diff --git a/base-de-25/ansible-collections.yml b/base-de-25/ansible-collections.yml
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+---
+collections:
+  - name: ansible.eda
+    version: 1.4.3
+  # - name: cloin.eda
+  #   version: 2.1.16
+  - name: cloin.datadog
+    version: 1.0.5
+  - name: cloin.prometheus
+    version: 0.1.0
+  - name: ansible.utils
+    version: 3.0.0
+  - name: dynatrace.event_driven_ansible
+    version: 1.2.0
+  - name: crowdstrike.falcon
+    version: 4.2.0
+  - name: cloin.eda
+    version: 2.1.19
+  - name: kubealex.eda
diff --git a/base-de-25/ansible.cfg b/base-de-25/ansible.cfg
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+[galaxy]
+server_list = automation_hub, release_galaxy
+
+[galaxy_server.automation_hub]
+url=https://console.redhat.com/api/automation-hub/content/published/
+auth_url=https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external/protocol/openid-connect/token
+
+[galaxy_server.release_galaxy]
+url=https://galaxy.ansible.com/
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diff --git a/base-de-25/execution-environment.yml b/base-de-25/execution-environment.yml
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+---
+version: 3
+images:
+    base_image:
+        name: 'registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-25/de-minimal-rhel8:latest'
+
+additional_build_files:
+    # Can be used to resolve collections from private automation hub
+    - src: ansible.cfg
+      dest: configs
+
+dependencies:
+    galaxy: ansible-collections.yml
+    python: python-packages.txt
+    system: system-packages.txt
+
+options:
+    package_manager_path: /usr/bin/microdnf
+
+additional_build_steps:
+    prepend_base:
+        - RUN $PYCMD -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+    prepend_galaxy:
+        # Add custom ansible.cfg which defines collection install sources
+        - ADD _build/configs/ansible.cfg /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
+        # AH_TOKEN is passed into the build command using a --build-arg
+        # accept this as an ARG during this stage to reference later
+        - ARG AH_TOKEN
+        # Use the above ARG to define an environment variable holding
+        # the token for resolving private collections
+        - ENV ANSIBLE_GALAXY_SERVER_AUTOMATION_HUB_TOKEN=$AH_TOKEN
diff --git a/base-de-25/python-packages.txt b/base-de-25/python-packages.txt
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+aiohttp
+aiokafka
+requests
+aiomqtt
diff --git a/base-de-25/system-packages.txt b/base-de-25/system-packages.txt
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+pkgconf-pkg-config [platform:rpm]
+systemd-devel [platform:rpm]
+gcc [platform:rpm]
+python39-devel [platform:rpm]
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