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Docker Compose Development Stack

Solution Components

docker
docker
docker-compose
docker-compose
development
development
local
local
containers
containers

Architecture Visual

%% Autogenerated docker-compose-dev graph TD classDef standard fill:#1e293b,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1px,color:#e5e7eb; classDef c-actor fill:#1e293b,stroke:#e5e7eb,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#e5e7eb; classDef c-compute fill:#422006,stroke:#fb923c,stroke-width:1px,color:#fed7aa; classDef c-database fill:#064e3b,stroke:#34d399,stroke-width:1px,color:#d1fae5; classDef c-network fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff; classDef c-storage fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2; classDef c-security fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2; classDef c-gateway fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff; classDef c-container fill:#422006,stroke:#facc15,stroke-width:1px,color:#fef9c3; subgraph app_containers ["Application Containers"] direction TB nginx(("<img src="/icons/inframap/edge.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Nginx</b><br/><i>gateway</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Reverse proxy</span>")) class nginx c-network frontend("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Frontend Container</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>React/Vue dev server</span>") class frontend c-compute backend("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Backend Container</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>API server</span>") class backend c-compute worker("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Worker Container</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Background jobs</span>") class worker c-compute end subgraph data_containers ["Data Containers"] direction TB postgres[("<img src="/icons/inframap/database.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>PostgreSQL</b><br/><i>database</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Database container</span>")] class postgres c-database redis[("<img src="/icons/inframap/database.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Redis</b><br/><i>database</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Cache container</span>")] class redis c-database volumes[("<img src="/icons/inframap/database.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Docker Volumes</b><br/><i>database</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Persistent data</span>")] class volumes c-database end %% Orphans developer(("<img src="/icons/inframap/user.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Developer</b><br/><i>actor</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Local machine</span>")) class developer c-actor %% Edges developer -.-> nginx nginx -.-> frontend nginx -.-> backend frontend -.-> backend backend -.-> postgres backend -.-> redis worker -.-> postgres worker -.-> redis

Docker Compose Development Stack

Docker Compose development stack for local multi-container application development.

Provides consistent development environment across team members with hot-reloading, volume mounts for code changes, and orchestrated startup of all services. Ideal for microservices development and integration testing.

Tech Stack

Component Technology
Orchestration Docker Compose
Web Nginx
App Node.js / Python
Database PostgreSQL
Cache Redis

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