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+# deployed in city
+URBANITE_CITY="amsterdam"
+
+# server settings
+DSS_PORT=8083
+FLASK_SECRET_KEY="secret"
+FLASK_APP="app"
+FLASK_ENV="development"
+
+# postgres database
+PG_PORT=5432
+PG_USER="urbanite"
+PG_PASSWORD="password"
+PG_DB="urbanite"
+PG_HOST="0.0.0.0"
+FLASK_SECRET_KEY="secret"
+
+# URLs of other components
+TS_URL="http://ts:8082"
+DSS_URL="http://dss:5003"
+STORAGE_URL="http://storage:8081"
+
+# points to host location of shared data folder
+HOST_DATA_DIR=../storage_data
+
+# do not chanbge
+DATA_DIR=/dss/app/data
+DEXI_DIR=/dss/app/app/dexi
+ASSETS_DIR=/dss/app/assets