diff --git a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
index 38570ad..14b34ea 100644
--- a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # defaults file for base
+
+# Global docker compose directory configuration
+docker_compose_base_dir: /etc/docker/compose
+
+# Global docker volume directory configuration
+docker_volume_base_dir: /srv/data
diff --git a/roles/reverseproxy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/reverseproxy/defaults/main.yml
index 0daaa92..023acd7 100644
--- a/roles/reverseproxy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/reverseproxy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # defaults file for reverseproxy
+
+# Service-specific configuration
+service_name: reverseproxy
+docker_compose_dir: "{{ docker_compose_base_dir }}/{{ service_name }}"
+docker_volume_dir: "{{ docker_volume_base_dir }}/{{ service_name }}"
+
+# Provider configuration
+use_static_services: false  # Use all_services from dynamic.yml for outward-facing proxies
+use_docker_provider: true   # Use Docker provider for service discovery via labels
+use_ssl: false              # Enable SSL termination with Let's Encrypt
+enable_dashboard: true      # Enable Traefik dashboard
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