fix: add postgres service to docker-compose and wire backend dependency#25
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Closes #1
What changed
postgres:15-alpineservice todeployment/docker-compose.ymlwith credentials that matchbackend/.env.exampledefaults (user/password/stellar_portfolio)pg_isreadyhealthcheck on the postgres service so the backend waits until the DB is accepting connections before startingredis-cli pinghealthcheck to the existing redis servicedepends_onto usecondition: service_healthyfor both postgres and redis — eliminates the race where the backend process launched before either dependency was readyDATABASE_URLto the backend environment pointing atpostgres:5432(the Docker service hostname) instead oflocalhostREDIS_URLto the backend environment (was already set in the monitoring service but missing from backend)postgres_datanamed volume so database state persists across restartsWhy
The backend connects to Postgres on module load and runs migrations at startup. Without a running Postgres service in the Compose stack the backend immediately exited with
ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432, making the entire Docker deployment path broken.How to test