diff --git a/.docker/.env b/.docker/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c3784ab079f6725b0c809490dc26e643c72036c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#BASE_URL=https://example.com
+#ADMIN_EMAIL=martin.weise@tuwien.ac.at
+#IDENTITY_SERVICE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
+#AUTH_SERVICE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
+#METADATA_DB_PASSWORD=dbrepo
+#DATA_DB_PASSWORD=dbrepo
+#AUTH_DB_PASSWORD=dbrepo
+#S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=seaweedfsadmin
+#S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=seaweedfsadmin
+#SYSTEM_PASSWORD=admin
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed77b2683eba14e2fdcc88b5e4e1851a87807b4b..ed455a707a3fe0570e1753ee1caaf093329594a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ready
 *.p12
 
 # Environment
-.env
+.docker/.env
 
 # X509
 root.crt