Supply inert UAT provider configuration

deploy/vps/compose.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
       ENABLE_SCHEDULED_JOBS: "false"
       DEBUG: "false"
+      # Provider services are currently constructed at startup even with jobs
+      # disabled, so inert values are required for synthetic-data UAT.
+      METEO_USER: disabled
+      METEO_PASSWORD: disabled
+      METEO_URL: https://invalid.local/
+      LVGMC_USER: disabled
+      LVGMC_PASSWORD: disabled
+      LVGMC_URL: https://invalid.local/
+      HARMONIE_EDR_API_KEY: disabled
+      HARMONIE_EDR_URL: https://invalid.local/
+      HARMONIE_STAC_API_KEY: disabled
+      HARMONIE_STAC_URL: https://invalid.local/
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:${WEATHERTOOL_PORT:-8002}:8080"
     read_only: true

docs/VPS_STAGING_PLAN.md

@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ The bundle is a template until it passes Compose rendering, Authelia validation,
 image build, container health, and private loopback smoke tests. Nginx activation
 and public DNS remain later checkpoints.
 
+Known application constraint: provider clients are constructed during startup
+even when `ENABLE_SCHEDULED_JOBS=false`. The synthetic UAT Compose file therefore
+supplies explicit inert provider values. No provider fetch is scheduled, and
+real provider credentials must not be added until their contracts and handling
+are reviewed.
+
 ## Manual release procedure
 
 Continuous deployment is deliberately out of scope for the first testing