diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c34931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+DB_URL=
+DB_USER=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+PORT=
+SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=
+SSL_ENABLED=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 685b1a9..ac33462 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ target/
 !**/src/main/**/target/
 !**/src/test/**/target/
 
+.env
 ### STS ###
 .apt_generated
 .classpath
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df3d832..83a8fe9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 009783b..4fea9c7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
 spring.application.name=application
+
+# HTTPS in production
+server.port=${PORT:8443}
+server.ssl.enabled=${SSL_ENABLED:true}
+server.ssl.key-store=classpath:keystore.p12
+server.ssl.key-store-type=PKCS12
+server.ssl.key-store-password=${SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}
+
+# PostgreSQL Database
+spring.datasource.url=${DB_URL}
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+spring.datasource.username=${DB_USER}
+spring.datasource.password=${DB_PASSWORD}
+
+# JPA/Hibernate Configuration
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.show-sql=false
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.properties b/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3507cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+spring.application.name=application
+
+# No HTTPS in tests
+server.ssl.enabled=false
+
+# H2 In-Memory Database for tests
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
+spring.datasource.username=sa
+spring.datasource.password=
+
+# JPA/Hibernate Configuration for H2
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
+spring.jpa.show-sql=false
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect