diff --git a/.env b/.env
index c9ca94a2..7200bc09 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
 # The path to the user data directory
 # USER_DATA_DIR=user-data
 
+# Enable HTTP basic auth to protect your *.yml config files
+# ENABLE_HTTP_AUTH=true
+
+# Enable basic HTTP auth to protect your *.yml config files
+# BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME
+# BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
+
+# If you'd like frontend to automatically authenticate when basic auth enabled, set credentials here too
+# VUE_APP_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME
+# VUE_APP_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
+
 # Override where the path to the configuration file is, can be a remote URL
 # VUE_APP_CONFIG_PATH=/conf.yml