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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: jobtracker_db_local
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: jobtracker
+      POSTGRES_USER: jobtracker.user
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: jobtracker_password
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRS_DB"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 5
+
+    volumes:
+      db_data
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