Provide volumes for databases and mount appropriate directories for adapter Refactor docker-compose services - these really belong in lib/orchestration/services//docker_compose.rb Standardise on log formats - by policy or recommendation ? Redis support Stop supporting development mode. Provide a docker-compose.yml for loading development and test dependencies and expect user to run Rails application locally. Build a docker-compose.production.yml for running application in production (i.e. including application as a service and removing local port bindings). Make docker-compose file additive - detect existing services and add new ones rather than overwriting.