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 > 💡 You can also use environment variables in the configuration file (e.g. `$DOMAIN`, `${DOMAIN}`)
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 > See [examples/docker-compose-postgres-storage/config/config.yaml](.examples/docker-compose-postgres-storage/config/config.yaml) for an example.
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+> When your configuration parameter contains a `$` symbol, you have to escape `$` with `$$`.
 
 If you want to test it locally, see [Docker](#docker).
 
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 - `[LOCAL_ADDRESS]` (resolves to the local IP and port like `192.0.2.1:25` or `[2001:db8::1]:80`)
 - `[RANDOM_STRING_N]` (resolves to a random string of numbers and letters of length N (max: 8192))
 
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 ### External Endpoints
 Unlike regular endpoints, external endpoints are not monitored by Gatus, but they are instead pushed programmatically.
 This allows you to monitor anything you want, even when what you want to check lives in an environment that would not normally be accessible by Gatus.