docs.openappsec.io
+
+APPSEC_VERSION=latest
+APPSEC_CONFIG=./appsec-config
+APPSEC_DATA=./appsec-data
+APPSEC_LOGS=./appsec-logs
+APPSEC_LOCALCONFIG=./appsec-localconfig
+
+## Make sure the parameter APPSEC_AUTO_POLICY_LOAD is set to false when centrally managing
+## open-appsec configuration via open-appsec Web UI.
+## You can optionally set it to true when using local, declarative management for open-appsec,
+## declarative configuration will then get applied automatically when changed.
+APPSEC_AUTO_POLICY_LOAD=false
+
+## Example for configuring HTTPS Proxy:
+## APPSEC_HTTPS_PROXY=user:password@proxy_address:port
+APPSEC_HTTPS_PROXY=
+
+APPSEC_SMART_SYNC_STORAGE=./appsec-smartsync-storage
+APPSEC_USER_EMAIL=user@email.com
+APPSEC_DB_PASSWORD=pass
+APPSEC_DB_USER=postgres
+APPSEC_DB_HOST=appsec-db
+APPSEC_POSTGRES_STORAGE=./appsec-postgres-data
+
+## Make sure to have a valid Kong declarative configuration file kong.yaml in the folder specified for KONG_CONFIG.
+## For deployment of a simple lab testing environment, you can deploy the example configuration provided
+## for the vulnerable juice-shop container, see instructions further below.
+KONG_CONFIG=./kong-config
+
+## For Kong Gateway Enterprise Edition set KONG_IMAGE to kong-gateway-attachment instead of kong-attachment
+KONG_IMAGE=kong-attachment
+
+## To connect your deployment to central open-appsec WebUI provide the token for a profile
+## which you created in open-appsec WebUI at https://my.openappsec.io
+## Example: APPSEC_AGENT_TOKEN=111-22222-111
+APPSEC_AGENT_TOKEN=
+
+## Important: When not providing token for connection to central WebUI:
+## Make sure to add the value "standalone" to the COMPOSE_PROFILES value, this will enable
+## sharing of learning between processes and allow you to perform tuning locally on CLI
+COMPOSE_PROFILES=
+
+## JUICE SHOP DEMO CONTAINER:
+## In order to deploy the optional, additional, vulnerable juiceshop container (for demo and testing purposes only!):
+## Add the value "juiceshop" to the COMPOSE_PROFILES value above.
+
+## Make sure to also adjust the kong.yaml file in KONG_CONFIG folder
+## to include service and route configuration for forwarding external traffic to the juiceshop-backend container
+## (kong listens by default for HTTP/HTTPS on port 8000/8443) 
+## you can use the example file available here:
+## https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openappsec/openappsec/examples/juiceshop/kong/kong.yaml
+## note that juiceshop container listens on HTTP port 3000 by default
+
+## Note that COMPOSE_PROFILES can also receive multiple values, e.g. as shown here:
+## COMPOSE_PROFILES=standalone,juiceshop