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+# make one like so https://docs.langflow.org/api-keys-and-authentication#langflow-secret-key
+LANGFLOW_SECRET_KEY=
+# flow id from the the openrag flow json
+FLOW_ID=1098eea1-6649-4e1d-aed1-b77249fb8dd0
+# must match the hashed password in secureconfig, must change for secure deployment!!!
+OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD=OSisgendb1!
+# make here https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials 
+GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
+GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
+# Optional dns routable from google (etc.) to handle continous ingest (ngrok works)
+WEBHOOK_BASE_URL=
+OPENAI_API_KEY=