Deployment planner
Start with the operating shape, not the Compose file.
Set the workload, host boundary, public surface, and recovery priority. The blueprint turns them into a focused set of deployment checks before configuration details multiply.
Deployment blueprint
Define the operating shape before writing the stack.
Choose a maintained workload baseline, where it will run, what reaches the public internet, and how much state must survive an incident.
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Next decision
Turn the blueprint into verifiable deployment work.
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What it models
A maintained workload baseline, first host capacity band, state categories, public exposure, and recovery coverage.
What follows
Use the blueprint to select a host, define secrets and volumes, then validate the rendered Compose configuration before deployment.
Next application feature
The Compose Readiness Check will inspect a pasted Compose file against the same deployment boundaries.
Sources and scope
Last reviewed 2026-07-13. This page separates the decision it supports from the facts that still require a platform or model-specific check.
Applies to
Single-host Docker Compose planning for the maintained WordPress, Nextcloud, and Gitea workload baselines.
Does not coverApplication-specific image settings, provider availability, exact operating cost, migration execution, or the final upstream configuration required by a particular app version.
Docker Compose production guidanceProduction-specific Compose configuration, restarts, ports, logging, and deployment changes.Open source ↗Docker Compose secrets guidanceExplicit secret access and file-backed secret patterns for Compose services.Open source ↗Docker Compose environment-variable guidanceEnvironment configuration and the distinction between variables and sensitive values.Open source ↗Docker Compose quickstartNamed volumes, environment configuration, and validating rendered Compose configuration.Open source ↗