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+### Compose parameters
+
+SQLITE=0
+NOSWAG=0
+
+# Port on which the noswag nginx container is listening
+# You don't have to bother about this if you use the swag version
+NOSWAG_PORT=80
+
+
+### Run parameters
+
+PUID=1000
+PGID=1000
+TZ=Europe/Zurich
+URL=your.domain
+
+
+### Init parameters
+
+SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=you@your.email
+SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=secret
+USE_HTTPS=1
+
+# You don't have to bother about this if you use SQLite
+MYSQL_HOST=db
+MYSQL_USER_PASSWD=secret
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWD=secret
+
+
+### Volume parameters
+
+SEAFILE_CONF_DIR=./seafile/conf
+SEAFILE_LOGS_DIR=./seafile/logs
+SEAFILE_DATA_DIR=./seafile/seafile-data
+SEAFILE_SEAHUB_DIR=./seafile/seahub-data
+
+# You don't have to bother about this if you use SQLite
+DATABASE_DIR=./db
+
+# You don't have to bother about this if you use MariaDB
+SEAFILE_SQLITE_DIR=./seafile/sqlite
+
+# You don't have to bother about this if you use the noswag version
+SWAG_DIR=./swag