diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index accd09a0..00000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-COMPOSE_CONVERT_WINDOWS_PATHS=1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c6f11b7..b3403af6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 /logs
 /data
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache2/Dockerfile b/apache2/Dockerfile
index 569ba9f3..97636ed9 100644
--- a/apache2/Dockerfile
+++ b/apache2/Dockerfile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ ARG PHP_SOCKET=php-fpm:9000
 
 ENV WEB_PHP_SOCKET=$PHP_SOCKET
 
-ENV WEB_DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/public
+ENV WEB_DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/
 
 EXPOSE 80 443
 
-WORKDIR /var/www/public
+WORKDIR /var/www/
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/docker/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5d24affe..0bad6746 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,42 +7,39 @@ services:
     applications:
         image: tianon/true
         volumes:
-            - ../:/var/www
-#            - ../sample/:/var/www/sample
+          - ${APPLICATIONS_HOST_DIR}:/var/www     
 
 ### Workspace Utilities Container ###########################
 
     workspace:
         build:
             context: ./workspace
-            args:
-                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
-                - INSTALL_SOAP=false
-                - INSTALL_MONGO=false
-                - INSTALL_NODE=false
-                - INSTALL_YARN=false
-                - INSTALL_DRUSH=false
-                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
-                - INSTALL_V8JS_EXTENSION=false
-                - COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL=false
-                - INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH=false
-                - INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY=false
-                - INSTALL_DEPLOYER=false
-                - INSTALL_LINUXBREW=false
-                - INSTALL_MC=false
-                - PUID=1000
-                - PGID=1000
-                - NODE_VERSION=stable
-                - YARN_VERSION=latest
-                - TZ=UTC
-            # dockerfile: Dockerfile-71
+            args:                
+                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_XDEBUG}
+                - INSTALL_SOAP=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_SOAP}
+                - INSTALL_MONGO=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_MONGO}
+                - INSTALL_NODE=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NODE}
+                - INSTALL_YARN=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_YARN}
+                - INSTALL_DRUSH=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_DRUSH}
+                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION}
+                - INSTALL_V8JS_EXTENSION=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_INSTALL_V8JS_EXTENSION}
+                - COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL=${WORKSPACE_COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL}
+                - INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH}
+                - INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY}
+                - INSTALL_DEPLOYER=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY}
+                - INSTALL_LINUXBREW=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY}
+                - INSTALL_MC=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_MC}
+                - PUID=${WORKSPACE_PUID}
+                - PGID=${WORKSPACE_PGID}
+                - NODE_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_NODE_VERSION}
+                - YARN_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_TIMEZONE}
+                - TZ=${WORKSPACE_TIMEZONE}
         volumes_from:
             - applications
         extra_hosts:
-            # IMPORTANT: Replace with your Docker Host IP (will be appended to /etc/hosts)
-            - "dockerhost:10.0.75.1"
+            - "dockerhost:${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
         ports:
-           - "2222:22"
+           - "${WORKSPACE_SSH_PORT}:22"
         tty: true
 
 ### PHP-FPM Container #######################################
@@ -51,19 +48,19 @@ services:
         build:
             context: ./php-fpm
             args:
-                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
-                - INSTALL_SOAP=false
-                - INSTALL_MONGO=false
-                - INSTALL_ZIP_ARCHIVE=false
-                - INSTALL_BCMATH=false
-                - INSTALL_PHPREDIS=false
-                - INSTALL_MEMCACHED=false
-                - INSTALL_OPCACHE=false
-                - INSTALL_EXIF=false
-                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
-                - CODEIGNITER=false
-                - GHOSTSCRIPT=false
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile-70
+                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_XDEBUG}
+                - INSTALL_SOAP=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_SOAP}
+                - INSTALL_MONGO=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MONGO}
+                - INSTALL_ZIP_ARCHIVE=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_ZIP_ARCHIVE}
+                - INSTALL_BCMATH=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_BCMATH}
+                - INSTALL_PHPREDIS=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_PHPREDIS}
+                - INSTALL_MEMCACHED=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MEMCACHED}
+                - INSTALL_OPCACHE=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_OPCACHE}
+                - INSTALL_EXIF=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_EXIF}
+                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION}                
+                - INSTALL_MYSQLI=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MYSQLI}
+                - INSTALL_TOKENIZER=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_TOKENIZER}
+            dockerfile: ${PHP_FPM_DOCKER_FILE}
         volumes_from:
             - applications
         expose:
@@ -71,11 +68,9 @@ services:
         depends_on:
             - workspace
         extra_hosts:
-            # IMPORTANT: Replace with your Docker Host IP (will be appended to /etc/hosts)
-            - "dockerhost:10.0.75.1"
+            - "dockerhost:${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
         environment:
-            # IMPORTANT: Set the Remote Interpreter entry matching name to `laravel`
-            - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=laravel
+            - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=${PHP_IDE_CONFIG}
 
 ### Nginx Server Container ##################################
 
@@ -86,12 +81,12 @@ services:
                 - PHP_UPSTREAM=php-fpm
         volumes_from:
             - applications
-        volumes:
-            - ./logs/nginx/:/var/log/nginx
-            - ./nginx/sites/:/etc/nginx/sites-available
+        volumes:            
+            - ${NGINX_HOST_LOG_PATH}:/var/log/nginx
+            - ${NGINX_SITES_PATH}:/etc/nginx/sites-available
         ports:
-            - "80:80"
-            - "443:443"
+            - "${NGINX_HOST_HTTP_PORT}:80"
+            - "${NGINX_HOST_HTTPS_PORT}:443"
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
 
@@ -101,14 +96,14 @@ services:
         build:
             context: ./apache2
             args:
-                - PHP_SOCKET=php-fpm:9000
+                - PHP_SOCKET=${PHP_SOCKET}
         volumes_from:
             - applications
         volumes:
-            - ./logs/apache2:/var/log/apache2
+            - ${APACHE_HOST_LOG_PATH}:/var/log/apache2
         ports:
-            - "80:80"
-            - "443:443"
+            - "${APACHE_HOST_HTTP_PORT}:80"
+            - "${APACHE_HOST_HTTPS_PORT}:443"
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
 
@@ -130,7 +125,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - minio:/export
         ports:
-          - "9000:9000"
+          - "${MINIO_PORT}:9000"
         environment:
           MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: access
           MINIO_SECRET_KEY: secretkey
@@ -141,14 +136,14 @@ services:
         build:
             context: ./mysql
             args:
-                - MYSQL_DATABASE=homestead
-                - MYSQL_USER=homestead
-                - MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
-                - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+                - MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE}
+                - MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER}
+                - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+                - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
         volumes:
             - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
         ports:
-            - "3306:3306"
+            - "${MYSQL_PORT}:3306"
 
 ### MariaDB Container #######################################
 
@@ -157,12 +152,12 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
         ports:
-            - "3306:3306"
+            - "${MARIADB_PORT}:3306"
         environment:
-            MYSQL_DATABASE: homestead
-            MYSQL_USER: homestead
-            MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
-            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+            MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MARIADB_DATABASE}
+            MYSQL_USER: ${MARIADB_USER}
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MARIADB_PASSWORD}
+            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MARIADB_PORT}
 
 ### PostgreSQL Container ####################################
 
@@ -171,11 +166,11 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
         ports:
-            - "5432:5432"
+            - "${POSTGRES_PORT}:5432"
         environment:
-            POSTGRES_DB: homestead
-            POSTGRES_USER: homestead
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
+            POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+            POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
 
 ### PostgreSQL PostGis Container ############################
 
@@ -184,11 +179,11 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
         ports:
-            - "5432:5432"
+            - "${POSTGRES_PORT}:5432"
         environment:
-            POSTGRES_DB: homestead
-            POSTGRES_USER: homestead
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
+            POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+            POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
 
 ### Neo4j Container #########################################
 
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ services:
             - "7474:7474"
             - "1337:1337"
         environment:
-            - NEO4J_AUTH=homestead:secret
+            - NEO4J_AUTH=default:secret
         volumes:
             - neo4j:/var/lib/neo4j/data
 
@@ -251,7 +246,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - memcached:/var/lib/memcached
         ports:
-            - "11211:11211"
+            - "${MEMCACHED_HOST_PORT}:11211"
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
 
@@ -260,7 +255,7 @@ services:
     beanstalkd:
         build: ./beanstalkd
         ports:
-            - "11300:11300"
+            - "${BEANSTALKD_HOST_PORT}:11300"
         privileged: true
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
@@ -270,13 +265,13 @@ services:
     rabbitmq:
         build: ./rabbitmq
         ports:
-            - "5672:5672"
-            - "15671:15671"
-            - "8080:15672"
+            - "${RABBITMQ_NODE_HOST_PORT}:5672"
+            - "${RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTP_HOST_PORT}:15672"
+            - "${RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTPS_HOST_PORT}:15671"
         privileged: true
         environment:
-            RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: guest
-            RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: guest
+            RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: ${RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER}
+            RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: ${RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS}
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
 
@@ -312,16 +307,13 @@ services:
         build: ./phpmyadmin
         environment:
             PMA_ARBITRARY: 1
-            MYSQL_USER: homestead
-            MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
-            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+            MYSQL_USER: ${PMA_USER}
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${PMA_PASSWORD}
+            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${PMA_ROOT_PASSWORD}
         ports:
-            - "8080:80"
+            - "${PMA_PORT}:80"
         depends_on:
-            # for mysql container
-            - "mysql"
-            # for mariadb container
-            # - "mariadb"
+            - "${PMA_DB_ENGINE}"
 
 ### pgAdmin Container #######################################
 
@@ -340,8 +332,8 @@ services:
             - elasticsearch-data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
             - elasticsearch-plugins:/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins
         ports:
-            - "9200:9200"
-            - "9300:9300"
+            - "${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_HTTP_PORT}:9200"
+            - "${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_TRANSPORT_PORT}:9300"
         depends_on:
             - php-fpm
             
@@ -370,9 +362,8 @@ services:
     selenium:
         build: ./selenium
         ports:
-            - "4444:4444"
+            - "${SELENIUM_PORT}:4444"
         volumes:
-            # see https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium#running-the-images
             - /dev/shm:/dev/shm
 
 ### Volumes Setup ###########################################
@@ -406,5 +397,3 @@ volumes:
         driver: "local"
     elasticsearch-plugins:
         driver: "local"
-    sessions:    ## nothing is connected to this (- ./data/sessions:/sessions)
-        driver: "local"
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53caa03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env-example
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+### Application
+# Point to your application code, wish should be available at `/var/www`
+APPLICATIONS_HOST_DIR=../
+
+### PHP version (Does not apply for HHVM)
+# PHP_VERSION=55
+# PHP_VERSION=56
+PHP_VERSION=70
+
+### PHP interpreter
+# PHP_INTERPRETER=hhvm
+PHP_INTERPRETER=php-fpm
+
+### WORKSPACE Container
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_SOAP=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_MONGO=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NODE=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_YARN=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_DRUSH=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_INSTALL_V8JS_EXTENSION=false
+WORKSPACE_COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_DEPLOYER=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_LINUXBREW=false
+WORKSPACE_INSTALL_MC=false
+WORKSPACE_PUID=1000
+WORKSPACE_PGID=1000
+WORKSPACE_NODE_VERSION=stable
+WORKSPACE_TIMEZONE=UTC
+WORKSPACE_SSH_PORT=2222
+
+### PHP_FPM Container
+PHP_FPM_DOCKER_FILE=Dockerfile-70
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_XDEBUG=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MONGO=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_SOAP=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_ZIP_ARCHIVE=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_BCMATH=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_PHPREDIS=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MEMCACHED=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_OPCACHE=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_EXIF=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MYSQLI=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_TOKENIZER=false
+
+### NGINX Container
+NGINX_HOST_HTTP_PORT=80
+NGINX_HOST_HTTPS_PORT=433
+NGINX_HOST_LOG_PATH=./logs/nginx/
+NGINX_SITES_PATH=./nginx/sites/
+
+### APACHE Container
+APACHE_HOST_HTTP_PORT=80
+APACHE_HOST_HTTPS_PORT=443
+APACHE2_PHP_SOCKET=php-fpm:9000
+APACHE_HOST_LOG_PATH=./logs/apache2
+PHP_SOCKET=php-fpm:9000
+
+### MYSQL Container
+MYSQL_DATABASE=default
+MYSQL_USER=default
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
+MYSQL_PORT=3306
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+
+### MARIADB Container
+MARIADB_DATABASE=default
+MARIADB_USER=default
+MARIADB_PASSWORD=secret
+MARIADB_PORT=3306
+
+
+### POSTGRES Container
+POSTGRES_DB=default
+POSTGRES_USER=default
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+
+### RABBITMQ Container
+RABBITMQ_NODE_HOST_PORT=5672
+RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTP_HOST_PORT=15672
+RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_HTTPS_HOST_PORT=15671
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=guest
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=guest
+
+### ELASTICSEARCH Container
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_HTTP_PORT=9200
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOST_TRANSPORT_PORT=9300
+
+### MEMCACHED Container
+MEMCACHED_HOST_PORT=11211
+
+### BEANSTALKD CONSOLE
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_BUILD_PATH=./beanstalkd-console
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_CONTAINER_NAME=beanstalkd-console
+BEANSTALKD_CONSOLE_HOST_PORT=2080
+
+### BEANSTALKD Container
+BEANSTALKD_HOST_PORT=11300
+
+### SELENIUM Container
+SELENIUM_PORT=4444
+
+### MINIO Container
+MINIO_PORT=9000
+
+### PHP MY ADMIN Container
+# PMA_DB_ENGINE=mariadb
+PMA_DB_ENGINE=mysql
+PMA_USER=default
+PMA_PASSWORD=secret
+PMA_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
+PMA_PORT=88
+
+### MISC
+# Replace with your Docker Host IP (will be appended to /etc/hosts)
+DOCKER_HOST_IP=10.0.75.1
+# The Remote Interpreter entry matching name `laradock`
+PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=laradock
+
+### to be continue neo4j mongo rethinkdb redis aerospike pgadmin ...
diff --git a/mysql/Dockerfile b/mysql/Dockerfile
index 420ddfaa..b483cc24 100644
--- a/mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ADD startup /etc/mysql/startup
 
 RUN chown -R mysql:root /var/lib/mysql/
 
-ARG MYSQL_DATABASE=homestead
-ARG MYSQL_USER=homestead
+ARG MYSQL_DATABASE=default
+ARG MYSQL_USER=default
 ARG MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
 ARG MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
 
diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56 b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
index 4b4989ab..6c63d72d 100644
--- a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
+++ b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
@@ -145,13 +145,20 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_OPCACHE} = true ]; then \
 COPY ./opcache.ini /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/opcache.ini
 
 #####################################
-# Codeigniter Modifications:
+# Mysqli Modifications:
 #####################################
 
-ARG CODEIGNITER=false
-RUN if [ ${CODEIGNITER} = true ]; then \
-    # Install Codeigniter PHP extentions requirements
-     docker-php-ext-install mysqli && \
+ARG INSTALL_MYSQLI=false
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_MYSQLI} = true ]; then \  
+     docker-php-ext-install mysqli \
+;fi
+
+#####################################
+# Tokenizer Modifications:
+#####################################
+
+ARG INSTALL_TOKENIZER=false
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_TOKENIZER} = true ]; then \
      docker-php-ext-install tokenizer \
 ;fi
 
diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70 b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
index 2aa584c3..60581ddb 100644
--- a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
+++ b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
@@ -176,13 +176,19 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_OPCACHE} = true ]; then \
 COPY ./opcache.ini /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/opcache.ini
 
 #####################################
-# Codeigniter Modifications:
+# Mysqli Modifications:
+#####################################
+ARG INSTALL_MYSQLI=false
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_MYSQLI} = true ]; then \    
+     docker-php-ext-install mysqli \
+;fi
+
+#####################################
+# Tokenizer Modifications:
 #####################################
 
-ARG CODEIGNITER=false
-RUN if [ ${CODEIGNITER} = true ]; then \
-    # Install Codeigniter PHP extentions requirements
-     docker-php-ext-install mysqli && \
+ARG INSTALL_TOKENIZER=false
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_TOKENIZER} = true ]; then \
      docker-php-ext-install tokenizer \
 ;fi