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+# settings for the mariadb container
+MYSQL_HOST=nextcloud-db
+MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
+MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=nextcloud
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=nextcloud-root-pw
+MYSQL_PUID=1000
+MYSQL_PGID=1000
+MSQL_TZ=Europe/Berlin
+
+# settings for the nextcloud container
+NC_PUID=1000
+NC_PGID=1000
+NC_TRUSTED_PROXIES=10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16
+#NC_OVERWRITEPROTOCOL=https
+#NC_OVERWRITECLIURL=https://cloud.example.com
+#NC_OVERWRITEHOST=cloud.example.com
+
+# settings for the redis container
+REDIS_HOST=nextcloud-redis
+REDIS_PASSWORD=nextcloud