diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6e03cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Diesel
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://chirpstack_test:chirpstack_test@localhost/chirpstack_test?sslmode=disable
+
+# Testing
+TEST_POSTGRESQL_DSN="postgres://chirpstack_test:chirpstack_test@localhost/chirpstack_test?sslmode=disable"
+TEST_REDIS_URL="redis://localhost/1"
+TEST_MOSQUITTO_SERVER="tcp://localhost:1883/"
+TEST_KAFKA_BROKER="localhost:9092"
+TEST_AMQP_URL="amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672"
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44ff352e..b9377bab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .*
 !/chirpstack/.rpm
 !/.cargo
+!/.env
 
 # Log files
 *.log
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b297c4ca..2b5638af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 4.3.0",
  "diesel",
  "diesel_migrations",
+ "dotenv",
  "futures",
  "gcp_auth",
  "geohash",
@@ -1452,6 +1453,12 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenv"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dtoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
diff --git a/chirpstack/Cargo.toml b/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
index c42d6a06..403c01e3 100644
--- a/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ pin-project = "1.0"
 [dev-dependencies]
 httpmock = "0.6"
 bytes = "1.4"
+dotenv = "0.15"
 
 # Debian packaging.
 [package.metadata.deb]
diff --git a/chirpstack/src/integration/amqp.rs b/chirpstack/src/integration/amqp.rs
index 39052f16..582df506 100644
--- a/chirpstack/src/integration/amqp.rs
+++ b/chirpstack/src/integration/amqp.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ impl<'a> IntegrationTrait for Integration<'a> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test {
+    use std::env;
+
     use super::*;
     use futures::stream::StreamExt;
     use lapin::options::{
@@ -256,8 +258,11 @@ pub mod test {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_amqp() {
+        dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+        dotenv::from_filename(".env.local").ok();
+
         let conf = Config {
-            url: "amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672".to_string(),
+            url: env::var("TEST_AMQP_URL").unwrap(),
             json: true,
             event_routing_key: "application.{{application_id}}.device.{{dev_eui}}.event.{{event}}"
                 .to_string(),
diff --git a/chirpstack/src/integration/kafka.rs b/chirpstack/src/integration/kafka.rs
index 85f38475..e34e58b3 100644
--- a/chirpstack/src/integration/kafka.rs
+++ b/chirpstack/src/integration/kafka.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ impl<'a> IntegrationTrait for Integration<'a> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test {
+    use std::env;
+
     use super::*;
     use crate::test;
     use rdkafka::consumer::stream_consumer::StreamConsumer;
@@ -239,8 +241,11 @@ pub mod test {
     async fn test_kafka() {
         let _guard = test::prepare().await;
 
+        dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+        dotenv::from_filename(".env.local").ok();
+
         let conf = Config {
-            brokers: vec!["kafka:9092".to_string()],
+            brokers: vec![env::var("TEST_KAFKA_BROKER").unwrap()],
             topic: "chirpstack".to_string(),
             json: true,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -249,7 +254,7 @@ pub mod test {
         let consumer: StreamConsumer = loop {
             match ClientConfig::new()
                 .set("group.id", "testgroup")
-                .set("bootstrap.servers", "kafka:9092")
+                .set("bootstrap.servers", env::var("TEST_KAFKA_BROKER").unwrap())
                 .set("allow.auto.create.topics", "true")
                 .set("auto.offset.reset", "beginning")
                 .create()
diff --git a/chirpstack/src/integration/mqtt.rs b/chirpstack/src/integration/mqtt.rs
index fa6c0592..ea4d2186 100644
--- a/chirpstack/src/integration/mqtt.rs
+++ b/chirpstack/src/integration/mqtt.rs
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ async fn message_callback(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test {
+    use std::env;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::config::MqttIntegration;
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ pub mod test {
         let conf = MqttIntegration {
             event_topic: "application/{{application_id}}/device/{{dev_eui}}/event/{{event}}".into(),
             json: true,
-            server: "tcp://mosquitto:1883/".into(),
+            server: env::var("TEST_MOSQUITTO_SERVER").unwrap(),
             clean_session: true,
             ..Default::default()
         };
diff --git a/chirpstack/src/test/mod.rs b/chirpstack/src/test/mod.rs
index 3e17262b..ee25c7dd 100644
--- a/chirpstack/src/test/mod.rs
+++ b/chirpstack/src/test/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::env;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, Once};
 
 use crate::{adr, config, region, storage};
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ lazy_static! {
 }
 
 pub async fn prepare<'a>() -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'a, ()> {
+    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenv::from_filename(".env.local").ok();
+
     // Set a mutex lock to make sure database dependent tests are not overlapping. At the end of
     // the function the guard is returned, so that the mutex guard can be kept during the lifetime
     // of the function running the tests.
@@ -32,10 +36,8 @@ pub async fn prepare<'a>() -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'a, ()> {
 
     // set test config
     let mut conf: config::Configuration = Default::default();
-    conf.postgresql.dsn =
-        "postgres://chirpstack_test:chirpstack_test@postgres/chirpstack_test?sslmode=disable"
-            .to_string();
-    conf.redis.servers = vec!["redis://redis/1".to_string()];
+    conf.postgresql.dsn = env::var("TEST_POSTGRESQL_DSN").unwrap();
+    conf.redis.servers = vec![env::var("TEST_REDIS_URL").unwrap()];
     conf.network.enabled_regions = vec!["eu868".to_string()];
     conf.regions = vec![config::Region {
         id: "eu868".to_string(),
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 022e6ff2..59081700 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ services:
     image: rabbitmq:3-management-alpine
     ports:
       - "15672:15672"
+      - "5672:5672"
 
   zookeeper:
     image: 'bitnami/zookeeper:3'
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - KAFKA_BROKER_ID=1
       - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092
-      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
+      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092
       - KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
       - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
     depends_on:
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index d2e0ea20..4c5d1fff 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
   BINDGEN_EXTRA_CLANG_ARGS = "-I${pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib/clang/${pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.version}/include";
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT = "1";
   NIX_STORE = "/nix/store";
+  TZ="UTC";
 }
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