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 *.vsix
 
+data/
+.env
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
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+litellm_settings:
+  drop_params: true          # unbekannte Provider-Params stillschweigend verwerfen statt Fehler
+  set_verbose: false
+  json_logs: true
+  request_timeout: 600
+  num_retries: 3
+
+  # Response-Caching über Redis
+  cache: true
+  cache_params:
+    type: redis
+    host: redis
+    port: 6379
+    password: os.environ/REDIS_PASSWORD
+    ttl: 600
+
+  # Logging-Callbacks (Langfuse ist optional, Keys in .env leer lassen falls ungenutzt)
+  success_callback: ["prometheus", "langfuse"]
+  failure_callback: ["prometheus"]
+
+general_settings:
+  master_key: os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
+  database_url: os.environ/DATABASE_URL
+  store_model_in_db: true
+  proxy_batch_write_at: 60      # Sekunden zwischen DB-Writes für Spend-Logs
+  allow_user_auth: true
+  ui_access_mode: "all"         # Admin-UI unter /ui erreichbar
+
+  # Alerting (Slack optional, Webhook in .env leer lassen falls ungenutzt)
+  alerting: ["slack"]
+  alerting_threshold: 300
+
+router_settings:
+  routing_strategy: usage-based-routing-v2
+  redis_host: redis
+  redis_port: 6379
+  redis_password: os.environ/REDIS_PASSWORD
+  num_retries: 3
+  timeout: 30
+  allowed_fails: 3
+  cooldown_time: 60
+  
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diff --git a/dokcer-compose.yaml b/dokcer-compose.yaml
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+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  litellm:
+    # litellm-database Image enthält Prisma-Migrationen für die DB-gestützte
+    # Verwaltung von Keys/Teams/Usern über die Admin-UI
+    image: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest
+    container_name: litellm
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "4000:4000"
+    environment:
+      # --- Grundlegende Auth ---
+      - LITELLM_MASTER_KEY=${LITELLM_MASTER_KEY}
+      - LITELLM_SALT_KEY=${LITELLM_SALT_KEY}
+      # --- Datenbank (für Key-/Team-/Budget-Management, Spend-Tracking) ---
+      - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://${POSTGRES_USER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - STORE_MODEL_IN_DB=True
+      # --- Redis (Caching, Rate-Limiting, Router-State) ---
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis
+      - REDIS_PORT=6379
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+      # --- Admin-UI Login (separat vom Master-Key) ---
+      - UI_USERNAME=${UI_USERNAME}
+      - UI_PASSWORD=${UI_PASSWORD}
+      # --- Provider API-Keys (nur füllen, was du wirklich nutzt) ---
+      - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
+      - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}
+      - AZURE_API_KEY=${AZURE_API_KEY}
+      - AZURE_API_BASE=${AZURE_API_BASE}
+      - GEMINI_API_KEY=${GEMINI_API_KEY}
+      - GROQ_API_KEY=${GROQ_API_KEY}
+      - MISTRAL_API_KEY=${MISTRAL_API_KEY}
+      # --- Optionale Alerts / Logging ---
+      - SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}
+      - LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=${LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY}
+      - LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=${LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY}
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.yaml:/app/config.yaml
+    command:
+      - "--config"
+      - "/app/config.yaml"
+      - "--port"
+      - "4000"
+      - "--num_workers"
+      - "2"
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_started
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:4000/health/liveliness"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    networks:
+      - litellm-network
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: litellm-db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    networks:
+      - litellm-network
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    container_name: litellm-redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["redis-server", "--requirepass", "${REDIS_PASSWORD}", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/redis:/data
+    networks:
+      - litellm-network
+
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    container_name: litellm-prometheus
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+    volumes:
+      - ./prometheus.yaml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+      - ./data/prometheus:/prometheus
+    networks:
+      - litellm-network
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+  redis_data:
+  prometheus_data:
+
+networks:
+  litellm-network:
+    driver: bridge
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+# === Kopieren nach ".env" und Werte anpassen ===
+
+# Master-Key für den Zugriff auf die Proxy-API (Bearer Token für alle Requests)
+# Erzeugen z.B. mit: openssl rand -hex 32
+LITELLM_MASTER_KEY=sk-changeme-set-a-long-random-value
+
+# Salt-Key wird zum Verschlüsseln der in der DB gespeicherten Keys genutzt
+# NICHT nachträglich ändern, sonst werden gespeicherte Keys unlesbar
+LITELLM_SALT_KEY=changeme-set-a-long-random-value
+
+# Postgres
+POSTGRES_USER=litellm
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme-strong-password
+POSTGRES_DB=litellm
+
+# Redis
+REDIS_PASSWORD=changeme-strong-password
+
+# Admin-UI Login (unter http://<pi-ip>:4000/ui)
+UI_USERNAME=admin
+UI_PASSWORD=changeme-strong-password
+
+# --- Provider API-Keys: nur ausfüllen, was du tatsächlich nutzt ---
+OPENAI_API_KEY=
+ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
+AZURE_API_KEY=
+AZURE_API_BASE=
+GEMINI_API_KEY=
+GROQ_API_KEY=
+MISTRAL_API_KEY=
+
+# --- Optional ---
+SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=
+LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=
+LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=
diff --git a/prometheus.yaml b/prometheus.yaml
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+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: litellm
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ["litellm:4000"]
+    metrics_path: /metrics
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