diff --git a/snapshotter/.gitignore b/snapshotter/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c875575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshotter/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+data/
+env
diff --git a/snapshotter/docker-compose.yml b/snapshotter/docker-compose.yml
index ef6f199..31a588d 100644
--- a/snapshotter/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/snapshotter/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ services:
   volumes:
    - ./src/:/app
    - ./data:/data
-  environment:
-   - "USER=viewer"
-   - "PASSWORD=viewer"
-   - "SSH_USER=…"
-   - "SSH_PASSWORD=…"
-   - "SSH_HOST=…"
-   - "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+  env_file: env
   working_dir: /app
   command: python3 scheduler.py
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diff --git a/snapshotter/env.sample b/snapshotter/env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d0bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshotter/env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+USER=grafana_user
+PASSWORD=grafana_password
+
+SSH_USER=ssh_user
+SSH_PASSWORD=ssh_pass
+SSH_HOST=ssh_target
+
+PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
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