diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index a30d0cc..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-PORT=8080
-
-PGHOST=db
-PGPORT=5432
-PGUSER=postgres
-PGPASSWORD=password
-PGDATABASE=postgres
-
-SECURE_COOKIES=false
-TRUST_PROXY=false
-
-DBT_PROJECT_DIR=.
-
-LIGHTDASH_SECRET=not very secret
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc3776c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+PORT=
+PGHOST=
+PGPORT=
+PGUSER=
+PGPASSWORD=
+PGDATABASE=
+SECURE_COOKIES=
+TRUST_PROXY=
+DBT_PROJECT_DIR=
+LIGHTDASH_SECRET=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fbb420..be7b643 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 #Airflow
 airflow/logs
+
+# Local environment and credential files
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
diff --git a/OpenDataDiscovery/.env b/OpenDataDiscovery/.env
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index 91ba362..0000000
--- a/OpenDataDiscovery/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# ODD Platform
-POSTGRES_USER=odd-platform
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=odd-platform-password
-POSTGRES_DATABASE=odd-platform
-
-# ODD Platform Puller
-PLATFORM_HOST_URL=http://odd-platform:8088
-
-# MySQL adapter
-MYSQLHOST=
-MYSQLPORT=
-MYSQLDATABASE=
-MYSQLUSER=
-MYSQLPASSWORD=
-
-# PostgreSQL adapter
-PGHOST=
-PGPORT=
-PGDATABASE=
-PGUSER=
-PGPASSWORD=
-
-# Clickhouse adapter
-SCHEDULER_INTERVAL_MINUTES=1
-
-CLICKHOUSEHOST=
-CLICKHOUSEPORT=9000
-CLICKHOUSEDATABASE=
-CLICKHOUSEUSER=default
-CLICKHOUSEPASSWORD=''
-
-FLASK_ENVIRONMENT=production
-FLASK_APP=odd_clickhouse_adapter.wsgi:application
-
-# Glue adapter
-CATALOG_ID=
-AWS_REGION=
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
-
-# Redshift adapter
-REDSHIFT_HOST=
-REDSHIFT_PORT=
-REDSHIFT_DATABASE=
-REDSHIFT_USER=
-REDSHIFT_PASSWORD=
-
-# FLASK_ENVIRONMENT=production
-# FLASK_APP=wsgi:application
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenDataDiscovery/.env.example b/OpenDataDiscovery/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704118f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenDataDiscovery/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+POSTGRES_DATABASE=
+PLATFORM_HOST_URL=
+MYSQLHOST=
+MYSQLPORT=
+MYSQLDATABASE=
+MYSQLUSER=
+MYSQLPASSWORD=
+PGHOST=
+PGPORT=
+PGDATABASE=
+PGUSER=
+PGPASSWORD=
+SCHEDULER_INTERVAL_MINUTES=
+CLICKHOUSEHOST=
+CLICKHOUSEPORT=
+CLICKHOUSEDATABASE=
+CLICKHOUSEUSER=
+CLICKHOUSEPASSWORD=
+FLASK_ENVIRONMENT=
+FLASK_APP=
+CATALOG_ID=
+AWS_REGION=
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+REDSHIFT_HOST=
+REDSHIFT_PORT=
+REDSHIFT_DATABASE=
+REDSHIFT_USER=
+REDSHIFT_PASSWORD=