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-# 👋 Welcome, we're glad you're setting up an installation of Outline. Copy this
-# file to .env or set the variables in your local environment manually. For
-# development with docker this should mostly work out  of the box other than
-# setting the Slack keys and the SECRET_KEY.
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 # –––––––––––––––– REQUIRED ––––––––––––––––
 
 # Generate a hex-encoded 32-byte random key. You should use `openssl rand -hex 32`