diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..482c63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# MotoVaultPro Environment Configuration
+# Copy to .env and fill in environment-specific values
+# Generated .env files should NOT be committed to version control
+#
+# Local dev: No .env needed -- base docker-compose.yml defaults are sandbox values
+# Staging/Production: CI/CD generates .env from Gitea variables + generate-log-config.sh
+
+# ===========================================
+# Stripe Price IDs (environment-specific)
+# ===========================================
+# Sandbox defaults used for local development
+STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR
+STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX
+STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN
+STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm
+
+# ===========================================
+# Stripe Publishable Key (baked into frontend at build time)
+# ===========================================
+# VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_...
+
+# ===========================================
+# Log Levels (generated by scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh)
+# ===========================================
+# Run: ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh DEBUG >> .env
+#
+# BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL=debug
+# TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
+# POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT=all
+# POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION=0
+# REDIS_LOGLEVEL=debug
+
+# ===========================================
+# Grafana
+# ===========================================
+# GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/production.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/production.yaml
index e44722b..9719752 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/production.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/production.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
             docker-compose.yml
             docker-compose.blue-green.yml
             docker-compose.prod.yml
+            .env.example
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
           fetch-depth: 1
 
@@ -115,11 +116,20 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p "$DEPLOY_PATH/secrets/app"
           cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/secrets/app/google-wif-config.json" "$DEPLOY_PATH/secrets/app/"
 
-      - name: Generate logging configuration
+      - name: Generate environment configuration
         run: |
           cd "$DEPLOY_PATH"
+          {
+            echo "# Generated by CI/CD - DO NOT EDIT"
+            echo "STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=${{ vars.VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}"
+            echo "GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}"
+          } > .env
           chmod +x scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
-          ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh "$LOG_LEVEL"
+          ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh "$LOG_LEVEL" >> .env
 
       - name: Login to registry
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/staging.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/staging.yaml
index 51fb774..8f140e8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/staging.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/staging.yaml
@@ -124,11 +124,20 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p "$DEPLOY_PATH/secrets/app"
           cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/secrets/app/google-wif-config.json" "$DEPLOY_PATH/secrets/app/"
 
-      - name: Generate logging configuration
+      - name: Generate environment configuration
         run: |
           cd "$DEPLOY_PATH"
+          {
+            echo "# Generated by CI/CD - DO NOT EDIT"
+            echo "STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID=${{ vars.STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID }}"
+            echo "VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=${{ vars.VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}"
+            echo "GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}"
+          } > .env
           chmod +x scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
-          ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh "$LOG_LEVEL"
+          ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh "$LOG_LEVEL" >> .env
 
       - name: Login to registry
         run: |
diff --git a/docker-compose.blue-green.yml b/docker-compose.blue-green.yml
index 28bf11a..325512f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.blue-green.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.blue-green.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,63 @@
 # Shared services (from base compose):
 #   mvp-traefik, mvp-postgres, mvp-redis
 
+# ========================================
+# Extension fields (YAML anchors for DRY)
+# ========================================
+x-frontend-env: &frontend-env
+  VITE_API_BASE_URL: /api
+  VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN: ${VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN:-motovaultpro.us.auth0.com}
+  VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID: ${VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID:-yspR8zdnSxmV8wFIghHynQ08iXAPoQJ3}
+  VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE: ${VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE:-https://api.motovaultpro.com}
+  SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
+
+x-frontend-volumes: &frontend-volumes
+  - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
+
+x-frontend-healthcheck: &frontend-healthcheck
+  test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:3000 || exit 1"]
+  interval: 5s
+  timeout: 5s
+  retries: 3
+  start_period: 10s
+
+x-backend-env: &backend-env
+  NODE_ENV: production
+  CONFIG_PATH: /app/config/production.yml
+  SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
+  LOG_LEVEL: ${BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
+  DATABASE_HOST: mvp-postgres
+  REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
+  STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR}
+  STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX}
+  STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN}
+  STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm}
+
+x-backend-volumes: &backend-volumes
+  - ./config/app/production.yml:/app/config/production.yml:ro
+  - ./config/shared/production.yml:/app/config/shared.yml:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/postgres-password.txt:/run/secrets/postgres-password:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/auth0-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-client-secret:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/resend-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/resend-api-key:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-id.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-id:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-secret:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/stripe-secret-key.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-secret-key:ro
+  - ./secrets/app/stripe-webhook-secret.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-webhook-secret:ro
+  - ./data/documents:/app/data/documents
+  - ./data/backups:/app/data/backups
+
+x-backend-healthcheck: &backend-healthcheck
+  test:
+    - CMD-SHELL
+    - node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:3001/health', r => process.exit(r.statusCode===200?0:1)).on('error', () => process.exit(1))"
+  interval: 5s
+  timeout: 5s
+  retries: 5
+  start_period: 180s
+
 services:
   # ========================================
   # BLUE Stack - Frontend
@@ -19,25 +76,13 @@ services:
     image: ${FRONTEND_IMAGE:-git.motovaultpro.com/egullickson/frontend:latest}
     container_name: mvp-frontend-blue
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      VITE_API_BASE_URL: /api
-      VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN: ${VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN:-motovaultpro.us.auth0.com}
-      VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID: ${VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID:-yspR8zdnSxmV8wFIghHynQ08iXAPoQJ3}
-      VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE: ${VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE:-https://api.motovaultpro.com}
-      SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
-    volumes:
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
+    environment: *frontend-env
+    volumes: *frontend-volumes
     networks:
       - frontend
     depends_on:
       - mvp-backend-blue
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:3000 || exit 1"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 10s
+    healthcheck: *frontend-healthcheck
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -55,50 +100,15 @@ services:
     image: ${BACKEND_IMAGE:-git.motovaultpro.com/egullickson/backend:latest}
     container_name: mvp-backend-blue
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      NODE_ENV: production
-      CONFIG_PATH: /app/config/production.yml
-      SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
-      DATABASE_HOST: mvp-postgres
-      REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      # Production Variables
-      #STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj6BG9Z9JwREl
-      #STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8oo0RpVBQmB
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8xGEui9jl6j
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj9A7A773xrdn
-      # Sandbox Variables
-      STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR
-      STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm
-    volumes:
-      - ./config/app/production.yml:/app/config/production.yml:ro
-      - ./config/shared/production.yml:/app/config/shared.yml:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/postgres-password.txt:/run/secrets/postgres-password:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-client-secret:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/resend-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/resend-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-id.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-id:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-secret:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/stripe-secret-key.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-secret-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/stripe-webhook-secret.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-webhook-secret:ro
-      - ./data/documents:/app/data/documents
-      - ./data/backups:/app/data/backups
+    environment: *backend-env
+    volumes: *backend-volumes
     networks:
       - backend
       - database
     depends_on:
       - mvp-postgres
       - mvp-redis
-    healthcheck:
-      test:
-        - CMD-SHELL
-        - node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:3001/health', r => process.exit(r.statusCode===200?0:1)).on('error', () => process.exit(1))"
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 180s
+    healthcheck: *backend-healthcheck
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -116,25 +126,13 @@ services:
     image: ${FRONTEND_IMAGE:-git.motovaultpro.com/egullickson/frontend:latest}
     container_name: mvp-frontend-green
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      VITE_API_BASE_URL: /api
-      VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN: ${VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN:-motovaultpro.us.auth0.com}
-      VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID: ${VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID:-yspR8zdnSxmV8wFIghHynQ08iXAPoQJ3}
-      VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE: ${VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE:-https://api.motovaultpro.com}
-      SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
-    volumes:
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
+    environment: *frontend-env
+    volumes: *frontend-volumes
     networks:
       - frontend
     depends_on:
       - mvp-backend-green
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:3000 || exit 1"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 10s
+    healthcheck: *frontend-healthcheck
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -152,51 +150,15 @@ services:
     image: ${BACKEND_IMAGE:-git.motovaultpro.com/egullickson/backend:latest}
     container_name: mvp-backend-green
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      NODE_ENV: production
-      CONFIG_PATH: /app/config/production.yml
-      SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
-      DATABASE_HOST: mvp-postgres
-      REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      # Production Variables
-      #STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj6BG9Z9JwREl
-      #STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8oo0RpVBQmB
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8xGEui9jl6j
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj9A7A773xrdn
-      # Sandbox Variables
-      STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR
-      STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm
-
-    volumes:
-      - ./config/app/production.yml:/app/config/production.yml:ro
-      - ./config/shared/production.yml:/app/config/shared.yml:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/postgres-password.txt:/run/secrets/postgres-password:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-client-secret:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-maps-map-id.txt:/run/secrets/google-maps-map-id:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/resend-api-key.txt:/run/secrets/resend-api-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-id.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-id:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-management-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-management-client-secret:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/stripe-secret-key.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-secret-key:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/stripe-webhook-secret.txt:/run/secrets/stripe-webhook-secret:ro
-      - ./data/documents:/app/data/documents
-      - ./data/backups:/app/data/backups
+    environment: *backend-env
+    volumes: *backend-volumes
     networks:
       - backend
       - database
     depends_on:
       - mvp-postgres
       - mvp-redis
-    healthcheck:
-      test:
-        - CMD-SHELL
-        - node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:3001/health', r => process.exit(r.statusCode===200?0:1)).on('error', () => process.exit(1))"
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 180s
+    healthcheck: *backend-healthcheck
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 47e2bd4..cd693f5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -6,18 +6,14 @@
 #
 # This file removes development-only configurations:
 #   - Database port exposure (PostgreSQL, Redis)
-#   - Development-specific settings
+#   - Traefik dashboard auth middleware
+#
+# Environment-specific values (log levels, Stripe IDs) are driven by .env
+# generated by CI/CD from Gitea variables + scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
 
 services:
-  # Traefik - Production log level and dashboard auth
+  # Traefik - Dashboard auth middleware
   mvp-traefik:
-    environment:
-      # Traefik log levels: TRACE | DEBUG | INFO | WARN | ERROR
-      LOG_LEVEL: error
-    command:
-      - --configFile=/etc/traefik/traefik.yml
-      # Traefik log levels: TRACE | DEBUG | INFO | WARN | ERROR
-      - --log.level=ERROR
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-dashboard.rule=Host(`traefik.motovaultpro.local`)"
@@ -26,64 +22,10 @@ services:
       - "traefik.http.services.traefik-dashboard.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
       - "traefik.http.middlewares.dashboard-auth.basicauth.users=admin:$$2y$$10$$foobar"
 
-  # Backend - Production log level
-  mvp-backend:
-    environment:
-      NODE_ENV: production
-      CONFIG_PATH: /app/config/production.yml
-      SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
-      # Pino log levels: trace | debug | info | warn | error | fatal
-      LOG_LEVEL: error
-      DATABASE_HOST: mvp-postgres
-      REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      # Production Variables
-      #STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj6BG9Z9JwREl
-      #STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8oo0RpVBQmB
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8xGEui9jl6j
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj9A7A773xrdn
-      # Sandbox Variables
-      STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR
-      STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm
-
-  # OCR - Production log level + engine config
-  mvp-ocr:
-    environment:
-      # Python log levels: DEBUG | INFO | WARNING | ERROR | CRITICAL
-      LOG_LEVEL: error
-      REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      REDIS_PORT: 6379
-      REDIS_DB: 1
-      # OCR engine configuration (Google Vision primary, PaddleOCR fallback)
-      OCR_PRIMARY_ENGINE: google_vision
-      OCR_FALLBACK_ENGINE: paddleocr
-      OCR_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD: "0.6"
-      OCR_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD: "0.6"
-      GOOGLE_VISION_KEY_PATH: /run/secrets/google-wif-config.json
-      VISION_MONTHLY_LIMIT: "1000"
-      # Vertex AI / Gemini configuration (maintenance schedule extraction)
-      VERTEX_AI_PROJECT: motovaultpro
-      VERTEX_AI_LOCATION: us-central1
-      GEMINI_MODEL: gemini-2.5-flash
-
-  # PostgreSQL - Remove dev ports, production log level
+  # PostgreSQL - Remove dev ports
   mvp-postgres:
     ports: []
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: motovaultpro
-      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/postgres-password
-      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: --encoding=UTF8
-      LOG_LEVEL: error
-      # PostgreSQL log statements: none | ddl | mod | all
-      POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT: none
-      # Minimum query duration to log: -1 (disabled) | 0 (all) | N (ms threshold)
-      POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION_STATEMENT: -1
-      PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
 
-  # Redis - Remove dev ports, production log level
+  # Redis - Remove dev ports
   mvp-redis:
     ports: []
-    # Redis log levels: debug | verbose | notice | warning
-    command: redis-server --appendonly yes --loglevel warning
diff --git a/docker-compose.staging.yml b/docker-compose.staging.yml
index e6395aa..c97021f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.staging.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.staging.yml
@@ -63,27 +63,6 @@ services:
   mvp-ocr:
     image: ${OCR_IMAGE:-git.motovaultpro.com/egullickson/ocr:latest}
     container_name: mvp-ocr-staging
-    environment:
-      # Python log levels: DEBUG | INFO | WARNING | ERROR | CRITICAL
-      LOG_LEVEL: debug
-      REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      REDIS_PORT: 6379
-      REDIS_DB: 1
-      # OCR engine configuration (Google Vision primary, PaddleOCR fallback)
-      OCR_PRIMARY_ENGINE: google_vision
-      OCR_FALLBACK_ENGINE: paddleocr
-      OCR_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD: "0.6"
-      OCR_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD: "0.6"
-      GOOGLE_VISION_KEY_PATH: /run/secrets/google-wif-config.json
-      VISION_MONTHLY_LIMIT: "1000"
-      # Vertex AI / Gemini configuration (maintenance schedule extraction)
-      VERTEX_AI_PROJECT: motovaultpro
-      VERTEX_AI_LOCATION: us-central1
-      GEMINI_MODEL: gemini-2.5-flash
-    volumes:
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-ocr-client-id.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-ocr-client-id:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/auth0-ocr-client-secret.txt:/run/secrets/auth0-ocr-client-secret:ro
-      - ./secrets/app/google-wif-config.json:/run/secrets/google-wif-config.json:ro
 
   # ========================================
   # PostgreSQL (Staging - Separate Database)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f9dd6bf..ed526ce 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ services:
     command:
       - --configFile=/etc/traefik/traefik.yml
     environment:
-      # Traefik log levels: TRACE | DEBUG | INFO | WARN | ERROR
-      LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      # Traefik natively reads TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL (maps to --log.level)
+      # Levels: TRACE | DEBUG | INFO | WARN | ERROR
+      TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL: ${TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL:-DEBUG}
       CLOUDFLARE_DNS_API_TOKEN_FILE: /run/secrets/cloudflare-dns-token
     ports:
       - "80:80"
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ services:
         VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID: ${VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID:-yspR8zdnSxmV8wFIghHynQ08iXAPoQJ3}
         VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE: ${VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE:-https://api.motovaultpro.com}
         VITE_API_BASE_URL: ${VITE_API_BASE_URL:-/api}
-        VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: ${VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY:-pk_live_51Sr2yQJk87CpWj04YNBIaUWUtnJjeVTgk5NqHdpjqxgsbjy3dMKkIsqhjcpSkCzp3KvLi23BGgxhwV021EnEW3H400HhPYVyfN}
+        VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: ${VITE_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY}
     container_name: mvp-frontend
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
@@ -115,20 +116,15 @@ services:
       CONFIG_PATH: /app/config/production.yml
       SECRETS_DIR: /run/secrets
       # Pino log levels: trace | debug | info | warn | error | fatal
-      LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      LOG_LEVEL: ${BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
       # Service references
       DATABASE_HOST: mvp-postgres
       REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
-      # Production Variables
-      #STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj6BG9Z9JwREl
-      #STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8oo0RpVBQmB
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj8xGEui9jl6j
-      #STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: prod_Toj9A7A773xrdn
-      # Sandbox Variables
-      STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR
-      STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN
-      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm
+      # Stripe Price IDs (override via .env for staging/production)
+      STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_PRO_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZHMJXoKkh5RcKwKSSGIlR}
+      STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_PRO_YEARLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZHnJXoKkh5RcKWlG2MPpX}
+      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_MONTHLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZIBJXoKkh5RcKu2jyhqBN}
+      STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID: ${STRIPE_ENTERPRISE_YEARLY_PRICE_ID:-price_1T1ZIQJXoKkh5RcK34YXiJQm}
     volumes:
       # Configuration files (K8s ConfigMap equivalent)
       - ./config/app/production.yml:/app/config/production.yml:ro
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       # Python log levels: DEBUG | INFO | WARNING | ERROR | CRITICAL
-      LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      LOG_LEVEL: ${BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
       REDIS_HOST: mvp-redis
       REDIS_PORT: 6379
       REDIS_DB: 1
@@ -244,11 +240,11 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/postgres-password
       POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: --encoding=UTF8
-      LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      LOG_LEVEL: ${BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
       # PostgreSQL log statements: none | ddl | mod | all
-      POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT: all
+      POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT: ${POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT:-all}
       # Minimum query duration to log: -1 (disabled) | 0 (all) | N (ms threshold)
-      POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION_STATEMENT: 0
+      POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION_STATEMENT: ${POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION:-0}
       PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
     volumes:
       - mvp_postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
@@ -276,7 +272,7 @@ services:
     container_name: mvp-redis
     restart: unless-stopped
     # Redis log levels: debug | verbose | notice | warning
-    command: redis-server --appendonly yes --loglevel debug
+    command: redis-server --appendonly yes --loglevel ${REDIS_LOGLEVEL:-debug}
     volumes:
       - mvp_redis_data:/data
     networks:
diff --git a/scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh b/scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
index 4424094..c7ab172 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# generate-log-config.sh - Generate .env.logging from LOG_LEVEL
-# Maps a single LOG_LEVEL environment variable to per-container settings
+# generate-log-config.sh - Generate log-level environment variables
+# Maps a single LOG_LEVEL to per-container settings and writes to stdout
 #
 # Usage: ./generate-log-config.sh [LOG_LEVEL]
 #   LOG_LEVEL: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, or ERROR (default: INFO)
 #
-# Output: Creates .env.logging file with container-specific log settings
+# Output: Log configuration variables on stdout (append to .env)
+#   Example: ./generate-log-config.sh INFO >> .env
 #
 # Exit codes:
 #   0 - Configuration generated successfully
@@ -43,27 +44,13 @@ case "$LOG_LEVEL" in
   ERROR) REDIS_LOGLEVEL="warning" ;;
 esac
 
-# Generate .env.logging file
-cat > .env.logging << EOF
-# Generated by generate-log-config.sh - DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
-# Regenerate with: ./scripts/ci/generate-log-config.sh $LOG_LEVEL
-LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
+# Output log configuration to stdout
+cat << EOF
 
-# Backend/OCR (Pino)
+# Log levels (generated by generate-log-config.sh $LOG_LEVEL)
 BACKEND_LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL_LOWER
-
-# Frontend (Vite)
-VITE_LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL_LOWER
-
-# PostgreSQL
+TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
 POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT=$POSTGRES_LOG_STATEMENT
 POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION=$POSTGRES_LOG_MIN_DURATION
-
-# Redis
 REDIS_LOGLEVEL=$REDIS_LOGLEVEL
-
-# Traefik
-TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
 EOF
-
-echo "Generated .env.logging with LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL"