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+# Elasticsearch configuration
+ES_HOST=localhost
+ES_PORT=9200
+ES_USERNAME=elastic
+ES_PASSWORD=your_password
+ES_USE_SSL=true
+ES_VERIFY_CERTS=true
+ES_CA_CERT_PATH=/path/to/ca.crt
+
+# Ollama configuration
+OLLAMA_HOST=localhost
+OLLAMA_PORT=11434
+OLLAMA_MODEL=llama2
+
+# ChromaDB configuration
+CHROMADB_HOST=localhost
+CHROMADB_PORT=8000
+CHROMADB_PERSISTENCE_DIR=./chroma_storage 
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