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      "description": "Encrypts node tokens and 2FA secrets. Stable because /app/var is a volume — changing this after first boot makes existing encrypted values unreadable, so leave it alone once the panel is running.",
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      "description": "MariaDB's port. Standard MySQL/MariaDB port — no reason to change it.",
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      "description": "Laravel debug mode. Keep off in production — on a public deploy it leaks stack traces in API error responses.",
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      "description": "Redis's private network hostname. Resolves automatically once the Redis service exists.",
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      "description": "Redis's port. Standard Redis port — no reason to change it.",
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      "strategy": "default",
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      "description": "Database name the panel connects to. References the MariaDB service's own MARIADB_DATABASE value.",
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      "description": "Database username. References the MariaDB service's own MARIADB_USER value.",
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
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      "description": "Where Laravel writes application logs. stderr routes them into the container's log stream so they show up in Railway's deploy logs.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "stderr"
    },
    {
      "key": "MAIL_MAILER",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "How the panel sends email (password resets, notifications). log writes mail to the log instead of actually sending — set up a real mailer if you need working email.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "log"
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    {
      "key": "APP_TIMEZONE",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Timezone used for logs and scheduled tasks. Change to your own timezone if you'd rather not read UTC timestamps.",
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "UTC"
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      "key": "CACHE_DRIVER",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Backend for Laravel's cache layer. Points at the Redis service — don't change unless you're replacing Redis entirely.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "redis"
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      "description": "Salt used to obfuscate numeric IDs in URLs (e.g. server IDs). Auto-generated; changing it later just changes how existing IDs are encoded in links.",
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      "description": "Login password for the auto-created administrator. Auto-generated — copy it from this service's variables to log in.",
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    {
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      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Login username for the auto-created administrator.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "admin"
    },
    {
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      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Redis password. References the Redis service's own REDIS_PASSWORD value — kept in sync automatically.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
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    {
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      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Backend for Laravel's session storage. Points at the Redis service — don't change unless you're replacing Redis entirely.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "redis"
    },
    {
      "key": "RAILWAY_RUN_UID",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Container user ID Railway runs the process as. 0 (root) is required here for the panel's file permission handling to work correctly.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "0"
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    {
      "key": "TRUSTED_PROXIES",
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      "description": "Which upstream proxies Laravel trusts for forwarded IP/protocol headers. * trusts all, which is correct behind Railway's own edge proxy.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "*"
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    {
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      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Backend for Laravel's queued jobs. Points at the Redis service — don't change unless you're replacing Redis entirely.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "redis"
    },
    {
      "key": "RECAPTCHA_ENABLED",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "On by default in the stock image, and it breaks login on a fresh panel — the verification middleware throws before credentials are checked. Off here; turn on once you have your own reCAPTCHA keys configured.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "false"
    },
    {
      "key": "APP_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY",
      "service": "Panel",
      "description": "Pterodactyl setting restricting certain admin actions to non-production environments. Leave false for a real deployment.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "false"
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    {
      "key": "REDIS_PASSWORD",
      "service": "Redis",
      "description": "Auth password for this Redis instance. Auto-generated; the Panel service reads it back via ${{Redis.REDIS_PASSWORD}}.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "generate",
      "generate": "strong_password"
    },
    {
      "key": "RAILWAY_RUN_UID",
      "service": "Redis",
      "description": "Container user ID Railway runs the process as. 0 (root) is required for the custom start command to bind correctly.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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      }
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