diff --git a/devcontainer-admin/Dockerfile b/devcontainer-admin/Dockerfile
index 2510859f6..0b6616235 100644
--- a/devcontainer-admin/Dockerfile
+++ b/devcontainer-admin/Dockerfile
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ RUN npm ci --no-audit
 
 ENV SHELL /bin/zsh
 
-EXPOSE 6012
\ No newline at end of file
+EXPOSE 6012
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfed48a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT=development
+FLASK_APP=application.py
+FLASK_ENV=development
+WERKZEUG_DEBUG_PIN=off
+
+REDIS_URL=redis://adminredis:6379/0
+DEV_REDIS_URL=redis://adminredis:6379/0
+REDIS_ENABLED=1
+
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgres://postgres:chummy@db:5432/notification_api
+
+ANTIVIRUS_ENABLED=0
+GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1 # Dont use in production, if we need to install gds reqs from source, get and add the cert manually
+NODE_VERSION=16.15.1
+
+ADMIN_CLIENT_ID=notify-admin
+GOVUK_ALERTS_CLIENT_ID=govuk-alerts
+
+# URL of admin app
+ADMIN_BASE_URL=http://admin:6012
+
+# URL of api app (on AWS this is the internal api endpoint)
+API_HOST_NAME=http://dev:6011
+DEV_API_HOST_NAME=http://dev:6011
+
+# AWS
+AWS_REGION=us-west-2
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+