diff --git a/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/.gitignore b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/.gitignore
index d29675e..b727b26 100644
--- a/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/.gitignore
+++ b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 **
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
+!.gitignore
+!*.example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/borg_key.example b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/borg_key.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3301bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/borg_key.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BORG_KEY an valid borg key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/id_rs.example b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/id_rs.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c48d30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/id_rs.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+AND VALID PRIVATE SSH KEY WITH ACCESS TO SSH SERVER  
+-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/secrets.example b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/secrets.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8403173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/app/cronjobs/backups/.env.d/secrets.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+PBS_REPOSITORY="pbs repository"
+PBS_PASSWORD="pbs access passwordd"
+PBS_FINGERPRINT="00:00:00:00:00" # the pbs finger print
+BORG_REPO="ssh://user@reposerver/path" # required by offsite babckup
+BORG_PASSPHRASE="borg passphare" # required by offsite babckup
+OFFSITE_TARGET_FOLDER="test:target_path" # follow rclone naming convension
+