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Simple two-service stack with port publishing and environment variables.

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Section: compose.yaml Basics

Minimal web + db stack

yaml
yaml
services:
  web:
    image: nginx:alpine
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
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