diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3413cd8..7f6605b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ yarn-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
 
 # Environment and secrets
-.env*
-*.env
+**/*.env*
 *.pem
 *.key
 *.crt
diff --git a/assignment-db-service/.env.development b/assignment-db-service/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d370b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assignment-db-service/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+# Environment variables declared in this file are automatically made available to Prisma.
+# See the documentation for more detail: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema#accessing-environment-variables-from-the-schema
+
+# Prisma supports the native connection string format for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB and CockroachDB.
+# See the documentation for all the connection string options: https://pris.ly/d/connection-strings
+
+#use this when testing local, remmber to run the proxy command
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@localhost:15432/postgres?schema=public"
+
+# DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@bytecamp-db.flycast:5432?sslmode=disable"
+# DATABASE_URL=postgres://snakebyte:zVB7lgOiKr89dq6@localhost:5432/snakebyte?sslmode=disable
+NODE_PORT=3200
diff --git a/assignment-db-service/.env.test b/assignment-db-service/.env.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b464239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assignment-db-service/.env.test
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+# Environment variables declared in this file are automatically made available to Prisma.
+# See the documentation for more detail: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema#accessing-environment-variables-from-the-schema
+
+# Prisma supports the native connection string format for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB and CockroachDB.
+# See the documentation for all the connection string options: https://pris.ly/d/connection-strings
+
+#use this when testing local, remmber to run the proxy command
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@host.docker.internal:15432/postgres?schema=public"
+
+# DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@bytecamp-db.flycast:5432?sslmode=disable"
+# DATABASE_URL=postgres://snakebyte:zVB7lgOiKr89dq6@localhost:5432/snakebyte?sslmode=disable
+NODE_PORT=3200
diff --git a/assignment-service/.env.development b/assignment-service/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b683362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assignment-service/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+NODE_ENV=development
+DB_ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL="http://localhost:3200"
+DEPLOY_API_URL="http://127.0.0.1:3006"
+
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='tid__NSmOVaGknqitaCySppZjqVTgJSdDFnFbWcQllkC_juHwkbQZO'
+AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3='https://fly.storage.tigris.dev'
+AWS_REGION='auto'
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='tsec_6Bz1aMbfYQftuq5WfIVEDZkHwskU4MMjVywdtxSP6uxetEBvkSC2VHI9HfTeDgHr4D6kiz'
+COMMON_BUCKET='snakeapi-deployment-test-bucket'
+
+NODE_PORT=8082
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assignment-service/.env.test b/assignment-service/.env.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd1e4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assignment-service/.env.test
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+NODE_ENV=test
+DB_ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL="http://js-assignment-db-service:3200"
+DEPLOY_API_URL="http://localhost:3006/deploy"
+NODE_PORT=8082
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/auth-service/.env.development b/auth-service/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd061d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth-service/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="485880105639-1in8tvb6ondnn198rasuj2d8ank06ntp.apps.googleusercontent.com"
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="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"
+GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL="http://localhost:8080/auth/google/callback"
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL="http://localhost:5173/"
+ACCEPTED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000,http://localhost:8081,http://localhost:3001,http://localhost:5173
+ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL="http://localhost:8082"
+DB_USER_SERVICE_URL="http://localhost:3100/"
+AUTH_SESSION_KEY="f3f4d8e6b17a4b3abdc8e9a2c0457aaf91c0d5f6e3b7a9c8df624bd71ea35f42"
+PORT=8080
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment-service/.env.development b/deployment-service/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d57cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment-service/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FLY_ACCESS_TOKEN="FlyV1 fm2_lJPECAAAAAAACJJHxBC35kpObFZDsJAPn5pJQiKPwrVodHRwczovL2FwaS5mbHkuaW8vdjGUAJLOAA//nh8Lk7lodHRwczovL2FwaS5mbHkuaW8vYWFhL3YxxDyO5yDXiITf8KTDPNnKb4gSteSj3yQHuAyyengEARfYV25mqzmtG3S4Bu7CYues17SSu9gGifeNLn4hXWrETi4+QteTFAMss5GZkoSVshqbA9AuVy+e3Bjcy+T0ts2PUZxzr16/M8qMlDkqFrZ1eSah/tS2OaPvrcW3s+pyH0A2ifEFNAdzVKR2YHRy/cQgEdZ4GzSTKKSHn9tYI20WlI2hNu8WSZUGAAVZeXo9p/A=,fm2_lJPETi4+QteTFAMss5GZkoSVshqbA9AuVy+e3Bjcy+T0ts2PUZxzr16/M8qMlDkqFrZ1eSah/tS2OaPvrcW3s+pyH0A2ifEFNAdzVKR2YHRy/cQQRbF7X4pBgIyHUIo2eht1IsO5aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuZmx5LmlvL2FhYS92MZgEks5oEWAkzmgamsIXzgAPYVkKkc4AD2FZDMQQ7KQcPpIJz2LenFGn/yl/Z8QgShJnZLpaGTwTYDdDKpI8sxPnsmqqjTYJfjn+wtLJbG4="
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='tid__NSmOVaGknqitaCySppZjqVTgJSdDFnFbWcQllkC_juHwkbQZO'
+AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3='https://fly.storage.tigris.dev'
+AWS_REGION='auto'
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='tsec_6Bz1aMbfYQftuq5WfIVEDZkHwskU4MMjVywdtxSP6uxetEBvkSC2VHI9HfTeDgHr4D6kiz'
+COMMON_BUCKET='snakeapi-deployment-test-bucket'
+FLY_ORG='personal'
+IMAGE_REF="registry.fly.io/snake-api-template:latest"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-db-service/.env.development b/user-db-service/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7509cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user-db-service/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Environment variables declared in this file are automatically made available to Prisma.
+# See the documentation for more detail: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema#accessing-environment-variables-from-the-schema
+
+# Prisma supports the native connection string format for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB and CockroachDB.
+# See the documentation for all the connection string options: https://pris.ly/d/connection-strings
+
+#use this when testing local, remmber to run the proxy command
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@host.docker.internal:15432/postgres?schema=public"
+
+# DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:wly9H8gjjmxYfg1@bytecamp-db.flycast:5432?sslmode=disable"
+# DATABASE_URL=postgres://snakebyte:zVB7lgOiKr89dq6@localhost:5432/snakebyte?sslmode=disable
+NODE_PORT=3100