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+services:
+  app:
+    image: cpmp:local
+    container_name: cpmp-debug
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"        # HTTP (Caddy proxy)
+      - "443:443"      # HTTPS (Caddy proxy)
+      - "443:443/udp"  # HTTP/3 (Caddy proxy)
+      - "8080:8080"    # Management UI (CPM+)
+      - "2345:2345"    # Delve Debugger
+    environment:
+      - CPM_ENV=development
+      - CPMP_DEBUG=1
+      - TZ=America/New_York
+      - CPM_HTTP_PORT=8080
+      - CPM_DB_PATH=/app/data/cpm.db
+      - CPM_FRONTEND_DIR=/app/frontend/dist
+      - CPM_CADDY_ADMIN_API=http://localhost:2019
+      - CPM_CADDY_CONFIG_DIR=/app/data/caddy
+      - CPM_CADDY_BINARY=caddy
+      - CPM_IMPORT_CADDYFILE=/import/Caddyfile
+      - CPM_IMPORT_DIR=/app/data/imports
+      - CPM_ACME_STAGING=false
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    cap_add:
+      - SYS_PTRACE
+    security_opt:
+      - seccomp:unconfined
+    volumes:
+      - cpm_data_local:/app/data
+      - caddy_data_local:/data
+      - caddy_config_local:/config
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro # For local container discovery
+      - ./backend:/app/backend:ro # Mount source for debugging
+      # Mount your existing Caddyfile for automatic import (optional)
+#      - <PATH_TO_YOUR_CADDYFILE>:/import/Caddyfile:ro
+#      - <PATH_TO_YOUR_SITES_DIR>:/import/sites:ro # If your Caddyfile imports other files
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s
+
+volumes:
+  cpm_data_local:
+    driver: local
+  caddy_data_local:
+    driver: local
+  caddy_config_local:
+    driver: local
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: containers_default
+    external: true