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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
+        "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
+        "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
+
+<hibernate-configuration>
+    <session-factory>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.postgresql.Driver</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:postgresql://${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT:5432}/cpsdb</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.username">${DB_USERNAME}</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.password">${DB_PASSWORD}</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL82Dialect</property>
+        <property name="show_sql">true</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</property>
+    </session-factory>
+</hibernate-configuration>
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