diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec2141d714cb31db37a03bd80036a517101fd1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+COMPOSE_PROFILES=kafka-ui,connect1
+PORT_ZOOKEEPER=2181
+PORT_BROKER1=29092
+PORT_CONNECT=8083
+PORT_KAFKA_UI=28080
+PORT_NEWS_CONSUMER=28888
+
+# Flink image (the one on GitLab includes Python)
+FLINK_IMAGE=flink:1.14.4-scala_2.12
+# FLINK_IMAGE=gitlab.inf.unibz.it:4567/rtbdp/resources/flink/pyflink:1.14.4-scala_2.12
+
+# Flink settings
+FLINK_TASK_SLOTS=4
+FLINK_DEFAULT_PARALLELISM=1
+
+# ports
+PORT_FLINK=8081
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efa1cf63ddb29c5af0dba0273ef5e192c38dc73f..de09f1ccd182987bbd8bf4a588c17811f03e70f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.env
 __pycache__/
 java/target/
 java/.idea/