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+# Runtime logs
+*.log
+logs/
+log/
+
+# Backups
+*.bak
+*.backup
+*.tar
+*.tar.gz
+*.zip
+backups/
+backup/
+
+# Secrets and credentials
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+*.key
+*.pem
+*.crt
+*.csr
+*.p12
+*.pfx
+id_rsa
+id_rsa.pub
+id_ed25519
+id_ed25519.pub
+
+# Local config
+config/local.*
+*.local
+
+# Virtual machine files
+*.qcow2
+*.raw
+*.img
+*.iso
+*.vmdk
+*.vdi
+*.vhd
+*.vhdx
+*.ova
+*.ovf
+
+# Cloud-init/generated files
+seed.iso
+user-data
+meta-data
+network-config
+
+# Temporary/cache
+tmp/
+temp/
+cache/
+.cache/
+
+# Editor/IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS junk
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Python future backend
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+.venv/
+venv/
+
+# Node future frontend
+node_modules/
+dist/
+build/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Composer future PHP backend
+vendor/
+composer.lock
+
+# Database dumps
+*.sql
+*.sqlite
+*.db
+
+# System files
+*.pid
+*.sock