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+/data
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+    db:
+        image: mariadb
+        restart: always
+        environment:
+        - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=the_db_root_password
+        - MYSQL_USER=c5dbadmin
+        - MYSQL_PASSWORD=the_db_user_password
+        - MYSQL_DATABASE=c5db    
+        volumes:
+            - ./data/var/lib/mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+
+    web:
+        image: chriswayg/concrete5.7
+        restart: always
+        ports:
+        - "80:80"
+        - "443:443"
+        links:
+        - db
+        # host volumes 
+        volumes:
+            - ./data/etc/apache2:/etc/apache2
+            - ./data/var/www/html:/var/www/html