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+# This is an example .env file showing *SOME* of the environment
+# variables that can be configured within IOx. To use this template,
+# copy this file to the top level directory with the name `.env`, and
+# remove any `#` at the beginning of the lines of variables you'd like
+# to set values for.
+#
+# The full list of available configuration values can be found by in
+# the command line help (e.g. `env: INFLUXDB_IOX_DB_DIR=`):
+#
+# ./influxdb_iox run --help
+#
+#
+# The identifier for the server. Used for writing to object storage and as
+# an identifier that is added to replicated writes, Write Buffer segments
+# and Chunks. Must be unique in a group of connected or semi-connected IOx
+# servers. Must be a number that can be represented by a 32-bit unsigned
+# integer.
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_ID=1
+#
+# Which object store implementation to use (defaults to Memory if unset)
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_OBJECT_STORE=File
+#
+# Where to store files on disk:
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_DB_DIR=$HOME/.influxdb_iox
+# TEST_INFLUXDB_IOX_DB_DIR=$HOME/.influxdb_iox
+#
+# Addresses for the server processes:
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_BIND_ADDR=127.0.0.1:8080
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_GRPC_BIND_ADDR=127.0.0.1:8082
+#
+# If using Amazon S3 as an object store:
+# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=access_key_value
+# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret_access_key_value
+# AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-2
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_BUCKET=bucket-name
+#
+# Optionally:
+# AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=token
+#
+# If using an s3 compatible storage
+# AWS_ENDPOINT = http://localhost:9000
+#
+# If using Google Cloud Storage as an object store:
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_BUCKET=bucket_name
+# Set one of SERVICE_ACCOUNT or GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, either to a path of a filename
+# containing Google credential JSON or to the JSON directly.
+# SERVICE_ACCOUNT=/path/to/auth/info.json
+# GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS={"project_id": ...}
+#
+# If using Microsoft Azure as an object store:
+# The name you see when going to All Services > Storage accounts > [name]
+# AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=
+# The name of a container you've created in the storage account, under Blob Service > Containers
+# INFLUXDB_IOX_BUCKET=
+# In the Storage account's Settings > Access keys, one of the Key values
+# AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY=
+#
+# To enable Jaeger tracing:
+# OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="iox" # defaults to iox
+# OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_AGENT_HOST="jaeger.influxdata.net"
+# OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_AGENT_PORT="6831"