From 1ad02023c2fa3d3079642813ea8c300c14eccbd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Troll (Hermes Agent)" <ai@hallsworth.ca>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:50:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove env_file from docker-compose; use Portainer
 environment variables directly

---
 README.md          | 15 +++++++--------
 docker-compose.yml | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba69369..4876636 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ The repo includes a `docker-compose.yml` that builds directly from GitLab, so Po
    - URL: `https://gitlab.hallsworth.ca/yrtria/theme-song-booth.git`
    - Branch: `main`
    - Compose path: `docker-compose.yml`
-4. Add environment variables in Portainer (or upload a `.env` file):
-   - `APP_SECRET_KEY`
-   - `ADMIN_PASSWORD`
-   - `SMTP_PASS`
-   - `PUBLIC_BASE_URL` (your HTTPS domain)
-   - `INTERNAL_PORT` (default `8000`) — port the container listens on
-   - `HOST_PORT` (default `127.0.0.1:8000`) — host-side mapping to avoid conflicts with other containers
-   - `BOOTH_NAME` (optional)
+4. Add environment variables directly in Portainer under **Environment variables**:
+   - `APP_SECRET_KEY` — long random string
+   - `ADMIN_PASSWORD` — password for `/admin`
+   - `SMTP_PASS` — `b3ZzD@eM!MkqVS8P`
+   - `PUBLIC_BASE_URL` — your HTTPS domain
+   - `HOST_PORT` — default `127.0.0.1:8000`
+   - `BOOTH_NAME` — optional
 5. Deploy the stack.
 6. Open a console into the `booth` container and run once:
    ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8a7cb60..8f438a5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,18 @@ services:
       context: https://gitlab.hallsworth.ca/yrtria/theme-song-booth.git#main
     container_name: theme-song-booth
     restart: unless-stopped
-    env_file: .env
+    environment:
+      - APP_SECRET_KEY=${APP_SECRET_KEY}
+      - ADMIN_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+      - SMTP_HOST=${SMTP_HOST:-mailroot8.namespro.ca}
+      - SMTP_PORT=${SMTP_PORT:-465}
+      - SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USER:-ai@hallsworth.ca}
+      - SMTP_PASS=${SMTP_PASS}
+      - SMTP_FROM=${SMTP_FROM:-ai@hallsworth.ca}
+      - ADMIN_ALERT_EMAIL=${ADMIN_ALERT_EMAIL:-}
+      - PUBLIC_BASE_URL=${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}
+      - BOOTH_NAME=${BOOTH_NAME:-Trollgorithm Theme Songs}
+      - INTERNAL_PORT=${INTERNAL_PORT:-8000}
     ports:
       - "${HOST_PORT:-127.0.0.1:8000}:${INTERNAL_PORT:-8000}"
     volumes: