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+# Database credentials
+DB_NAME=name # Look for "database" or "schema"
+DB_USER=user
+DB_PASSWORD=password
+DB_HOST=hostname
+DB_PORT=port
+
+# Email server configuration with AWS SES, can be left as placeholders if not sending emails
+AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID=access_key_id
+AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret_access_key
+AWS_SES_REGION_NAME=region_name
+AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT=region_endpoint
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=email
+
+# The URL of the site, used for generating links
+BASE_URL=url
+
+# The folder where logs will be stored
+LOG_DIR=filepath
+
+# Comma-separated list of admin email addresses in case anything goes wrong
+ADMIN_EMAILS=email,email
+
+# Secret key for Django data signing, can stay a placeholder for development
+SECRET_KEY=django-secret-key
+
+# Whether to actually send emails
+# If false, the important content from the emails will be logged
+SEND_EMAILS=False
+
+# Enable debug mode, important to have this false in production for security
+DEBUG=True
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-DB_NAME=name
-DB_USER=user
-DB_PASSWORD=password
-DB_HOST=hostname
-DB_PORT=port
-AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID=access_key_id
-AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret_access_key
-AWS_SES_REGION_NAME=region_name
-AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT=region_endpoint
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=email
-BASE_URL=url
-LOG_DIR=filepath
-ADMIN_EMAILS=email,email
-SEND_EMAILS=False
-DEBUG=True