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      "order": 2,
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      "label": "Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml",
      "body": "# This docker compose setup configures:\n# - the Unleash server instance + the necessary backing Postgres database\n#\n# To learn more about all the parts of Unleash, visit\n# https://docs.getunleash.io/get-started/unleash-overview\n#\n# NOTE: please do not use this configuration for production setups.\n# Unleash does not take responsibility for any data leaks or other\n# problems that may arise as a result.\n#\n# This is intended to be used for demo, development, and learning\n# purposes only.\n\nservices:\n\n  # The Unleash server contains the Unleash configuration and\n  # communicates with client SDKs and Unleash Edge\n  web:\n    image: unleashorg/unleash-server:latest\n    ports:\n      - \"4242:4242\"\n    environment:\n      # This points Unleash to its backing database (defined in the `db` section below)\n      DATABASE_URL: \"postgres://postgres:unleash@db/db\"\n      # Disable SSL for database connections.\n      DATABASE_SSL: \"false\"\n      # Changing log levels:\n      LOG_LEVEL: \"warn\"\n      INIT_FRONTEND_API_TOKENS: \"default:development.unleash-insecure-frontend-api-token\"\n      # The default API token is insecure and should not be used in production.\n      INIT_BACKEND_API_TOKENS: \"default:development.unleash-insecure-api-token\"\n    depends_on:\n      db:\n        condition: service_healthy\n    healthcheck:\n      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:4242/health || exit 1\n      interval: 1s\n      timeout: 1m\n      retries: 5\n      start_period: 15s\n  db:\n    expose:\n      - \"5432\"\n    image: postgres:15\n    environment:\n      # create a database called `db`\n      POSTGRES_DB: \"db\"\n      # trust incoming connections blindly (DON'T DO THIS IN PRODUCTION!)\n      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: \"trust\"\n    healthcheck:\n      test:\n        [\n          \"CMD\",\n          \"pg_isready\",\n          \"--username=postgres\",\n          \"--host=127.0.0.1\",\n          \"--port=5432\"\n        ]\n      interval: 2s\n      timeout: 1m\n      retries: 5\n      start_period: 10s\n",
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      "order": 4,
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      "source_url": "https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/blob/64a269428d8d9f7e0cbdd1e0ba0ca19cadc2c48c/docker-compose.yml",
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      "kind": "gotcha",
      "title": "Some images use the latest tag or no tag",
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      "kind": "gotcha",
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