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+services:
+# CouchDB
+# Single-node document database
+# https://couchdb.apache.org/
+  couchdb:
+    image: couchdb:3.5
+    volumes:
+      - couchdb_data:/opt/couchdb/data
+    environment:
+      COUCHDB_USER: ${COUCHDB_USER}
+      COUCHDB_PASSWORD: ${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}
+    ports:
+      - 5984:5984
+    networks:
+      - proxy_net
+    labels:
+      caddy: couchdb.localhost
+      caddy.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 5984}}"
+      caddy.tls: internal
+
+  couchdb-init:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: ./couchdb-init.Dockerfile
+      context: .
+    environment:
+      COUCHDB_USER: ${COUCHDB_USER}
+      COUCHDB_PASSWORD: ${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}
+    depends_on:
+      - couchdb
+    networks:
+      - proxy_net
+
+volumes:
+  couchdb_data:
+
+networks:
+  proxy_net:
+    external: true