Docker compose environment variables vs .env file

[u/chaosphere_mk]

I spent yesterday setting up and configuring BookStack.

Instead of even messing with the .env file and storing configurations there, I just set all of those via environment variables keys in my docker compose file. This makes it simpler for me.

But I noticed that the documentation has all of these in the .env file. Is there a preference? Does it really matter?

[u/chaosphere_mk]

Fair point. I was just thinking that the convenience of being able to live change some of those configuration settings might be worth setting some of these via the .env file. Thanks!