# Develop and Deploy Laravel applications with Docker Compose — Create a Docker Compose configuration for production

> To bring all the services together, create a compose.prod.yaml file that defines the services, volumes, and networks for the production environment.

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To bring all the services together, create a compose.prod.yaml file that defines the services, volumes, and networks for the production environment. Here's an example configuration

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```yaml
services:
  web:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./docker/production/nginx/Dockerfile
    restart: unless-stopped # Automatically restart unless the service is explicitly stopped
    volumes:
      # Mount the 'laravel-storage' volume to '/var/www/storage' inside the container.
      # -----------------------------------------------------------
      # This volume stores persistent data like uploaded files and cache.
      # The ':ro' option mounts it as read-only in the 'web' service because Nginx only needs to read these files.
      # The 'php-fpm' service mounts the same volume without ':ro' to allow write operations.
      # -----------------------------------------------------------
      - laravel-storage-production:/var/www/storage:ro
    networks:
      - laravel-production
    ports:
      # Map port 80 inside the container to the port specified by 'NGINX_PORT' on
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; Ensure you have an .env file at the root of your Laravel project with the necessary configurations to match the Docker Compose setup.

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