Build [v1.4.0] - Audit Dashboard & LDAP Restoration

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Removed 3350 cached files from git index via 'git rm --cached -r'.
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.gitignore

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+# ============================================================
+# TFM aInventory — .gitignore
+# ============================================================
+
+# ── Python environments ──────────────────────────────────────
+.venv/
 backend/venv/
+**/__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+
+# ── Runtime data directories ─────────────────────────────────
+# Content is excluded; the directories themselves are tracked via .gitkeep.
+# On fresh clone: run ./start_server.sh or docker compose up to initialize.
+
+/data/*
+!/data/.gitkeep
+/data/backups/
+
+/logs/*
+!/logs/.gitkeep
+
+# Duplicate runtime dirs that may exist inside backend/ (Docker legacy)
 backend/data/
 backend/logs/
-frontend/logs/
-__pycache__/
-*.pyc
+
+# ── Sensitive configuration files ────────────────────────────
+# The ACTIVE LDAP config is: backend/config/ldap_config.json
+# It contains real server IPs and credentials — never commit.
+# The template/example IS committed and used by init_data.sh on fresh installs.
+backend/config/ldap_config.json
+!backend/config/ldap_config.json.example
+
+# ── Environment files (secrets) ──────────────────────────────
 .env
-.DS_Store
-aInventory-PROD*
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+backend/.env
+backend/.env.*
+!backend/.env.example
+# Docker environment override file
+docker-compose.override.yml
+.env.docker
+
+# ── Application logs ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# (also covered by /logs/* above, these catch any other locations)
+frontend/logs/
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# ── Frontend build artifacts ──────────────────────────────────
+frontend/.next/
+frontend/out/
+frontend/build/
+frontend/node_modules/
+
+# ── Frontend generated/runtime assets ────────────────────────
+# SSL certs and runtime configs (generated by start_server.sh)
+frontend/config/
+# PWA icons generated at build time
+frontend/public/icons/
+
+# ── npm / npx caches ─────────────────────────────────────────
+.npx_cache/
+scratch/npm_cache/
+
+# ── Production bundles (generated by export_prod.sh) ─────────
+aInventory-PROD*/
 aInventory-PROD*.zip
-logs/
+
+# ── AI / IDE metadata ─────────────────────────────────────────
+.remember/
+.claude/
+
+# ── macOS system files ────────────────────────────────────────
+.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
+
+# ── Certificates & keys ──────────────────────────────────────
+*.pem
+*.key
+*.crt
+*.cert
+
+__push_ALL_to_remote.sh