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+# You will need a .env file to use with the Docker containers. This is set up for localhost use with the Docker Compose fullstack.
+
+# SITE_NAME is used for page generation.
+SITE_NAME="No Moss 3 Landfill Online Library"
+# SITE_URL is used for generating links for the search index. (If you leave this blank it should work using relative paths.)
+SITE_URL="https://localhost"
+
+# APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
+APP_HTTP_HOST="nm3clol"
+# APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
+APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT=3000
+# APP_URL is the URL used to access the Node application (usually by a reverse proxy).
+APP_HTTP_URL="http://$APP_HTTP_HOST:$APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT"
+
+# SOLR_DOCS_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
+SOLR_DOCS_HOST="solr"
+# SOLR_DOCS_PORT is the port for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
+SOLR_DOCS_PORT=8983
+# SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
+SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME="nm3clol_core"
+# SOLR_DOCS_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed documents. It is used by Gulp and the Search feature.
+SOLR_DOCS_URL="http://$SOLR_DOCS_HOST:$SOLR_DOCS_PORT/solr/$SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME"
+
+# SOLR_LAW_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
+SOLR_LAW_HOST="$SOLR_DOCS_HOST"
+# SOLR_LAW_PORT is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
+SOLR_LAW_PORT=$SOLR_DOCS_PORT
+# SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
+SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME="vacode_core"
+# SOLR_LAW_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed laws. It is used by Gulp (and eventually the Search feature.)
+SOLR_LAW_URL="http://$SOLR_LAW_HOST:$SOLR_LAW_PORT/solr/$SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME"
+
+# TIKA_HOST is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
+TIKA_HOST="tika"
+# TIKA_PORT is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
+TIKA_PORT=9998
+# TIKA_URL is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
+TIKA_URL="http://tika:$TIKA_PORT"