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+# Must be set to true for the first run, change it to "false" to avoid migrating the smart contracts on each run.
+DEPLOY_CONTRACTS=true
+# Ganache specific option, these two options have no effect when not running ganache-cli
+GANACHE_DATABASE_PATH=.
+REUSE_DATABASE=false
+# Specify which ethereum client to run or connect to: kovan, ganache, or ocean_poa_net_local
+KEEPER_NETWORK_NAME=ganache
+ARTIFACTS_FOLDER=~/.ocean/keeper-contracts/artifacts
+# Specify which ocean version use: stable, latests, ...
+OCEAN_VERSION=stable
+COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml