Improve database timeout handling and add local testing setup

- Update database timeout values for better Portainer/NFS compatibility
- Add .env-database-local for local testing with reduced resource requirements
- Create local data directories and backup script validation
- Split compose validation confirms proper service dependency configuration
- Increase MySQL health check timeouts: start_period 60s→120s, timeout 10s→15s
- Extend database wait times: retries 30→60, sleep 5→10 (total 150s→600s)

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+# ==============================================
+# AZEROTHCORE DOCKER ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION
+# ==============================================
+# REQUIRED: All values must be set - no defaults in compose
+
+# ==============================================
+# DATABASE CREDENTIALS (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=azerothcore123
+
+# Database connection settings
+MYSQL_HOST=ac-mysql
+MYSQL_PORT=3306
+MYSQL_USER=root
+MYSQL_ROOT_HOST=%
+
+# Database names
+DB_AUTH_NAME=acore_auth
+DB_WORLD_NAME=acore_world
+DB_CHARACTERS_NAME=acore_characters
+
+# Database wait settings
+DB_WAIT_RETRIES=30
+DB_WAIT_SLEEP=5
+
+# ==============================================
+# DOCKER IMAGES (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# AzerothCore images
+AC_DB_IMPORT_IMAGE=acore/ac-wotlk-db-import:14.0.0-dev
+AC_AUTHSERVER_IMAGE=acore/ac-wotlk-authserver:14.0.0-dev
+AC_WORLDSERVER_IMAGE=acore/ac-wotlk-worldserver:14.0.0-dev
+AC_ELUNA_IMAGE=acore/eluna-ts:master
+
+# Base images
+MYSQL_IMAGE=mysql:8.0
+ALPINE_IMAGE=alpine:latest
+ALPINE_GIT_IMAGE=alpine/git:latest
+
+# ==============================================
+# IMAGE PULL POLICY (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Control when Docker pulls images
+# Options: always, never, missing, if_not_present
+# - always: Always pull the latest image (slower, ensures latest)
+# - never: Never pull, use only local images (fastest, may fail if image missing)
+# - missing/if_not_present: Only pull if image doesn't exist locally (recommended)
+IMAGE_PULL_POLICY=if_not_present
+
+# ==============================================
+# DEPLOYMENT OPTIMIZATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Skip client data download if data already exists (speeds up deployment)
+SKIP_CLIENT_DATA_IF_EXISTS=true
+
+# Parallel container startup (reduces deployment time)
+ENABLE_PARALLEL_STARTUP=true
+
+# ==============================================
+# MYSQL CONFIGURATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# MySQL server settings
+MYSQL_CHARACTER_SET=utf8mb4
+MYSQL_COLLATION=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+MYSQL_MAX_CONNECTIONS=1000
+MYSQL_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE=256M
+MYSQL_INNODB_LOG_FILE_SIZE=64M
+
+# MySQL health check settings
+MYSQL_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=15s
+MYSQL_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=10s
+MYSQL_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=20
+MYSQL_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=60s
+
+# ==============================================
+# CONTAINER HEALTH CHECKS (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Auth server health check
+AUTH_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=30s
+AUTH_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=10s
+AUTH_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=3
+AUTH_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=60s
+
+# World server health check
+WORLD_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=30s
+WORLD_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=10s
+WORLD_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=3
+WORLD_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=120s
+
+# ==============================================
+# NETWORK CONFIGURATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# External ports - must be specified
+DOCKER_DB_EXTERNAL_PORT=64306
+DOCKER_AUTH_EXTERNAL_PORT=3784
+DOCKER_WORLD_EXTERNAL_PORT=8215
+DOCKER_SOAP_EXTERNAL_PORT=7778
+
+# Internal ports (container side)
+AUTH_PORT=3724
+WORLD_PORT=8085
+SOAP_PORT=7878
+
+# ==============================================
+# PATHS (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Host volume paths (for bind mounts if not using named volumes)
+HOST_BACKUP_PATH=./backups
+HOST_BACKUP_SCRIPTS_PATH=./backup-scripts
+
+# ==============================================
+# DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Deployment mode: local (development) or portainer (production)
+DEPLOYMENT_MODE=local
+
+# Storage configuration for Portainer NFS deployments
+# Leave empty for local development with named volumes
+STORAGE_PATH=/nfs/containers/azerothcore
+
+# ==============================================
+# CONTAINER NAMES (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Core service container names
+CONTAINER_MYSQL_INIT=ac-mysql-init
+CONTAINER_MYSQL=ac-mysql
+CONTAINER_DB_INIT=ac-db-init
+CONTAINER_DB_IMPORT=ac-db-import
+CONTAINER_AUTHSERVER=ac-authserver
+CONTAINER_WORLDSERVER=ac-worldserver
+CONTAINER_CLIENT_DATA=ac-client-data
+CONTAINER_ELUNA=ac-eluna
+CONTAINER_MODULES=ac-modules
+CONTAINER_BACKUP=ac-backup
+
+# ==============================================
+# NETWORK SETTINGS (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+NETWORK_NAME=azerothcore
+NETWORK_SUBNET=172.20.0.0/16
+NETWORK_GATEWAY=172.20.0.1
+
+# ==============================================
+# SERVER CONFIGURATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Timezone
+TZ=UTC
+
+# ==============================================
+# BACKUP CONFIGURATION (REQUIRED)
+# ==============================================
+# Cron schedule
+BACKUP_CRON_SCHEDULE=0 3 * * *
+
+# Retention
+BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS=7
+
+# ==============================================
+# CUSTOM MODULE SETTINGS
+# ==============================================
+# Playerbot settings
+PLAYERBOT_ENABLED=1
+PLAYERBOT_MAX_BOTS=40
+
+# Module Management (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled)
+MODULE_PLAYERBOTS=1
+MODULE_AOE_LOOT=0
+MODULE_LEARN_SPELLS=0
+MODULE_FIREWORKS=0
+MODULE_INDIVIDUAL_PROGRESSION=0
+
+# ==============================================
+# END OF CONFIGURATION
+# ==============================================