diff --git a/.env b/.env
index accd09a0..7eac1a8b 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 COMPOSE_CONVERT_WINDOWS_PATHS=1
+
+# APPLICATIONS
+APPLICATIONS_HOST_DIR=../
+APPLICATIONS_IMAGE_NAME=tianon/true
+APPLICATIONS_CONTAINER_NAME=applications
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 67af2244..094ed9ab 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ services:
     applications:
         image: tianon/true
         volumes:
-            - ../:/var/www
-#            - ../sample/:/var/www/sample
+          - ${APPLICATIONS_HOST_DIR}:/var/www
 
 ### Workspace Utilities Container ###########################
 
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fa13c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env-example
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+##################
+# DOCKER COMPOSE #
+# ################
+
+DOCKER_HOST_IP=10.0.75.1
+
+# Switch between PHP and HHVM interpreter
+# PHP_INTERPRETER=hhvm
+PHP_INTERPRETER=php-fpm
+
+# Switch between supported PHP versions... does not apply for HHVM.
+# Please see composer.json in Laravel Framework for the minimum Php Version
+#PHP_VERSION=55
+#PHP_VERSION=56
+PHP_VERSION=70
+
+# APPLICATIONS
+APPLICATIONS_HOST_DIR=../
+APPLICATIONS_IMAGE_NAME=tianon/true
+APPLICATIONS_CONTAINER_NAME=applications
+
+# WORKSPACE
+WORKSPACE_BUILD_PATH=./workspace
+WORKSPACE_CONTAINER_NAME=workspace
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_MONGO=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NODE=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_YARN=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_DRUSH=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
+WORKSPACE_COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH=false
+WORKSPACE_PUID=1000
+WORKSPACE_PGID=1000
+WORKSPACE_NODE_VERSION=stable
+WORKSPACE_TIMEZONE=UTC
+WORKSPACE_SSH_PORT=2222
+
+
+# PHP_FPM
+PHP_FPM_BUILD_PATH=./php-fpm
+PHP_FPM_CONTAINER_NAME=php-fpm
+PHP_FPM_DOCKER_FILE=Dockerfile-70
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MONGO=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_ZIP_ARCHIVE=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MEMCACHED=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_OPCACHE=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
+PHP_FPM_CODEIGNITER=false
+PHP_FPM_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=laravel
+
+
+# NGINX
+NGINX_BUILD_PATH=./nginx
+NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME=nginx
+NGINX_HOST_HTTP_PORT=8080
+NGINX_HOST_HTTPS_PORT=8433
+NGINX_HOST_LOG_PATH=./logs/nginx/
+
+
+# APACHE
+APACHE2_BUILD_PATH=./apache2
+APACHE2_CONTAINER_NAME=apache2
+APACHE_HOST_HTTP_PORT=7080
+APACHE_HOST_HTTPS_PORT=7443
+APACHE2_PHP_SOCKET=php-fpm:9000
+APACHE_HOST_LOG_PATH=./logs/apache2
+
+# HHVM
+HHVM_BUILD_PATH=./hhvm
+HHVM_CONTAINER_NAME=hhvm
+HHVM_HOST_PORT=9000
+
+# MYSQL
+MYSQL_BUILD_PATH=./mysql
+MYSQL_CONTAINER_NAME=mysql
+MYSQL_HOST_PORT=3307
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+
+# MEMCACHED
+MEMCACHED_BUILD_PATH=./memcached
+MEMCACHED_CONTAINER_NAME=memcached
+MEMCACHED_HOST_PORT=11211
+
+# BEANSTALKD
+BEANSTALKD_BUILD_PATH=./beanstalkd
+BEANSTALKD_CONTAINER_NAME=beanstalkd
+BEANSTALKD_HOST_PORT=11300
+
+# BEANSTALKD CONSOLE
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_BUILD_PATH=./beanstalkd-console
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_CONTAINER_NAME=beanstalkd-console
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_HOST_PORT=2080
+
+# RABBITMQ
+RABBITMQ_BUILD_PATH=./rabbitmq
+RABBITMQ_CONTAINER_NAME=rabbitmq
+RABBITMQ_NODE_HOST_PORT=5672
+RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTPS_HOST_PORT=15671
+RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTP_HOST_PORT=15672
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=guest
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=guest
+
+# ELASTICSEARCH
+ELASTICSEARCH_BUILD_PATH=./elasticsearch/versions/2
+ELASTICSEARCH_CONTAINER_NAME=elasticsearch
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_HTTP_PORT=9200
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_TRANSPORT_PORT=9300
+
+####################
+# LARAVEL SPECIFIC #
+# ##################
+
+# APP
+APP_ENV=local
+APP_KEY=base64:FeZgPe6Pqm7dOCy7Sx0P/PQ9ICMuwAsHLms7DUOxCkI=
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
+APP_URL=http://localhost
+
+# DATABASE
+DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+
+# Laravel Original: DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+# must match the service name or container name.
+# so if we want to use mariadb it must look like:
+# DB_HOST=mariadb
+DB_HOST=mysql
+
+# IMPORTANT:
+#   - ports are defined in docker-compose.yml like HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
+#   - DB_PORT=3306 represents the CONTAINER_PORT not the HOST_PORT
+#
+# This means that this should not be changed unless you have also tweaked the database image created by
+#  docker-compose.yml.
+DB_PORT=3306
+DB_DATABASE=default
+DB_USERNAME=default
+DB_PASSWORD=secret
+
+# DRIVERS
+BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
+CACHE_DRIVER=file
+SESSION_DRIVER=file
+QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
+
+# REDIS
+REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PASSWORD=null
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+
+# MAIL
+MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
+MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
+MAIL_PORT=2525
+MAIL_USERNAME=null
+MAIL_PASSWORD=null
+MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
+
+# PUSHER
+PUSHER_APP_ID=
+PUSHER_KEY=
+PUSHER_SECRET=