diff --git a/src/files/compose/getDappnodeDefaults.ts b/src/files/compose/getDappnodeDefaults.ts
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+/**
+ * Returns the default dappnode values that
+ */
+export function getComposeDappnodeDefaults(): DappnodeDefaults {}
+
+const getContainerName = ({
+  dnpName,
+  serviceName,
+  isCore
+}: {
+  dnpName: string;
+  serviceName: string;
+  isCore: boolean;
+}): string =>
+  // Note: _PREFIX variables already end with the character "-"
+  [
+    isCore ? params.CONTAINER_CORE_NAME_PREFIX : params.CONTAINER_NAME_PREFIX,
+    getContainerDomain({ dnpName, serviceName })
+  ].join("");
+
+/**
+ * Get a unique domain per container, considering multi-service packages
+ */
+const getContainerDomain = ({
+  dnpName,
+  serviceName
+}: {
+  serviceName: string;
+  dnpName: string;
+}): string => {
+  if (!serviceName || serviceName === dnpName) {
+    return dnpName;
+  } else {
+    return [serviceName, dnpName].join(".");
+  }
+};
+
+const getImageTag = ({
+  dnpName,
+  serviceName,
+  version
+}: {
+  dnpName: string;
+  serviceName: string;
+  version: string;
+}): string => [getContainerDomain({ dnpName, serviceName }), version].join(":");
+
+/**
+ * Parses an envs array from a manifest or docker-compose.yml
+ * [NOTE]: protect against faulty lines: envsArray = [""], they can break a compose
+ * - Filter by row.trim()
+ * - Make sure the key is define before adding to the envs object
+ * @param envsArray:
+ * ["NAME=VALUE",  "NOVAL",   "COMPLEX=D=D=D  = 2"]
+ * @returns envs =
+ * { NAME: "VALUE", NOVAL: "", COMPLEX: "D=D=D  = 2" }
+ */
+export function parseEnvironment(
+  envsArray: string[] | PackageEnvs
+): PackageEnvs {
+  // Make sure ENVs are in array format
+  if (typeof envsArray === "object" && !Array.isArray(envsArray))
+    return envsArray;
+
+  return envsArray
+    .filter(row => (row || "").trim())
+    .reduce((envs: PackageEnvs, row) => {
+      const [key, value] = (row || "").trim().split(/=(.*)/);
+      return key ? { ...envs, [key]: value || "" } : envs;
+    }, {});
+}