diff --git a/services/terraform/self-host/terraform.tfvars.example b/services/terraform/self-host/terraform.tfvars.example
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-mariadb_username    = "username"
-mariadb_password    = "password"
-region              = "us-west-1"
-allowed_ip          = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/services/terraform/self-host/terraform.tfvars.json.example b/services/terraform/self-host/terraform.tfvars.json.example
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+{
+  "region": "us-east-1",
+  "keyserver_domain_name": "squadcal.org",
+  "webapp_domain_name": "web.comm.app",
+  "landing_domain_name": "comm.app",
+  "allowed_ips": ["255.255.255.0"],
+  "desired_secondary_nodes": 2,
+  "db_instance_class": "db.m6g.large"
+}