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+version: "3"
+# copied from the docker-compose I wrote specifically for the comments backend which was made referencing the invidious docker compose file which was very helpful https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/blob/master/docker-compose.yml
+services:
+  website:
+    image: ghcr.io/pagwin-fedora/website_frontend:latest-comments
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+    depends_on:
+      - comments_backend
+  # need to specifically name it this unless you want to build the docker image in place
+  comments_backend:
+    image: ghcr.io/pagwin-fedora/comments_backend
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      DB_URI: comments-db
+      DB_PORT: 5432
+      DB_USER: kemal
+      DB_PASSWORD: kemal
+      DB_NAME: comments
+      DB_SSL: disable
+    depends_on:
+      - comments-db
+  comments-db:
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:15
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - postgresdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: comments
+      # yes I'm stealing the invidious postgres user
+      POSTGRES_USER: kemal
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: kemal
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRES_DB"]
+volumes:
+  postgresdata: