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+services:
+
+  postgresql:
+    image: bitnami/postgresql:15
+    container_name: discourse_postgres
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/bitnami/postgresql
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRESQL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRESQL_USERNAME=${DISCOURSE_DB_USER}
+      - POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD=${DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRESQL_DATABASE=${DISCOURSE_DB_NAME}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${DISCOURSE_DB_USER} -d ${DISCOURSE_DB_NAME}"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    networks:
+      - discourse_internal
+
+  redis:
+    image: bitnami/redis:7.2
+    container_name: discourse_redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - redis_data:/bitnami/redis/data
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_COMMANDS=FLUSHDB,FLUSHALL
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "-a", "${REDIS_PASSWORD}", "ping"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 15s
+    networks:
+      - discourse_internal
+
+  discourse:
+    image: bitnami/discourse:3
+    container_name: discourse_app
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      postgresql:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - discourse_data:/bitnami/discourse
+    environment:
+      # --- Site ---
+      - DISCOURSE_HOST=${DISCOURSE_HOST}
+      - DISCOURSE_SITE_NAME=${DISCOURSE_SITE_NAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_HTTPS=false  # SSL is handled by Nginx Proxy Manager
+
+      # --- Admin account (first-run only) ---
+      - DISCOURSE_USERNAME=${DISCOURSE_ADMIN_USERNAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_PASSWORD=${DISCOURSE_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+      - DISCOURSE_EMAIL=${DISCOURSE_ADMIN_EMAIL}
+
+      # --- Database ---
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_HOST=postgresql
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER=5432
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_NAME=${DISCOURSE_DB_NAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_USER=${DISCOURSE_DB_USER}
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_HOST=postgresql
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER=5432
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_NAME=${DISCOURSE_DB_NAME}
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USERNAME=${DISCOURSE_DB_USER}
+      - POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD}
+
+      # --- Redis ---
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_HOST=redis
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_PORT_NUMBER=6379
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+
+      # --- SMTP (Microsoft 365 / Outlook Business) ---
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_HOST=smtp.office365.com
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT=587
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USERNAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD=${SMTP_PASSWORD}
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PROTOCOL=tls
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_AUTH=login
+      - DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=${SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:3000/ || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 15s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 120s
+    networks:
+      - discourse_internal
+      - proxy
+    # No ports exposed to host — Nginx Proxy Manager connects via the proxy network
+
+  sidekiq:
+    image: bitnami/discourse:3
+    container_name: discourse_sidekiq
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      discourse:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - discourse_data:/bitnami/discourse
+    command: /opt/bitnami/scripts/discourse-sidekiq/run.sh
+    environment:
+      # Inherit the same config as the main app
+      - DISCOURSE_HOST=${DISCOURSE_HOST}
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_HOST=postgresql
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER=5432
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_NAME=${DISCOURSE_DB_NAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_USER=${DISCOURSE_DB_USER}
+      - DISCOURSE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_HOST=redis
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_PORT_NUMBER=6379
+      - DISCOURSE_REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_HOST=smtp.office365.com
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT=587
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USERNAME}
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD=${SMTP_PASSWORD}
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_PROTOCOL=tls
+      - DISCOURSE_SMTP_AUTH=login
+      - DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=${SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS}
+    networks:
+      - discourse_internal
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+    driver: local
+  redis_data:
+    driver: local
+  discourse_data:
+    driver: local
+
+networks:
+  discourse_internal:
+    driver: bridge
+    internal: true   # Postgres and Redis are not reachable from outside the stack
+  proxy:
+    external: true   # Must match the network name used by your NPM stack