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 The project requires a couple of environment variables to run, if you want to develop on this codebase.
 Setting values for these variables can be done with a method to your own liking.
 
-| Variable          | Description                                                    |
-|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
-| DB_HOST           | Url of where the database is located                           |
-| POSTGRES_USER     | Name of the user, needed to login to the postgres database     |
-| POSTGRES_PASSWORD | Password of the user, needed to login to the postgres database |
-| POSTGRES_HOST     | IP adress of the postgres database                             |
-| POSTGRES_DB       | Name of the postgres database                                  |
-| API_HOST          | Location of the API root                                       |
+| Variable                               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| POSTGRES_USER                          | Name of the user, needed to login to the postgres database                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| POSTGRES_PASSWORD                      | Password of the user, needed to login to the postgres database                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| POSTGRES_HOST                          | Location of the postgres database                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| POSTGRES_DB                            | Name of the postgres database                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| API_HOST                               | Location of the API root                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| CLIENT_ID                              | [Client id](https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/entra/identity-platform/v2-protocols)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| CLIENT_SECRET                          | Client's secret is your personal secret key for authentication, this can be found at the [Entra ID admin center](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-azure-ad-client-secret)                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| JWT_SECRET_KEY                         | JWT secret key is the key used to encode the JWT's and should be kept secret, because otherwise everyone can create "valid" JWT's for our application. Variable should be a random 32 characters long string, if you need more information please refer to the [RDF documentation](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4868#page-3) |                       
+| TENANT_ID                              | [Tenant id](https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/entra/fundamentals/whatis), an ID that is used to identify yourself to the microsoft servic                                                                                                                                                                                         |                     
+| HOMEPAGE_URL                           | URL of where the website's homepage is located                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 
 All the variables except the last one are for the database setup,
 these are needed to make a connection with the database.