diff --git a/roles/database_config/defaults/main.yml b/roles/database_config/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+atl_db_port: '5432'
+atl_db_root_user: 'postgres'
+atl_jdbc_encoding: 'UTF-8'
+atl_jdbc_collation: 'en_US'
+atl_jdbc_ctype: 'en_US'
+atl_jdbc_template: 'template1'