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+# Mealie Docker Compose (NFS) - Environment Variables
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your values
+
+# --- Image ---
+
+# Mealie image tag (use a specific version for stability, or 'latest')
+MEALIE_VERSION=latest
+
+# --- Permissions ---
+
+# User and group ID that Mealie runs as (match your host user to avoid permission issues)
+MEALIE_PUID=1000
+MEALIE_PGID=1000
+
+# --- Network ---
+
+# Host port to expose the Mealie web UI on
+MEALIE_PORT=9000
+
+# --- Application ---
+
+# Full public URL where Mealie is accessible (used for links in emails and API responses)
+MEALIE_BASE_URL=https://mealie.yourdomain.com
+
+# Timezone for the container (affects scheduled tasks and timestamps)
+MEALIE_TZ=America/Los_Angeles
+
+# Allow new users to self-register (true/false)
+MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP=false
+
+# Number of concurrent worker processes for the API server (tune to available CPU cores)
+MEALIE_UVICORN_WORKERS=4
+
+# --- NFS Volume ---
+
+# IP address or hostname of the NFS server
+MEALIE_NFS_SERVER=192.168.1.x
+
+# NFS export path on the server (e.g. /mnt/pool/mealie)
+MEALIE_NFS_DEVICE=:/path/to/nfs/export
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+services:
+  app:
+    image: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:${MEALIE_VERSION:-latest}
+    container_name: mealie-app
+    ports:
+        - ${MEALIE_PORT:-9000}:9000
+    volumes:
+      - mealie-app:/app/data/
+    environment:
+      - ALLOW_SIGNUP=${MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP:-false}
+      - PUID=${MEALIE_PUID:-1000}
+      - PGID=${MEALIE_PGID:-1000}
+      - TZ=${MEALIE_TZ:-America/Los_Angeles}
+      - BASE_URL=${MEALIE_BASE_URL}
+      - UVICORN_WORKERS=${MEALIE_UVICORN_WORKERS:-4}
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          memory: 1000M
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  mealie-app:
+    name: mealie-app
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+        type: nfs
+        o: "addr=${MEALIE_NFS_SERVER},rw,noatime,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,timeo=600,nfsvers=4"
+        device: "${MEALIE_NFS_DEVICE}"
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