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+# This compose file is compatible with Compose itself, it might need some
+# adjustments to run properly with stack.
+
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+
+  synapse:
+    image: docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
+    # Since synapse does not retry to connect to the database, restart upon
+    # failure
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    # See the readme for a full documentation of the environment settings
+    # NOTE: You must edit homeserver.yaml to use postgres, it defaults to sqlite
+    environment:
+      - SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH=/data/homeserver.yaml
+    volumes:
+      - ./files:/data:Z
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:8448:8448/tcp
+
+  db:
+    image: docker.io/postgres:12-alpine
+    # Change that password, of course!
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=synapse
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme
+      - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS=--encoding=UTF-8 --lc-collate=C --lc-ctype=C
+    volumes:
+      - ./schemas:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z