diff --git a/alert-receiver/.env b/alert-receiver/.env
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+APP_NAME=alert-receiver
+APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
+APP_PORT=8080
+
+WEBHOOK_TOKEN=change_me_webhook_token
+
+FORWARD_ENABLED=true
+PROCESSOR_URL=http://alert-processor-ingest:8081/internal/events
+INTERNAL_API_TOKEN=change_internal_token
+FORWARD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=10
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diff --git a/alert-receiver/Dockerfile b/alert-receiver/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY app ./app
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
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diff --git a/alert-receiver/requirements.txt b/alert-receiver/requirements.txt
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+fastapi>=0.115,<1.0
+uvicorn[standard]>=0.30,<1.0
+httpx>=0.27,<1.0
+pydantic>=2.7,<3.0
+python-dotenv>=1.0,<2.0
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