diff --git a/clusterapi/variables.example.sh b/clusterapi/variables.example.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export HCLOUD_SSH_KEY="contact@kjuulh.io"
+export HCLOUD_TOKEN=""
+export HETZNER_ROBOT_USER=""
+export HETZNER_ROBOT_PASSWORD=""
+export HETZNER_SSH_PUB_PATH="keys/id_clank.pub"
+export HETZNER_SSH_PRIV_PATH="keys/id_clank"
+
+export GITHUB_TOKEN=""
+
+export CLUSTER_NAME="clank-management"
+export HCLOUD_REGION="fsn1"
+export CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+export WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+export KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.25.2
+export HCLOUD_CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_TYPE=cx21
+export HCLOUD_WORKER_MACHINE_TYPE=cx21
+
+export CAPH_WORKER_CLUSTER_KUBECONFIG=output/workload-kubeconfig
diff --git a/flux/variables.example.sh b/flux/variables.example.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e 
+
+export GITEA_TOKEN=""
+
+export CAPH_WORKER_CLUSTER_KUBECONFIG=../clusterapi/output/workload-kubeconfig
+export MANAGEMENT_GITOPS_REPO=git.front.kjuulh.io/kjuulh/clank-management-config.git
+