diff --git a/.env.dev.example b/.env.dev.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f67488c23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.dev.example
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Keys
+# Required key for platform encryption/decryption ops
+# THIS IS A SAMPLE ENCRYPTION KEY AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR PRODUCTION
+ENCRYPTION_KEY=VVHnGZ0w98WLgISK4XSJcagezuG6EWRFTk48KE4Y5Mw=
+
+# JWT
+# Required secrets to sign JWT tokens
+# THIS IS A SAMPLE AUTH_SECRET KEY AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR PRODUCTION
+AUTH_SECRET=5lrMXKKWCVocS/uerPsl7V+TX/aaUaI7iDkgl3tSmLE=
+
+# Postgres creds
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=infisical
+POSTGRES_USER=infisical
+POSTGRES_DB=infisical
+
+# Required
+DB_CONNECTION_URI=postgres://${POSTGRES_USER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB}
+
+# Redis
+REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
+
+# Website URL
+# Required
+SITE_URL=http://localhost:8080
+
+# Mail/SMTP
+SMTP_HOST=
+SMTP_PORT=
+SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=
+SMTP_FROM_NAME=
+SMTP_USERNAME=
+SMTP_PASSWORD=
+
+# Integration
+# Optional only if integration is used
+CLIENT_ID_HEROKU=
+CLIENT_ID_VERCEL=
+CLIENT_ID_NETLIFY=
+CLIENT_ID_GITHUB=
+CLIENT_ID_GITHUB_APP=
+CLIENT_SLUG_GITHUB_APP=
+CLIENT_ID_GITLAB=
+CLIENT_ID_BITBUCKET=
+CLIENT_SECRET_HEROKU=
+CLIENT_SECRET_VERCEL=
+CLIENT_SECRET_NETLIFY=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GITHUB=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GITHUB_APP=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GITLAB=
+CLIENT_SECRET_BITBUCKET=
+CLIENT_SLUG_VERCEL=
+
+CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_GITHUB_APP=
+CLIENT_APP_ID_GITHUB_APP=
+
+# Sentry (optional) for monitoring errors
+SENTRY_DSN=
+
+# Infisical Cloud-specific configs
+# Ignore - Not applicable for self-hosted version
+POSTHOG_HOST=
+POSTHOG_PROJECT_API_KEY=
+
+# SSO-specific variables
+CLIENT_ID_GOOGLE_LOGIN=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GOOGLE_LOGIN=
+
+CLIENT_ID_GITHUB_LOGIN=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GITHUB_LOGIN=
+
+CLIENT_ID_GITLAB_LOGIN=
+CLIENT_SECRET_GITLAB_LOGIN=
+
+CAPTCHA_SECRET=
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_CAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=
+
+OTEL_TELEMETRY_COLLECTION_ENABLED=false
+OTEL_EXPORT_TYPE=prometheus
+OTEL_EXPORT_OTLP_ENDPOINT=
+OTEL_OTLP_PUSH_INTERVAL=
+
+OTEL_COLLECTOR_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME=
+OTEL_COLLECTOR_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=
+
+PLAIN_API_KEY=
+PLAIN_WISH_LABEL_IDS=
+
+SSL_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_HEADER_KEY=
+
+ENABLE_MSSQL_SECRET_ROTATION_ENCRYPT=true
+
+# App Connections
+
+# aws assume-role connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+
+# github oauth connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+#github app connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_APP_SLUG=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_APP_ID=
+
+#gitlab app connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+#github radar app connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_CLIENT_SECRET=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_SLUG=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GITHUB_RADAR_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET=
+
+#gcp app connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CREDENTIAL=
+
+# azure app connections
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_APP_CONFIGURATION_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_KEY_VAULT_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_KEY_VAULT_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_CLIENT_SECRETS_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_CLIENT_SECRETS_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_DEVOPS_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_AZURE_DEVOPS_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+# heroku app connection
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_HEROKU_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
+INF_APP_CONNECTION_HEROKU_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+# datadog
+SHOULD_USE_DATADOG_TRACER=
+DATADOG_PROFILING_ENABLED=
+DATADOG_ENV=
+DATADOG_SERVICE=
+DATADOG_HOSTNAME=
+
+# kubernetes
+KUBERNETES_AUTO_FETCH_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=false
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9da28e5282..489aa292cb 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Keys
 # Required key for platform encryption/decryption ops
 # THIS IS A SAMPLE ENCRYPTION KEY AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR PRODUCTION
-ENCRYPTION_KEY=VVHnGZ0w98WLgISK4XSJcagezuG6EWRFTk48KE4Y5Mw=
+ENCRYPTION_KEY=f13dbc92aaaf86fa7cb0ed8ac3265f47
 
 # JWT
 # Required secrets to sign JWT tokens
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
 
 # Website URL
 # Required
-SITE_URL=http://localhost:8080
+SITE_URL=http://localhost:80
 
 # Mail/SMTP
 SMTP_HOST=
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-backend-bdd-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-backend-bdd-tests.yml
index d789f7c1d8..df09632978 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-backend-bdd-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-backend-bdd-tests.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Output .env file and enable feature flags for BDD tests
         run: |
-          cp .env.example .env
+          cp .env.dev.example .env
           echo "ACME_DEVELOPMENT_MODE=true" >> .env
           echo "ACME_DEVELOPMENT_HTTP01_CHALLENGE_HOST_OVERRIDES={\"localhost\": \"host.docker.internal:8087\", \"infisical.com\": \"host.docker.internal:8087\", \"example.com\": \"host.docker.internal:8087\"}" >> .env
           echo "BDD_NOCK_API_ENABLED=true" >> .env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a44117a49..6a46a1f5b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ To set up and run Infisical locally, make sure you have Git and Docker installed
 Linux/macOS:
 
 ```console
-git clone https://github.com/Infisical/infisical && cd "$(basename $_ .git)" && cp .env.example .env && docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up
+git clone https://github.com/Infisical/infisical && cd "$(basename $_ .git)" && cp .env.dev.example .env && docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up
 ```
 
 Windows Command Prompt:
 
 ```console
-git clone https://github.com/Infisical/infisical && cd infisical && copy .env.example .env && docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up
+git clone https://github.com/Infisical/infisical && cd infisical && copy .env.dev.example .env && docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up
 ```
 
 Create an account at `http://localhost:80`
diff --git a/docs/contributing/platform/developing.mdx b/docs/contributing/platform/developing.mdx
index 5a1af52c4a..bb84d8846b 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/platform/developing.mdx
+++ b/docs/contributing/platform/developing.mdx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ git checkout -b MY_BRANCH_NAME
 
 ## Set up environment variables
 
-Start by creating a `.env` file at the root of the Infisical directory then copy the contents of the file linked [here](https://github.com/Infisical/infisical/blob/main/.env.example). View all available [environment variables](https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/configuration/envars) and guidance for each.
+Start by creating a `.env` file at the root of the Infisical directory then copy the contents of the file linked [here](https://github.com/Infisical/infisical/blob/main/.env.dev.example). View all available [environment variables](https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/configuration/envars) and guidance for each.
 
 ## Starting Infisical for development