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+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root 
+      POSTGRES_DB: mantle_dev
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - mantle_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d mantle"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+
+volumes:
+  mantle_db_data: