Docker story refactoring

2025-11-19 21:26:05 -05:00 · 2025-11-15 15:01:39 +02:00
parent 9b3d9fe1e7
commit 66e67c751e
49 changed files with 2969 additions and 513 deletions
--- a/.docker-backup/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker-backup/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+FROM python:3.13.5-slim-bookworm AS build-image
+
+# Install system dependencies needed for downloading and extracting
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget xz-utils unzip && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    apt-get purge --auto-remove && \
+    apt-get clean
+
+RUN wget -q https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz
+
+RUN mkdir -p ffmpeg-tmp && \
+    tar -xf ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz --strip-components 1 -C ffmpeg-tmp && \
+    cp -v ffmpeg-tmp/ffmpeg ffmpeg-tmp/ffprobe ffmpeg-tmp/qt-faststart /usr/local/bin && \
+    rm -rf ffmpeg-tmp ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz
+
+# Install Bento4 in the specified location
+RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/bento4 && \
+    wget -q http://zebulon.bok.net/Bento4/binaries/Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux.zip && \
+    unzip Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux.zip -d /home/mediacms.io/bento4 && \
+    mv /home/mediacms.io/bento4/Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux/* /home/mediacms.io/bento4/ && \
+    rm -rf /home/mediacms.io/bento4/Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux && \
+    rm -rf /home/mediacms.io/bento4/docs && \
+    rm Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux.zip
+
+############ BASE RUNTIME IMAGE ############
+FROM python:3.13.5-slim-bookworm AS base
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV CELERY_APP='cms'
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/mediacms.io
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Install system dependencies first
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get -y upgrade && \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+        supervisor \
+        nginx \
+        imagemagick \
+        procps \
+        build-essential \
+        pkg-config \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        zlib1g \
+        libxml2-dev \
+        libxmlsec1-dev \
+        libxmlsec1-openssl \
+        libpq-dev \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set up virtualenv first
+RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/{logs} && \
+    cd /home/mediacms.io && \
+    python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+
+# Copy requirements files
+COPY requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt ./
+
+# Install Python dependencies using pip (within virtualenv)
+ARG DEVELOPMENT_MODE=False
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv && \
+    uv pip install --no-binary lxml --no-binary xmlsec -r requirements.txt && \
+    if [ "$DEVELOPMENT_MODE" = "True" ]; then \
+        echo "Installing development dependencies..." && \
+        uv pip install -r requirements-dev.txt; \
+    fi && \
+    apt-get purge -y --auto-remove \
+        build-essential \
+        pkg-config \
+        libxml2-dev \
+        libxmlsec1-dev \
+        libpq-dev
+
+# Copy ffmpeg and Bento4 from build image
+COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
+COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart
+COPY --from=build-image /home/mediacms.io/bento4 /home/mediacms.io/bento4
+
+# Copy application files
+COPY . /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
+WORKDIR /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
+
+# required for sprite thumbnail generation for large video files
+COPY deploy/docker/policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
+
+# Set process control environment variables
+ENV ENABLE_UWSGI='yes' \
+    ENABLE_NGINX='yes' \
+    ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT='yes' \
+    ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT='yes' \
+    ENABLE_CELERY_LONG='yes' \
+    ENABLE_MIGRATIONS='yes'
+
+EXPOSE 9000 80
+
+RUN chmod +x ./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["./deploy/docker/start.sh"]
+
+############ FULL IMAGE ############
+FROM base AS full
+COPY requirements-full.txt ./
+RUN mkdir -p /root/.cache/ && \
+    chmod go+rwx /root/ && \
+    chmod go+rwx /root/.cache/
+RUN uv pip install -r requirements-full.txt
--- a/.docker-backup/docker-compose-cert.yaml
+++ b/.docker-backup/docker-compose-cert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: nginxproxy/nginx-proxy
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+      - vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d
+      - html:/usr/share/nginx/html
+      - dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam
+      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+      - ./deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/client_max_body_size.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/client_max_body_size.conf:ro
+  
+  acme-companion:
+    image: nginxproxy/acme-companion
+    container_name: nginx-proxy-acme
+    volumes_from:
+      - nginx-proxy
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs:rw
+      - acme:/etc/acme.sh
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+
+  migrations:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
+      ADMIN_EMAIL: 'Y'
+      ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'X'
+    command: "./deploy/docker/prestart.sh"
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+  web:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: 'X.mediacms.io'
+      LETSENCRYPT_HOST: 'X.mediacms.io'
+      LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL: 'X'
+    depends_on:
+      - migrations
+  celery_beat:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+  celery_worker:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:full
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - migrations
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - ../postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_DB: mediacms
+      TZ: Europe/London
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+  redis:
+    image: "redis:alpine"
+    restart: always
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli","ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+volumes:
+  conf:
+  vhost:
+  html:
+  dhparam:
+  certs:
+  acme:
--- a/.docker-backup/docker-compose-dev.yaml
+++ b/.docker-backup/docker-compose-dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  migrations:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
+      target: base
+      args:
+        - DEVELOPMENT_MODE=True
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    command: "./deploy/docker/prestart.sh"
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: True
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
+      ADMIN_EMAIL: 'admin@localhost'
+      ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'admin'
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+  frontend:
+    image: node:20
+    volumes:
+      - ${PWD}/frontend:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
+    working_dir: /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
+    command: bash -c "npm install && npm run start"
+    env_file:
+      - ${PWD}/frontend/.env
+    ports:
+      - "8088:8088"
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+  web:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
+    command: "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:80"
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: True
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    depends_on:
+      - migrations
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - ../postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_DB: mediacms
+      TZ: Europe/London
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}", "--host=db", "--dbname=$POSTGRES_DB", "--username=$POSTGRES_USER"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+  redis:
+    image: "redis:alpine"
+    restart: always
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+  celery_worker:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - web
--- a/.docker-backup/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/.docker-backup/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  migrations:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
+      ADMIN_EMAIL: 'admin@localhost'
+      # ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'uncomment_and_set_password_here'
+    command: "./deploy/docker/prestart.sh"
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+  web:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - migrations
+  celery_beat:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+  celery_worker:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    environment:
+      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
+      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
+      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    depends_on:
+      - migrations
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - ../postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mediacms
+      POSTGRES_DB: mediacms
+      TZ: Europe/London
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+  redis:
+    image: "redis:alpine"
+    restart: always
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli","ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,37 @@
+# Dependencies
 node_modules
-npm-debug.log
+npm-debug.log
+
+# Local development files - exclude uploaded content but keep placeholder images
+media_files/*
+!media_files/userlogos/
+media_files/userlogos/*
+!media_files/userlogos/*.jpg
+logs
+static_collected
+
+# Version control
+.git
+.github
+.gitignore
+
+# Development/testing
+.pytest_cache
+.qodo
+.claude
+
+# Docker
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose*.yml
+.docker-backup
+
+# Documentation (if you don't need it in the image)
+docs
+
+# Other
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+.env
+.vscode
+.idea
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

-      - name: Docker meta for base image
-        id: meta-base
+      - name: Docker meta for web image
+        id: meta-web
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
        with:
          images: |
@@ -40,39 +40,95 @@ jobs:
            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=AGPL-3.0

-      - name: Docker meta for full image
-        id: meta-full
+      - name: Build and push web image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          target: web
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-web.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-web.outputs.labels }}
+
+      - name: Docker meta for worker image
+        id: meta-worker
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
        with:
          images: |
-            mediacms/mediacms
+            mediacms/mediacms-worker
          tags: |
-            type=raw,value=full,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}-full
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}-full
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}-full
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=MediaCMS Full
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django and React, featuring a REST API. This is the full version with additional dependencies.
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=MediaCMS Worker
+            org.opencontainers.image.description=MediaCMS Celery worker for background task processing.
            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=MediaCMS
            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://mediacms.io/
            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=AGPL-3.0

-      - name: Build and push full image
+      - name: Build and push worker image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
        with:
          context: .
-          target: full
+          target: worker
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta-full.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta-full.outputs.labels }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-worker.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-worker.outputs.labels }}

-      - name: Build and push base image
+      - name: Docker meta for worker-full image
+        id: meta-worker-full
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        with:
+          images: |
+            mediacms/mediacms-worker
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=latest-full,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}-full
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}-full
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}-full
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=MediaCMS Worker Full
+            org.opencontainers.image.description=MediaCMS Celery worker with additional codecs for advanced transcoding features.
+            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=MediaCMS
+            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://mediacms.io/
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
+            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=AGPL-3.0
+
+      - name: Build and push worker-full image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
        with:
          context: .
-          target: base
+          target: worker-full
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta-base.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta-base.outputs.labels }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-worker-full.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-worker-full.outputs.labels }}
+
+      - name: Docker meta for nginx image
+        id: meta-nginx
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        with:
+          images: |
+            mediacms/mediacms-nginx
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=MediaCMS Nginx
+            org.opencontainers.image.description=Nginx web server for MediaCMS, serving static and media files.
+            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=MediaCMS
+            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://mediacms.io/
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
+            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=AGPL-3.0
+
+      - name: Build and push nginx image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.nginx
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-nginx.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-nginx.outputs.labels }}
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 cli-tool/.env
 frontend/package-lock.json
+custom/local_settings.py
+custom/static/images/*
+!custom/static/images/.gitkeep
+custom/static/css/*
+!custom/static/css/.gitkeep
 media_files/encoded/
 media_files/original/
 media_files/hls/
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ static/mptt/
 static/rest_framework/
 static/drf-yasg
 cms/local_settings.py
-deploy/docker/local_settings.py
+config/local_settings.py
 yt.readme.md
 /frontend-tools/video-editor/node_modules
 /frontend-tools/video-editor/client/node_modules
@@ -35,3 +40,4 @@ frontend-tools/video-editor/client/public/videos/sample-video.mp3
 frontend-tools/chapters-editor/client/public/videos/sample-video.mp3
 static/chapters_editor/videos/sample-video.mp3
 static/video_editor/videos/sample-video.mp3
+backups/
--- a/DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md
+++ b/DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+# MediaCMS Docker Restructure Summary - Version 7.3
+
+## Overview
+
+MediaCMS 7.3 introduces a complete Docker architecture restructure, moving from a monolithic supervisord-based setup to modern microservices with proper separation of concerns.
+
+**⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES** - See [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md) for migration guide.
+
+## Architecture Comparison
+
+### Before (7.x) - Monolithic
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
+│   Single Container                  │
+│   ┌──────────┐                     │
+│   │Supervisor│                     │
+│   └────┬─────┘                     │
+│        ├─── nginx (port 80)        │
+│        ├─── uwsgi (Django)         │
+│        ├─── celery beat            │
+│        ├─── celery workers         │
+│        └─── migrations             │
+│                                     │
+│  Volumes: ./ mounted to container  │
+└─────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### After (7.3) - Microservices
+```
+┌────────┐  ┌─────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌──────────┐
+│ nginx  │→ │ web │  │celery_beat│  │  celery  │
+│        │  │uwsgi│  │           │  │ workers  │
+└────────┘  └─────┘  └───────────┘  └──────────┘
+                │
+        ┌───────┴────────┐
+        │  db   │  redis │
+        └───────┴────────┘
+
+Volumes: Named volumes + custom/ bind mount
+```
+
+## What Changed
+
+### 1. Container Services
+
+| Component | Before (7.x) | After (7.3) |
+|-----------|-------------|-------------|
+| **nginx** | Inside main container | Separate container |
+| **Django/uWSGI** | Inside main container | Dedicated `web` container |
+| **Celery Beat** | Inside main container | Dedicated container |
+| **Celery Workers** | Inside main container | Separate containers (short/long) |
+| **Migrations** | Via environment flag | Init container (runs once) |
+
+### 2. Volume Strategy
+
+| Data | Before (7.x) | After (7.3) |
+|------|-------------|-------------|
+| **Application code** | Bind mount `./` | **Built into image** |
+| **Media files** | `./media_files` | **Named volume** `media_files` |
+| **Static files** | `./static` | **Built into image** (collectstatic at build) |
+| **Logs** | `./logs` | **Named volume** `logs` |
+| **PostgreSQL** | `../postgres_data` | **Named volume** `postgres_data` |
+| **Custom config** | `cms/local_settings.py` | **Bind mount** `./custom/` |
+
+### 3. Removed Components
+
+- ❌ supervisord and all supervisord configs
+- ❌ docker-entrypoint.sh (permission fixing script)
+- ❌ `ENABLE_*` environment variables
+- ❌ Runtime collectstatic
+- ❌ nginx from base image
+
+### 4. New Components
+
+- ✅ `custom/` directory for user customizations
+- ✅ Multi-stage Dockerfile (base, web, worker, worker-full)
+- ✅ Separate nginx image (`Dockerfile.nginx`)
+- ✅ Build-time collectstatic
+- ✅ USER www-data (non-root containers)
+- ✅ Health checks for all services
+- ✅ Makefile with common tasks
+
+## Key Improvements
+
+### Security
+- ✅ Containers run as `www-data` (UID 33), not root
+- ✅ Read-only mounts where possible
+- ✅ Smaller attack surface per container
+- ✅ No privilege escalation needed
+
+### Performance
+- ✅ Named volumes have better I/O than bind mounts
+- ✅ Static files built into image (no runtime collection)
+- ✅ Faster container startups
+- ✅ No chown on millions of files at startup
+
+### Scalability
+- ✅ Scale web and workers independently
+- ✅ Ready for load balancing
+- ✅ Can use Docker Swarm or Kubernetes
+- ✅ Horizontal scaling: `docker compose scale celery_short=3`
+
+### Maintainability
+- ✅ One process per container (proper separation)
+- ✅ Clear service dependencies
+- ✅ Standard Docker patterns
+- ✅ Easier debugging (service-specific logs)
+- ✅ Immutable images
+
+### Developer Experience
+- ✅ Separate dev compose with hot reload
+- ✅ `custom/` directory for all customizations
+- ✅ Clear documentation and examples
+- ✅ Makefile targets for common tasks
+
+## New Customization System
+
+### The `custom/` Directory
+
+All user customizations now go in a dedicated directory:
+
+```
+custom/
+├── README.md                    # Full documentation
+├── local_settings.py.example    # Template file
+├── local_settings.py            # Your Django settings (gitignored)
+└── static/
+    ├── images/                  # Custom logos (gitignored)
+    │   └── logo_dark.png
+    └── css/                     # Custom CSS (gitignored)
+        └── custom.css
+```
+
+**Benefits:**
+- Clear separation from core code
+- Works out-of-box (empty directory is fine)
+- Gitignored customizations
+- Well documented with examples
+
+See [`custom/README.md`](./custom/README.md) for usage guide.
+
+## Docker Images
+
+### Images to Build
+
+```bash
+# Web image (Django + uWSGI)
+docker build --target web -t mediacms/mediacms:7.3 .
+
+# Worker image (Celery)
+docker build --target worker -t mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3 .
+
+# Worker-full image (Celery with extra codecs)
+docker build --target worker-full -t mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3-full .
+
+# Nginx image
+docker build -f Dockerfile.nginx -t mediacms/mediacms-nginx:7.3 .
+```
+
+### Image Sizes
+
+| Image | Approximate Size |
+|-------|-----------------|
+| mediacms:7.3 | ~800MB |
+| mediacms-worker:7.3 | ~800MB |
+| mediacms-worker:7.3-full | ~1.2GB |
+| mediacms-nginx:7.3 | ~50MB |
+
+## Deployment Scenarios
+
+### 1. Development
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up
+```
+
+**Features:**
+- File mounts for live editing
+- Django runserver with DEBUG=True
+- Frontend hot reload
+- Immediate code changes
+
+### 2. Production (HTTP)
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+**Features:**
+- Immutable images
+- Named volumes for data
+- Production-ready
+- Port 80
+
+### 3. Production (HTTPS with Let's Encrypt)
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose-cert.yaml up -d
+```
+
+**Features:**
+- Automatic SSL certificates
+- Auto-renewal
+- nginx-proxy + acme-companion
+- Production-ready
+
+## Minimal Deployment (No Code Required!)
+
+**Version 7.3 requires ONLY:**
+
+1. ✅ `docker-compose.yaml` file
+2. ✅ Docker images (from Docker Hub)
+3. ⚠️ `custom/` directory (optional, only if customizing)
+
+**No git repo needed!** Download docker-compose.yaml from release/docs and start.
+
+## Migration Requirements
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+⚠️ **Not backward compatible** - Manual migration required
+
+**What needs migration:**
+1. ✅ PostgreSQL database (dump and restore)
+2. ✅ Media files (copy to named volume)
+3. ✅ Custom settings → `custom/local_settings.py` (if you had them)
+4. ✅ Custom logos/CSS → `custom/static/` (if you had them)
+5. ⚠️ Backup scripts (new volume paths)
+6. ⚠️ Monitoring (new container names)
+
+### Migration Steps
+
+See [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md) for complete guide.
+
+**Quick overview:**
+```bash
+# 1. Backup
+docker compose exec db pg_dump -U mediacms mediacms > backup.sql
+tar -czf media_backup.tar.gz media_files/
+cp docker-compose.yaml docker-compose.yaml.old
+
+# 2. Download new docker-compose.yaml
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+
+# 3. Create custom/ if needed
+mkdir -p custom/static/{images,css}
+# Copy your old settings/logos if you had them
+
+# 4. Pull images and start
+docker compose pull
+docker compose up -d
+
+# 5. Restore data
+cat backup.sql | docker compose exec -T db psql -U mediacms mediacms
+# (See full guide for media migration)
+```
+
+## Configuration Files
+
+### Created/Reorganized
+
+```
+├── Dockerfile                    # Multi-stage (base, web, worker)
+├── Dockerfile.nginx             # Nginx image
+├── docker-compose.yaml          # Production
+├── docker-compose-cert.yaml     # Production + HTTPS
+├── docker-compose-dev.yaml      # Development
+├── Makefile                     # Common tasks
+├── custom/                      # User customizations
+│   ├── README.md
+│   ├── local_settings.py.example
+│   └── static/
+├── config/
+│   ├── imagemagick/policy.xml
+│   ├── nginx/
+│   │   ├── nginx.conf
+│   │   └── site.conf
+│   ├── nginx-proxy/
+│   │   └── client_max_body_size.conf
+│   └── uwsgi/
+│       └── uwsgi.ini
+└── scripts/
+    └── run-migrations.sh
+```
+
+## Makefile Targets
+
+New Makefile with common operations:
+
+```bash
+make backup-db              # PostgreSQL dump with timestamp
+make admin-shell            # Quick Django shell access
+make build-frontend         # Rebuild frontend assets
+make test                   # Run test suite
+```
+
+## Rollback Strategy
+
+If migration fails:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Stop new version
+docker compose down
+
+# 2. Checkout old version
+git checkout main
+
+# 3. Restore old compose
+git checkout main docker-compose.yaml
+
+# 4. Restore data from backups
+# (See UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md for details)
+
+# 5. Start old version
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+## Testing Checklist
+
+Before production deployment:
+
+- [ ] Migrations run successfully
+- [ ] Static files load correctly
+- [ ] Media files upload/download work
+- [ ] Video transcoding works (check celery_long logs)
+- [ ] Admin panel accessible
+- [ ] Custom settings loaded (if using custom/)
+- [ ] Database persists across restarts
+- [ ] Media persists across restarts
+- [ ] Logs accessible via `docker compose logs`
+- [ ] Health checks pass: `docker compose ps`
+
+## Common Post-Upgrade Tasks
+
+### View Logs
+```bash
+# Before: tail -f logs/uwsgi.log
+# After:
+docker compose logs -f web
+docker compose logs -f celery_long
+```
+
+### Access Shell
+```bash
+# Before: docker exec -it <container> bash
+# After:
+make admin-shell
+# Or: docker compose exec web bash
+```
+
+### Restart Service
+```bash
+# Before: docker restart <container>
+# After:
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+### Scale Workers
+```bash
+# New capability:
+docker compose up -d --scale celery_short=3 --scale celery_long=2
+```
+
+### Database Backup
+```bash
+# Before: Custom script
+# After:
+make backup-db
+```
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+### Startup Time
+- **Before**: Slower (chown on all files)
+- **After**: Faster (no permission fixing)
+
+### I/O Performance
+- **Before**: Bind mount overhead
+- **After**: Named volumes (better performance)
+
+### Memory Usage
+- **Before**: Single large container
+- **After**: Multiple smaller containers (better resource allocation)
+
+## New Volume Management
+
+### List Volumes
+```bash
+docker volume ls | grep mediacms
+```
+
+### Inspect Volume
+```bash
+docker volume inspect mediacms_media_files
+```
+
+### Backup Volume
+```bash
+docker run --rm \
+  -v mediacms_media_files:/data:ro \
+  -v $(pwd):/backup \
+  alpine tar czf /backup/media_backup.tar.gz -C /data .
+```
+
+## Documentation
+
+- **Upgrade Guide**: [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md)
+- **Customization**: [`custom/README.md`](./custom/README.md)
+- **Admin Docs**: `docs/admins_docs.md`
+
+## Timeline Estimates
+
+| Instance Size | Expected Migration Time |
+|---------------|------------------------|
+| Small (<100 videos) | 30-60 minutes |
+| Medium (100-1000 videos) | 1-3 hours |
+| Large (>1000 videos) | 3-8 hours |
+
+**Plan accordingly and schedule during low-traffic periods!**
+
+## Getting Help
+
+1. Read [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md) thoroughly
+2. Check [`custom/README.md`](./custom/README.md) for customization
+3. Search GitHub Issues
+4. Test in staging first
+5. Keep backups for at least 1 week post-upgrade
+
+## Next Steps
+
+1. ✅ Read [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md)
+2. ✅ Test in development: `docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up`
+3. ✅ Backup production data
+4. ✅ Test migration in staging
+5. ✅ Plan maintenance window
+6. ✅ Execute migration
+7. ✅ Monitor for 24-48 hours
+
+---
+
+**Ready to upgrade?** Start with: [`UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md`](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md)
--- a/81
+++ b/81
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.13.5-slim-bookworm AS build-image

-# Install system dependencies needed for downloading and extracting
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget xz-utils unzip && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p ffmpeg-tmp && \
    cp -v ffmpeg-tmp/ffmpeg ffmpeg-tmp/ffprobe ffmpeg-tmp/qt-faststart /usr/local/bin && \
    rm -rf ffmpeg-tmp ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz

-# Install Bento4 in the specified location
 RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/bento4 && \
    wget -q http://zebulon.bok.net/Bento4/binaries/Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux.zip && \
    unzip Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux.zip -d /home/mediacms.io/bento4 && \
@@ -26,20 +24,21 @@ RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/bento4 && \
 ############ BASE RUNTIME IMAGE ############
 FROM python:3.13.5-slim-bookworm AS base

+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="7.3"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="MediaCMS"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Modern, scalable and open source video platform"
+
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]

-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-ENV CELERY_APP='cms'
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/mediacms.io
-ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    CELERY_APP='cms' \
+    VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/mediacms.io \
+    PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"

-# Install system dependencies first
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get -y upgrade && \
    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-        supervisor \
-        nginx \
        imagemagick \
        procps \
        build-essential \
@@ -50,18 +49,16 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
        libxmlsec1-dev \
        libxmlsec1-openssl \
        libpq-dev \
+        gosu \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

-# Set up virtualenv first
-RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/{logs} && \
+RUN mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/{logs,media_files,static} && \
    cd /home/mediacms.io && \
    python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV

-# Copy requirements files
 COPY requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt ./

-# Install Python dependencies using pip (within virtualenv)
 ARG DEVELOPMENT_MODE=False
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv && \
    uv pip install --no-binary lxml --no-binary xmlsec -r requirements.txt && \
@@ -76,38 +73,54 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv && \
        libxmlsec1-dev \
        libpq-dev

-# Copy ffmpeg and Bento4 from build image
 COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
 COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
 COPY --from=build-image /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart
 COPY --from=build-image /home/mediacms.io/bento4 /home/mediacms.io/bento4

-# Copy application files
-COPY . /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
+COPY --chown=www-data:www-data . /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
 WORKDIR /home/mediacms.io/mediacms

-# required for sprite thumbnail generation for large video files
-COPY deploy/docker/policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
+# Copy imagemagick policy for sprite thumbnail generation
+COPY config/imagemagick/policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml

-# Set process control environment variables
-ENV ENABLE_UWSGI='yes' \
-    ENABLE_NGINX='yes' \
-    ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT='yes' \
-    ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT='yes' \
-    ENABLE_CELERY_LONG='yes' \
-    ENABLE_MIGRATIONS='yes'
+# Create www-data user directories and set permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/mediacms && \
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs \
+                                /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files \
+                                /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static \
+                                /var/run/mediacms

-EXPOSE 9000 80
+# Collect static files during build
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && \
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static

-RUN chmod +x ./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
+# Run container as www-data user
+USER www-data

-ENTRYPOINT ["./deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh"]
-CMD ["./deploy/docker/start.sh"]
+############ WEB IMAGE (Django/uWSGI) ############
+FROM base AS web
+
+# Install uWSGI
+RUN uv pip install uwsgi
+
+# Copy uWSGI configuration
+COPY config/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/uwsgi.ini
+
+EXPOSE 9000
+
+CMD ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/uwsgi", "--ini", "/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/uwsgi.ini"]
+
+############ WORKER IMAGE (Celery) ############
+FROM base AS worker
+
+# CMD will be overridden in docker-compose for different worker types
+
+############ FULL WORKER IMAGE (Celery with extra codecs) ############
+FROM worker AS worker-full

-############ FULL IMAGE ############
-FROM base AS full
 COPY requirements-full.txt ./
 RUN mkdir -p /root/.cache/ && \
    chmod go+rwx /root/ && \
-    chmod go+rwx /root/.cache/
-RUN uv pip install -r requirements-full.txt
+    chmod go+rwx /root/.cache/ && \
+    uv pip install -r requirements-full.txt
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM nginx:alpine
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="7.3"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="MediaCMS Nginx"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Nginx server for MediaCMS"
+
+# Copy nginx configurations
+COPY config/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+COPY config/nginx/site.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY config/nginx/uwsgi_params /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params
+
+# Create directories for static and media files (will be volumes)
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/media /var/www/static && \
+    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
--- a/15
+++ b/15
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: admin-shell build-frontend
+.PHONY: admin-shell build-frontend backup-db

 admin-shell:
 	@container_id=$$(docker compose ps -q web); \
@@ -17,3 +17,16 @@ build-frontend:
 test:
 	docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml exec --env TESTING=True -T web pytest

+backup-db:
+	@echo "Creating PostgreSQL database dump..."
+	@mkdir -p backups
+	@timestamp=$$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S); \
+	dump_file="backups/mediacms_dump_$${timestamp}.sql"; \
+	docker compose exec -T db pg_dump -U mediacms -d mediacms > "$${dump_file}"; \
+	if [ $$? -eq 0 ]; then \
+		echo "Database dump created successfully: $${dump_file}"; \
+	else \
+		echo "Database dump failed"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
--- a/QUICKSTART.md
+++ b/QUICKSTART.md
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+# MediaCMS 7.3 - Quick Start
+
+## Minimal Deployment (No Code Required!)
+
+MediaCMS 7.3 can be deployed with **just 2 files**:
+
+1. `docker-compose.yaml`
+2. `custom/` directory (optional)
+
+**No git repo, no code checkout needed!** Everything runs from Docker images.
+
+---
+
+## Fresh Installation
+
+### 1. Create deployment directory
+
+```bash
+mkdir mediacms && cd mediacms
+```
+
+### 2. Download docker-compose.yaml
+
+```bash
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+```
+
+Or with curl:
+```bash
+curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+```
+
+### 3. Start MediaCMS
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### 4. Access your site
+
+- **Frontend**: http://localhost
+- **Admin**: http://localhost/admin
+  - Username: `admin`
+  - Password: Check logs for auto-generated password:
+    ```bash
+    docker compose logs migrations | grep "password:"
+    ```
+
+**That's it!** 🎉
+
+---
+
+## Optional: Customization
+
+### Add Custom Settings
+
+```bash
+# 1. Create custom directory
+mkdir -p custom/static/{images,css}
+
+# 2. Download example template
+wget -O custom/local_settings.py.example \
+  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/custom/local_settings.py.example
+
+# 3. Copy and edit
+cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+nano custom/local_settings.py
+```
+
+Example customizations:
+```python
+# custom/local_settings.py
+DEBUG = False
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['media.example.com']
+PORTAL_NAME = "My Media Portal"
+```
+
+### Add Custom Logo
+
+```bash
+# 1. Copy your logo
+cp ~/my-logo.png custom/static/images/logo_dark.png
+
+# 2. Reference in settings
+cat >> custom/local_settings.py <<EOF
+PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo_dark.png"
+EOF
+
+# 3. Restart (no rebuild needed!)
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+### Add Custom CSS
+
+```bash
+# 1. Create CSS file
+cat > custom/static/css/custom.css <<EOF
+body {
+    font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;
+}
+EOF
+
+# 2. Reference in settings
+cat >> custom/local_settings.py <<EOF
+EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
+EOF
+
+# 3. Restart (no rebuild needed!)
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+**Note**: Both settings AND static files only need restart - nginx serves custom/ files directly!
+
+---
+
+## HTTPS with Let's Encrypt
+
+### 1. Download cert overlay
+
+```bash
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose-cert.yaml
+```
+
+### 2. Edit domains
+
+```bash
+nano docker-compose-cert.yaml
+```
+
+Change these lines:
+```yaml
+VIRTUAL_HOST: 'media.example.com'        # Your domain
+LETSENCRYPT_HOST: 'media.example.com'    # Your domain
+LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL: 'admin@example.com'   # Your email
+```
+
+### 3. Start with SSL
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose-cert.yaml up -d
+```
+
+**SSL certificates are issued automatically!**
+
+---
+
+## File Structure
+
+Your deployment directory:
+
+```
+mediacms/
+├── docker-compose.yaml          # Required
+├── docker-compose-cert.yaml     # Optional (for HTTPS)
+└── custom/                      # Optional (for customizations)
+    ├── local_settings.py        # Django settings
+    └── static/
+        ├── images/              # Custom logos
+        └── css/                 # Custom CSS
+```
+
+**Named volumes** (managed by Docker):
+- `mediacms_postgres_data` - Database
+- `mediacms_media_files` - Uploaded media
+- `mediacms_static_files` - Static assets
+- `mediacms_logs` - Application logs
+
+---
+
+## Common Commands
+
+### View logs
+```bash
+docker compose logs -f web
+docker compose logs -f celery_long
+```
+
+### Access Django shell
+```bash
+docker compose exec web python manage.py shell
+```
+
+### Create admin user
+```bash
+docker compose exec web python manage.py createsuperuser
+```
+
+### Restart service
+```bash
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+### Stop everything
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
+
+### Update to newer version
+```bash
+docker compose pull
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+---
+
+## Backup
+
+### Database backup
+```bash
+docker compose exec db pg_dump -U mediacms mediacms > backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).sql
+```
+
+### Media files backup
+```bash
+docker run --rm \
+  -v mediacms_media_files:/data:ro \
+  -v $(pwd):/backup \
+  alpine tar czf /backup/media_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz -C /data .
+```
+
+---
+
+## Upgrading from 7.x?
+
+If you're upgrading from an older MediaCMS version, see:
+- **[UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md)** - Complete migration guide
+- **[DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md](./DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md)** - What changed
+
+---
+
+## Documentation
+
+- **Customization**: Download [`custom/README.md`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/custom/README.md)
+- **Upgrade Guide**: [UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md](./UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md)
+- **Architecture**: [DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md](./DOCKER_RESTRUCTURE_SUMMARY.md)
+- **Project Docs**: https://docs.mediacms.io
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Can't access the site?
+
+Check services are running:
+```bash
+docker compose ps
+```
+
+All services should be "Up" or "Exited (0)" for migrations.
+
+### Forgot admin password?
+
+Check logs:
+```bash
+docker compose logs migrations | grep "password:"
+```
+
+Or create new admin:
+```bash
+docker compose exec web python manage.py createsuperuser
+```
+
+### Videos not encoding?
+
+Check celery workers:
+```bash
+docker compose logs celery_long
+docker compose logs celery_short
+```
+
+### Port 80 already in use?
+
+Edit docker-compose.yaml to use different port:
+```yaml
+nginx:
+  ports:
+    - "8080:80"  # Use port 8080 instead
+```
+
+Then access at http://localhost:8080
+
+---
+
+## Support
+
+- **Issues**: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/issues
+- **Discussions**: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/discussions
+- **Docs**: https://docs.mediacms.io
+
+---
+
+**🎉 Enjoy MediaCMS!**
--- a/UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md
+++ b/UPGRADE_TO_7.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
+# Upgrade Guide: MediaCMS 7.x to 7.3
+
+**IMPORTANT: This is a major architectural change. Read this entire guide before upgrading.**
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Fresh Install (Not Upgrading)?
+
+If you're starting fresh with 7.3, you don't need this guide!
+
+**All you need:**
+```bash
+# 1. Download docker-compose.yaml
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+
+# 2. Start (creates everything automatically)
+docker compose up -d
+
+# 3. Done! Visit http://localhost
+```
+
+**Optional: Add customizations**
+```bash
+# Create custom/ directory
+mkdir -p custom/static/{images,css}
+
+# Download example settings
+wget -O custom/local_settings.py.example \
+  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/custom/local_settings.py.example
+
+# Edit and use
+cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+nano custom/local_settings.py
+
+# Restart
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+See [`custom/README.md`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/custom/README.md) for customization options.
+
+---
+
+## ⚠️ Upgrading from 7.x? Continue reading...
+
+## What Changed in 7.3
+
+### Architecture Changes
+- **Before**: Monolithic container (supervisor + nginx + uwsgi + celery in one)
+- **After**: Microservices (separate nginx, web, celery_beat, celery_short, celery_long containers)
+
+### Volume Strategy Changes
+- **Before**: Entire project directory mounted (`./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/`)
+- **After**: Named volumes for data, bind mount only for `custom/` directory
+
+### Specific Changes
+
+| Component | Before (7.x) | After (7.3) |
+|-----------|-------------|-------------|
+| media_files | Bind mount `./media_files` | Named volume `media_files` |
+| static files | Bind mount `./static` | Named volume `static_files` (built into image) |
+| logs | Bind mount `./logs` | Named volume `logs` |
+| postgres_data | `../postgres_data` | Named volume `postgres_data` |
+| Custom config | `cms/local_settings.py` in mounted dir | `custom/local_settings.py` bind mount |
+| Static collection | Runtime (via entrypoint) | Build time (in Dockerfile) |
+| User | Root with gosu switch | www-data from start |
+
+## What You Need for 7.3
+
+**Minimal deployment - NO CODE REQUIRED:**
+
+1. ✅ `docker-compose.yaml` (download from release or docs)
+2. ✅ Docker images (pulled from Docker Hub)
+3. ⚠️ `custom/` directory (only if you have customizations)
+
+**That's it!** No git repo, no code checkout needed.
+
+## Pre-Upgrade Checklist
+
+### 1. Backup Everything
+
+```bash
+# Stop services
+docker compose down
+
+# Backup media files
+tar -czf backup_media_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz media_files/
+
+# Backup database
+docker compose up -d db
+docker compose exec db pg_dump -U mediacms mediacms > backup_db_$(date +%Y%m%d).sql
+docker compose down
+
+# Backup logs (optional)
+tar -czf backup_logs_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz logs/
+
+# Backup local settings if you had them
+cp cms/local_settings.py backup_local_settings.py 2>/dev/null || echo "No local_settings.py found"
+
+# Backup current docker-compose.yaml
+cp docker-compose.yaml docker-compose.yaml.old
+```
+
+### 2. Document Current Setup
+
+```bash
+# Save current docker-compose version
+git branch backup-pre-7.3-upgrade
+
+# Document current state
+docker compose ps > pre_upgrade_state.txt
+docker compose config > pre_upgrade_config.yaml
+df -h > pre_upgrade_disk_usage.txt
+```
+
+### 3. Check Disk Space
+
+You'll need enough space for:
+- Existing data (media_files, postgres_data)
+- New Docker volumes (will copy data here)
+- Database dump
+
+```bash
+du -sh media_files/ postgres_data/ logs/
+df -h .
+```
+
+## Upgrade Methods
+
+### Method 1: Clean Migration (Recommended)
+
+This method migrates your data to the new volume structure.
+
+#### Step 1: Get New docker-compose.yaml
+
+**Option A: Download from release**
+```bash
+# Download docker-compose.yaml for 7.3
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+
+# Or using curl
+curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose.yaml
+
+# Optional: Download HTTPS version
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/docker-compose-cert.yaml
+```
+
+**Option B: Copy from docs/release notes**
+- Copy the docker-compose.yaml content from release notes
+- Save as `docker-compose.yaml` in your deployment directory
+
+#### Step 2: Prepare Custom Configuration (if needed)
+
+```bash
+# Create custom directory structure (only if you need customizations)
+mkdir -p custom/static/{images,css}
+touch custom/static/{images,css}/.gitkeep
+
+# If you had local_settings.py, create it in custom/
+if [ -f backup_local_settings.py ]; then
+    # Copy your old settings
+    cp backup_local_settings.py custom/local_settings.py
+    echo "✓ Migrated local_settings.py"
+else
+    # Download example template (optional)
+    wget -O custom/local_settings.py.example \
+      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/v7.3/custom/local_settings.py.example
+    echo "Downloaded example template to custom/local_settings.py.example"
+fi
+
+# Copy any custom logos/css you had
+# (adjust paths as needed for your old setup)
+# cp my-old-logo.png custom/static/images/logo_dark.png
+# cp my-custom.css custom/static/css/custom.css
+```
+
+#### Step 3: Start New Stack (Without Data)
+
+```bash
+# Pull new images
+docker compose pull
+
+# Start database first
+docker compose up -d db redis
+
+# Wait for DB to be ready
+sleep 10
+```
+
+#### Step 4: Restore Database
+
+```bash
+# Copy backup into container
+docker compose cp backup_db_*.sql db:/tmp/backup.sql
+
+# Restore database
+docker compose exec db psql -U mediacms mediacms < /tmp/backup.sql
+
+# Or from host:
+cat backup_db_*.sql | docker compose exec -T db psql -U mediacms mediacms
+```
+
+#### Step 5: Restore Media Files
+
+```bash
+# Start all services (will create volumes)
+docker compose up -d
+
+# Find the volume name
+docker volume ls | grep media_files
+
+# Copy media files to volume
+# Method A: Using a temporary container
+docker run --rm \
+  -v $(pwd)/media_files:/source:ro \
+  -v mediacms_media_files:/dest \
+  alpine sh -c "cp -av /source/* /dest/"
+
+# Method B: Using existing container
+docker compose exec web sh -c "exit"  # Ensure web is running
+# Then copy from host
+tar -C media_files -cf - . | docker compose exec -T web tar -C /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files -xf -
+```
+
+#### Step 6: Verify and Test
+
+```bash
+# Check logs
+docker compose logs -f web
+
+# Verify media files are accessible
+docker compose exec web ls -la /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files/
+
+# Check database connection
+docker compose exec web python manage.py dbshell
+
+# Access the site
+curl http://localhost
+
+# Check admin panel
+# Visit http://localhost/admin
+```
+
+### Method 2: In-Place Migration with Symlinks (Advanced)
+
+**Warning**: This is more complex but avoids data copying.
+
+#### Step 1: Keep Old Data Locations
+
+```bash
+# Modify docker-compose.yaml to mount old locations temporarily
+# Add to appropriate services:
+volumes:
+  - ./media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+  - ./logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+  # Instead of named volumes
+```
+
+#### Step 2: Gradually Migrate
+
+After confirming everything works:
+1. Copy data to named volumes
+2. Remove bind mounts
+3. Switch to named volumes
+
+### Method 3: Fresh Install (If Possible)
+
+If your MediaCMS instance is new or test:
+
+```bash
+# Backup what you need
+# ...
+
+# Clean slate
+docker compose down -v
+rm -rf media_files/ logs/ static/
+
+# Fresh start
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+## Post-Upgrade Steps
+
+### 1. Verify Everything Works
+
+```bash
+# Check all services are running
+docker compose ps
+
+# Should see: migrations (exited 0), web, nginx, celery_beat, celery_short, celery_long, db, redis
+
+# Check logs for errors
+docker compose logs web
+docker compose logs nginx
+
+# Test upload functionality
+# Test video encoding (check celery_long logs)
+# Test frontend
+```
+
+### 2. Verify Media Files
+
+```bash
+# Check media files are accessible
+docker compose exec web ls -lh /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files/
+
+# Check file counts match
+# Old: ls media_files/ | wc -l
+# New: docker compose exec web sh -c "ls /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files/ | wc -l"
+```
+
+### 3. Verify Database
+
+```bash
+# Check users
+docker compose exec db psql -U mediacms mediacms -c "SELECT count(*) FROM users_user;"
+
+# Check videos
+docker compose exec db psql -U mediacms mediacms -c "SELECT count(*) FROM files_media;"
+```
+
+### 4. Update Backups
+
+```bash
+# Update your backup scripts for new volume locations
+# Use: make backup-db (if Makefile target exists)
+# Or: docker compose exec db pg_dump ...
+```
+
+## Rollback Procedure
+
+If something goes wrong:
+
+### Quick Rollback
+
+```bash
+# Stop new version
+docker compose down
+
+# Restore old docker-compose file
+mv docker-compose.yaml.old docker-compose.yaml
+
+# Pull old images (if you had old image tags documented)
+docker compose pull
+
+# Start old version
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Full Rollback with Data Restore
+
+```bash
+# Stop everything
+docker compose down -v
+
+# Restore old docker-compose
+mv docker-compose.yaml.old docker-compose.yaml
+
+# Restore backups
+tar -xzf backup_media_*.tar.gz -C ./media_files
+cat backup_db_*.sql | docker compose exec -T db psql -U mediacms mediacms
+
+# Start old version
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+## Common Issues & Solutions
+
+### Issue: "Volume not found"
+
+**Solution**: Volumes are created with project name prefix. Check:
+```bash
+docker volume ls
+# Look for: mediacms_media_files, mediacms_static_files, etc.
+```
+
+### Issue: "Permission denied" on media files
+
+**Solution**: Files must be owned by www-data (UID 33)
+```bash
+docker compose exec web chown -R www-data:www-data /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+```
+
+### Issue: Static files not loading
+
+**Solution**: Rebuild image (collectstatic runs at build time)
+```bash
+docker compose down
+docker compose build --no-cache web
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Issue: Database connection refused
+
+**Solution**: Check database is healthy
+```bash
+docker compose logs db
+docker compose exec db pg_isready -U mediacms
+```
+
+### Issue: Custom settings not loading
+
+**Solution**: Check custom/local_settings.py exists and syntax
+```bash
+docker compose exec web cat /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom/local_settings.py
+docker compose exec web python -m py_compile /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom/local_settings.py
+```
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+### New Volume Performance
+
+Named volumes are typically faster than bind mounts:
+- **Before**: Filesystem overhead on host
+- **After**: Direct container filesystem (better I/O)
+
+### Monitoring Volume Usage
+
+```bash
+# Check volume sizes
+docker system df -v
+
+# Check specific volume
+docker volume inspect mediacms_media_files
+```
+
+## New Backup Strategy
+
+With named volumes, backups change:
+
+```bash
+# Database backup
+docker compose exec db pg_dump -U mediacms mediacms > backup.sql
+
+# Media files backup
+docker run --rm \
+  -v mediacms_media_files:/data:ro \
+  -v $(pwd):/backup \
+  alpine tar czf /backup/media_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz -C /data .
+```
+
+Or use the Makefile:
+```bash
+make backup-db
+```
+
+## Getting Help
+
+If you encounter issues:
+
+1. **Check logs**: `docker compose logs <service>`
+2. **Check GitHub Issues**: Search for similar problems
+3. **Rollback**: Use the rollback procedure above
+4. **Report**: Open an issue with:
+   - Your docker-compose.yaml
+   - Output of `docker compose ps`
+   - Relevant logs
+   - Steps to reproduce
+
+## Summary of Benefits
+
+After upgrading to 7.3:
+
+✅ **Better separation of concerns** - each service has one job
+✅ **Easier scaling** - scale web/workers independently
+✅ **Better security** - containers run as www-data, not root
+✅ **Faster deployments** - static files built into image
+✅ **Cleaner customization** - dedicated custom/ directory
+✅ **Easier SSL setup** - docker-compose-cert.yaml overlay
+✅ **Better volume management** - named volumes instead of bind mounts
+
+## Timeline Recommendation
+
+- **Small instance** (<100 videos): 30-60 minutes
+- **Medium instance** (100-1000 videos): 1-3 hours
+- **Large instance** (>1000 videos): Plan for several hours
+
+Schedule during low-traffic period!
--- a/cms/settings.py
+++ b/cms/settings.py
@@ -112,18 +112,22 @@ SITE_ID = 1
 # set new paths for svg or png if you want to override
 # svg has priority over png, so if you want to use
 # custom pngs and not svgs, remove the lines with svgs
-# or set as empty strings
+# Logo paths (served from /static/)
+# Default logos are built into the image
+# To customize: place files in custom/static/images/ and reference as /custom/static/images/file.png
+# or set as empty strings to disable
 # example:
+# PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/my-logo.png"
 # PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_SVG = ""
-# PORTAL_LOGO_LIGHT_SVG = ""
-# place the files on static/images folder
 PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_SVG = "/static/images/logo_dark.svg"
 PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/static/images/logo_dark.png"
 PORTAL_LOGO_LIGHT_SVG = "/static/images/logo_light.svg"
 PORTAL_LOGO_LIGHT_PNG = "/static/images/logo_dark.png"

-# paths to extra css files to be included, eg "/static/css/custom.css"
-# place css inside static/css folder
+# Extra CSS files to include in templates
+# To add custom CSS: place files in custom/static/css/ and add paths here
+# Use /custom/static/ prefix for files in custom/ directory
+# Example: EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
 EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = []
 # protection agains anonymous users
 # per ip address limit, for actions as like/dislike/report
@@ -179,6 +183,10 @@ BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"  # where js/css files are stored on the filesystem
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"  # URL where static files are served from the server
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR + "/static/"
+# Additional locations for static files
+# Note: custom/static is NOT included here because it's served directly by nginx
+# at /custom/static/ and doesn't need collectstatic
+STATICFILES_DIRS = []
 # where uploaded + encoded media are stored
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR + "/media_files/"

@@ -253,7 +261,7 @@ POST_UPLOAD_AUTHOR_MESSAGE_UNLISTED_NO_COMMENTARY = ""
 CANNOT_ADD_MEDIA_MESSAGE = "User cannot add media, or maximum number of media uploads has been reached."

 # mp4hls command, part of Bento4
-MP4HLS_COMMAND = "/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/Bento4-SDK-1-6-0-637.x86_64-unknown-linux/bin/mp4hls"
+MP4HLS_COMMAND = "/home/mediacms.io/bento4/bin/mp4hls"

 # highly experimental, related with remote workers
 ADMIN_TOKEN = ""
@@ -370,41 +378,30 @@ FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS = [
    "django.core.files.uploadhandler.TemporaryFileUploadHandler",
 ]

-LOGS_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "logs")
-
-error_filename = os.path.join(LOGS_DIR, "debug.log")
-if not os.path.exists(LOGS_DIR):
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(LOGS_DIR)
-    except PermissionError:
-        pass
-
-if not os.path.isfile(error_filename):
-    open(error_filename, 'a').close()

 LOGGING = {
    "version": 1,
    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "verbose": {
+            "format": "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s "
+            "%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s"
+        }
+    },
    "handlers": {
-        "file": {
-            "level": "ERROR",
-            "class": "logging.FileHandler",
-            "filename": error_filename,
-        },
-    },
-    "loggers": {
-        "django": {
-            "handlers": ["file"],
-            "level": "ERROR",
-            "propagate": True,
-        },
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "verbose",
+        }
    },
+    "root": {"level": "INFO", "handlers": ["console"]},
 }

-DATABASES = {"default": {"ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql", "NAME": "mediacms", "HOST": "127.0.0.1", "PORT": "5432", "USER": "mediacms", "PASSWORD": "mediacms", "OPTIONS": {'pool': True}}}
+DATABASES = {"default": {"ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql", "NAME": "mediacms", "HOST": "db", "PORT": "5432", "USER": "mediacms", "PASSWORD": "mediacms", "OPTIONS": {'pool': True}}}


-REDIS_LOCATION = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/1"
+REDIS_LOCATION = "redis://redis:6379/1"
 CACHES = {
    "default": {
        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
@@ -600,13 +597,15 @@ WHISPER_MODEL = "base"
 SIDEBAR_FOOTER_TEXT = ""

 try:
-    # keep a local_settings.py file for local overrides
-    from .local_settings import *  # noqa
+    # Load custom settings from custom/local_settings.py
+    import sys
+    sys.path.insert(0, BASE_DIR)
+    from custom.local_settings import *  # noqa

    # ALLOWED_HOSTS needs a url/ip
    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(FRONTEND_HOST.replace("http://", "").replace("https://", ""))
 except ImportError:
-    # local_settings not in use
+    # custom/local_settings.py not in use or empty
    pass

 # Don't add new settings below that could be overridden in local_settings.py!!!
--- a/config/imagemagick/policy.xml
+++ b/config/imagemagick/policy.xml
--- a/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/client_max_body_size.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/client_max_body_size.conf
--- a/deploy/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-user www-data;
+user nginx;
 worker_processes auto;
 pid /run/nginx.pid;

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ http {
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

-    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
-    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+    access_log /var/log/mediacms/nginx-main.access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/mediacms/nginx-main.error.log;

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
--- a/deploy/docker/nginx_http_only.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/nginx_http_only.conf
@@ -2,20 +2,24 @@ server {
    listen 80 ;

    gzip on;
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/mediacms.io.access.log;
+    access_log /var/log/mediacms/nginx.access.log;

-    error_log  /var/log/nginx/mediacms.io.error.log  warn;
+    error_log  /var/log/mediacms/nginx.error.log  warn;

    location /static {
-        alias /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static ;
+        alias /var/www/static ;
+    }
+
+    location /custom/static {
+        alias /var/www/custom ;
    }

    location /media/original {
-        alias /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files/original;
+        alias /var/www/media/original;
    }

    location /media {
-        alias /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files ;
+        alias /var/www/media ;
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ server {
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
        add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'Content-Length,Content-Range';

-        include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/uwsgi_params;
-        uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
+        include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
+        uwsgi_pass web:9000;
    }
 }
--- a/deploy/docker/uwsgi_params
+++ b/deploy/docker/uwsgi_params
--- a/deploy/docker/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/deploy/docker/uwsgi.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ threads = 2

 master = true

-socket = 127.0.0.1:9000
+socket = 0.0.0.0:9000

 workers = 2

--- a/custom/.gitkeep
+++ b/custom/.gitkeep
--- a/custom/README.md
+++ b/custom/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+# Custom Configuration
+
+This directory allows you to customize MediaCMS without modifying the codebase or rebuilding images.
+
+## How It Works - Production Ready!
+
+**The Flow:**
+
+```
+1. CI/CD builds base image:       docker build (no custom files)
+                                  ↓
+                                  Pushes to Docker Hub
+
+2. Production pulls image:        docker compose pull
+                                  ↓
+                                  Mounts custom/ directory
+
+3. You add files:                 custom/static/css/custom.css
+                                  custom/static/images/logo.png
+                                  ↓
+                                  Nginx serves directly!
+
+4. You reference in settings:     EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
+                                  PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo.png"
+                                  ↓
+                                  Restart containers
+
+5. Done! No rebuild needed!
+```
+
+**Key Points:**
+- ✅ Files go in `custom/static/` on your host
+- ✅ Nginx serves them directly from `/custom/static/` URL
+- ✅ **NO rebuild needed** - just restart containers!
+- ✅ Works with pre-built images from Docker Hub
+- ✅ Perfect for production deployments
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Option 1: No Customization (Default)
+Just run docker compose - everything works out of the box:
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Option 2: With Customization
+Add your custom files, then restart:
+```bash
+# 1. Copy example settings
+cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+
+# 2. Edit settings
+nano custom/local_settings.py
+
+# 3. Restart containers (no rebuild!)
+docker compose restart web celery_beat celery_short celery_long
+```
+
+## Customization Options
+
+### 1. Django Settings (`local_settings.py`)
+
+**Create the file:**
+```bash
+cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+```
+
+**Edit with your settings:**
+```python
+# custom/local_settings.py
+DEBUG = False
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['example.com']
+PORTAL_NAME = "My Media Site"
+```
+
+**Apply changes (restart only - no rebuild):**
+```bash
+docker compose restart web celery_beat celery_short celery_long
+```
+
+### 2. Custom Logo
+
+**Add your logo:**
+```bash
+cp ~/my-logo.png custom/static/images/logo_dark.png
+```
+
+**Reference it in settings:**
+```bash
+cat >> custom/local_settings.py <<EOF
+PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo_dark.png"
+EOF
+```
+
+**Restart (no rebuild needed!):**
+```bash
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+### 3. Custom CSS
+
+**Create CSS file:**
+```bash
+cat > custom/static/css/custom.css <<EOF
+body {
+    font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;
+}
+.header {
+    background-color: #333;
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+**Reference it in settings:**
+```bash
+cat >> custom/local_settings.py <<EOF
+EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
+EOF
+```
+
+**Restart (no rebuild needed!):**
+```bash
+docker compose restart web
+```
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+```
+custom/
+├── README.md                    # This file
+├── local_settings.py.example    # Template (copy to local_settings.py)
+├── local_settings.py            # Your settings (gitignored)
+└── static/
+    ├── images/                  # Custom logos (gitignored)
+    │   └── logo_dark.png
+    └── css/                     # Custom CSS (gitignored)
+        └── custom.css
+```
+
+## Important Notes
+
+✅ **No rebuild needed** - nginx serves custom/ files directly
+✅ **Works with pre-built images** - perfect for production
+✅ **Files are gitignored** - your customizations won't be committed
+✅ **Settings need restart only** - just restart containers
+✅ **Static files also just restart** - served directly by nginx
+
+## Complete Example
+
+```bash
+# 1. Create settings file
+cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+
+# 2. Add custom logo
+cp ~/logo.png custom/static/images/logo_dark.png
+
+# 3. Add custom CSS
+echo "body { background: #f5f5f5; }" > custom/static/css/custom.css
+
+# 4. Configure settings to use them
+cat >> custom/local_settings.py <<EOF
+
+# Custom branding
+PORTAL_NAME = "My Media Portal"
+PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo_dark.png"
+EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
+
+# Security
+DEBUG = False
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['media.example.com']
+EOF
+
+# 5. Apply changes (just restart!)
+docker compose restart web
+
+# Done! No rebuild needed.
+```
+
+## URL Paths Explained
+
+| Your file | nginx serves at | You reference as |
+|-----------|----------------|------------------|
+| `custom/static/css/custom.css` | `http://localhost/custom/static/css/custom.css` | `"/custom/static/css/custom.css"` |
+| `custom/static/images/logo.png` | `http://localhost/custom/static/images/logo.png` | `"/custom/static/images/logo.png"` |
+
+**Why `/custom/static/`?**
+- Distinguishes from core `/static/` (built into image)
+- Allows nginx to serve from different mount point
+- No rebuild needed when files change
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**Changes not appearing?**
+- Restart containers: `docker compose restart web nginx`
+- Check nginx has custom/ mounted: `docker compose exec nginx ls /var/www/custom`
+- Check file exists: `docker compose exec nginx ls /var/www/custom/css/`
+- Test URL: `curl http://localhost/custom/static/css/custom.css`
+
+**Import errors?**
+- Make sure `local_settings.py` has valid Python syntax
+- Check logs: `docker compose logs web`
+
+**Logo not showing?**
+- Verify file is in `custom/static/images/`
+- Check path in `local_settings.py` uses `/custom/static/` prefix
+- Restart web container: `docker compose restart web`
+
+## Advanced: Multiple CSS Files
+
+```python
+# custom/local_settings.py
+EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = [
+    "/custom/static/css/colors.css",
+    "/custom/static/css/fonts.css",
+    "/custom/static/css/layout.css",
+]
+```
+
+## Advanced: Environment-Specific Settings
+
+```python
+# custom/local_settings.py
+import os
+
+if os.getenv('ENVIRONMENT') == 'production':
+    DEBUG = False
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['media.example.com']
+else:
+    DEBUG = True
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+```
+
+Then set in docker-compose.yaml:
+```yaml
+web:
+  environment:
+    ENVIRONMENT: production
+```
--- a/custom/local_settings.py.example
+++ b/custom/local_settings.py.example
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# MediaCMS Local Settings Example
+# Copy this file to local_settings.py and customize as needed:
+#   cp custom/local_settings.py.example custom/local_settings.py
+
+# ===== Basic Settings =====
+
+# DEBUG = False
+# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['example.com', 'www.example.com']
+# PORTAL_NAME = "My Media Portal"
+
+# ===== Database Settings =====
+
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+#         'NAME': 'mediacms',
+#         'USER': 'mediacms',
+#         'PASSWORD': 'mediacms',
+#         'HOST': 'db',
+#         'PORT': '5432',
+#     }
+# }
+
+# ===== Custom Branding =====
+
+# Custom logos (place files in custom/static/images/)
+# Nginx serves these directly from /custom/static/ (no rebuild needed!)
+# PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_SVG = "/custom/static/images/logo_dark.svg"
+# PORTAL_LOGO_DARK_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo_dark.png"
+# PORTAL_LOGO_LIGHT_SVG = "/custom/static/images/logo_light.svg"
+# PORTAL_LOGO_LIGHT_PNG = "/custom/static/images/logo_light.png"
+
+# Custom CSS (place files in custom/static/css/)
+# Nginx serves these directly from /custom/static/ (no rebuild needed!)
+# EXTRA_CSS_PATHS = ["/custom/static/css/custom.css"]
+
+# ===== Email Settings =====
+
+# EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+# EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+# EMAIL_PORT = 587
+# EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+# EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your-email@example.com'
+# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your-password'
+# DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'noreply@example.com'
+
+# ===== Security Settings =====
+
+# SECRET_KEY = 'your-secret-key-here'
+# SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
+# SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+# CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+
+# ===== Other Settings =====
+
+# Any other Django setting can be overridden here
+# See cms/settings.py for available settings
--- a/custom/static/.gitkeep
+++ b/custom/static/.gitkeep
--- a/custom/static/css/.gitkeep
+++ b/custom/static/css/.gitkeep
--- a/custom/static/images/.gitkeep
+++ b/custom/static/images/.gitkeep
--- a/deic_setup_notes.md
+++ b/deic_setup_notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # MediaCMS: Document Changes for DEIC

 ## Configuration Changes
-The following changes are required in `deploy/docker/local_settings.py`:
+The following changes are required in `config/local_settings.py`:

 ```python

--- a/deploy/docker/README.md
+++ b/deploy/docker/README.md
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# MediaCMS on Docker
-
-See: [Details](../../docs/Docker_deployment.md)
--- a/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# forward request and error logs to docker log collector
-ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log && \
-ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/mediacms.io.access.log && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/mediacms.io.error.log
-
-cp /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/deploy/docker/local_settings.py /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/cms/local_settings.py
-
-
-mkdir -p /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/{logs,media_files/hls}
-touch /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/debug.log
-
-mkdir -p /var/run/mediacms
-chown www-data:www-data /var/run/mediacms
-
-TARGET_GID=$(stat -c "%g" /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/)
-
-EXISTS=$(cat /etc/group | grep $TARGET_GID | wc -l)
-
-# Create new group using target GID and add www-data user
-if [ $EXISTS == "0" ]; then
-    groupadd -g $TARGET_GID tempgroup
-    usermod -a -G tempgroup www-data
-else
-    # GID exists, find group name and add
-    GROUP=$(getent group $TARGET_GID | cut -d: -f1)
-    usermod -a -G $GROUP www-data
-fi
-
-# We should do this only for folders that have a different owner, since it is an expensive operation
-# Also ignoring .git folder to fix this issue https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/issues/934
-# Exclude package-lock.json files that may not exist or be removed during frontend setup
-find /home/mediacms.io/mediacms ! \( -path "*.git*" -o -name "package-lock.json" \) -exec chown www-data:$TARGET_GID {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-
-chmod +x /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/deploy/docker/start.sh /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/deploy/docker/prestart.sh
-
-exec "$@"
--- a/deploy/docker/local_settings.py
+++ b/deploy/docker/local_settings.py
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-FRONTEND_HOST = os.getenv('FRONTEND_HOST', 'http://localhost')
-PORTAL_NAME = os.getenv('PORTAL_NAME', 'MediaCMS')
-SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY', 'ma!s3^b-cw!f#7s6s0m3*jx77a@riw(7701**(r=ww%w!2+yk2')
-REDIS_LOCATION = os.getenv('REDIS_LOCATION', 'redis://redis:6379/1')
-
-DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
-        "NAME": os.getenv('POSTGRES_NAME', 'mediacms'),
-        "HOST": os.getenv('POSTGRES_HOST', 'db'),
-        "PORT": os.getenv('POSTGRES_PORT', '5432'),
-        "USER": os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER', 'mediacms'),
-        "PASSWORD": os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD', 'mediacms'),
-        "OPTIONS": {'pool': True},
-    }
-}
-
-CACHES = {
-    "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
-        "LOCATION": REDIS_LOCATION,
-        "OPTIONS": {
-            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-# CELERY STUFF
-BROKER_URL = REDIS_LOCATION
-CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = BROKER_URL
-
-MP4HLS_COMMAND = "/home/mediacms.io/bento4/bin/mp4hls"
-
-DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'False') == 'True'
--- a/deploy/docker/prestart.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/prestart.sh
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-RANDOM_ADMIN_PASS=`python -c "import secrets;chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';print(''.join(secrets.choice(chars) for i in range(10)))"`
-ADMIN_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD:-$RANDOM_ADMIN_PASS}
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_MIGRATIONS" = X"yes" ]; then
-    echo "Running migrations service"
-    python manage.py migrate
-    EXISTING_INSTALLATION=`echo "from users.models import User; print(User.objects.exists())" |python manage.py shell`
-    if [ "$EXISTING_INSTALLATION" = "True" ]; then
-        echo "Loaddata has already run"
-    else
-        echo "Running loaddata and creating admin user"
-        python manage.py loaddata fixtures/encoding_profiles.json
-        python manage.py loaddata fixtures/categories.json
-
-    	# post_save, needs redis to succeed (ie. migrate depends on redis)
-        DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD python manage.py createsuperuser \
-            --no-input \
-            --username=$ADMIN_USER \
-            --email=$ADMIN_EMAIL \
-            --database=default || true
-        echo "Created admin user with password: $ADMIN_PASSWORD"
-
-    fi
-    echo "RUNNING COLLECTSTATIC"
-
-    python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-
-    # echo "Updating hostname ..."
-    # TODO: Get the FRONTEND_HOST from cms/local_settings.py
-    # echo "from django.contrib.sites.models import Site; Site.objects.update(name='$FRONTEND_HOST', domain='$FRONTEND_HOST')" | python manage.py shell
-fi
-
-# Setting up internal nginx server
-# HTTPS setup is delegated to a reverse proxy running infront of the application
-
-cp deploy/docker/nginx_http_only.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
-cp deploy/docker/nginx_http_only.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
-cp deploy/docker/uwsgi_params /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/uwsgi_params
-cp deploy/docker/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/
-
-#### Supervisord Configurations #####
-
-cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-debian.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-debian.conf
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_UWSGI" = X"yes" ] ; then
-    echo "Enabling uwsgi app server"
-    cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-uwsgi.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-uwsgi.conf
-fi
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_NGINX" = X"yes" ] ; then
-    echo "Enabling nginx as uwsgi app proxy and media server"
-    cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-nginx.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-nginx.conf
-fi
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT" = X"yes" ] ; then
-    echo "Enabling celery-beat scheduling server"
-    cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_beat.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-celery_beat.conf
-fi
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT" = X"yes" ] ; then
-    echo "Enabling celery-short task worker"
-    cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_short.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-celery_short.conf
-fi
-
-if [ X"$ENABLE_CELERY_LONG" = X"yes" ] ; then
-    echo "Enabling celery-long task worker"
-    cp deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_long.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord-celery_long.conf
-    rm /var/run/mediacms/* -f # remove any stale id, so that on forced restarts of celery workers there are no stale processes that prevent new ones
-fi
--- a/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/certs/localhost.crt
+++ b/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/certs/localhost.crt
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
--- a/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/certs/localhost.key
+++ b/deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/certs/localhost.key
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
--- a/deploy/docker/start.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/start.sh
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env sh
-set -e
-
-# If there's a prestart.sh script in the /app directory, run it before starting
-PRE_START_PATH=deploy/docker/prestart.sh
-echo "Checking for script in $PRE_START_PATH"
-if [ -f $PRE_START_PATH ] ; then
-    echo "Running script $PRE_START_PATH"
-    . $PRE_START_PATH
-else
-    echo "There is no script $PRE_START_PATH"
-fi
-
-# Start Supervisor, with Nginx and uWSGI
-echo "Starting server using supervisord..."
-
-exec /usr/bin/supervisord
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_beat.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_beat.conf
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[program:celery_beat]
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
-stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-startsecs=0
-numprocs=1
-user=www-data
-directory=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms
-priority=300
-startinorder=true
-command=/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery beat --pidfile=/var/run/mediacms/beat%%n.pid --loglevel=INFO --logfile=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/celery_beat.log
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_long.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_long.conf
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[program:celery_long]
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
-stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-startsecs=10
-numprocs=1
-user=www-data
-directory=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms
-priority=500
-startinorder=true
-startsecs=0
-command=/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery multi start long1 --pidfile=/var/run/mediacms/%%n.pid --loglevel=INFO --logfile=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/celery_long.log -Ofair --prefetch-multiplier=1 -Q long_tasks
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_short.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-celery_short.conf
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[program:celery_short]
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
-stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-startsecs=0
-numprocs=1
-user=www-data
-directory=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms
-priority=400
-startinorder=true
-command=/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery multi start short1 short2 --pidfile=/var/run/mediacms/%%n.pid --loglevel=INFO --logfile=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/celery_short.log --soft-time-limit=300 -c10 -Q short_tasks
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-debian.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-debian.conf
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[supervisord]
-nodaemon=true
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-nginx.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-nginx.conf
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[program:nginx]
-command=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon off;'
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
-stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-priority=200
-startinorder=true
-startsecs=0
-# Graceful stop, see http://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html
-stopsignal=QUIT
--- a/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-uwsgi.conf
+++ b/deploy/docker/supervisord/supervisord-uwsgi.conf
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[program:uwsgi]
-command=/home/mediacms.io/bin/uwsgi --ini /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/deploy/docker/uwsgi.ini
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
-stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-priority=100
-startinorder=true
-startsecs=0
--- a/docker-compose-cert.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose-cert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+version: "3.8"
+
+# HTTPS/SSL certificate overlay for docker-compose.yaml
+# Uses nginx-proxy with Let's Encrypt via acme-companion
+#
+# Usage:
+#   docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose-cert.yaml up -d
+#
+# Before running:
+#   1. Change VIRTUAL_HOST to your domain
+#   2. Change LETSENCRYPT_HOST to your domain
+#   3. Change LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL to your email
+
+services:
+  # Reverse proxy with automatic SSL
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: nginxproxy/nginx-proxy
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+      - vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d
+      - html:/usr/share/nginx/html
+      - dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam
+      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+      - ./config/nginx-proxy/client_max_body_size.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/client_max_body_size.conf:ro
+
+  # Let's Encrypt certificate manager
+  acme-companion:
+    image: nginxproxy/acme-companion
+    container_name: nginx-proxy-acme
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes_from:
+      - nginx-proxy
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/etc/nginx/certs:rw
+      - acme:/etc/acme.sh
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+
+  # Override nginx to work with nginx-proxy
+  nginx:
+    expose:
+      - "80"
+    ports: []  # Remove ports, nginx-proxy handles external access
+    environment:
+      # CHANGE THESE VALUES:
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: 'mediacms.example.com'
+      LETSENCRYPT_HOST: 'mediacms.example.com'
+      LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL: 'admin@example.com'
+
+volumes:
+  # nginx-proxy volumes
+  conf:
+  vhost:
+  html:
+  dhparam:
+  certs:
+  acme:
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version: "3"
+version: "3.8"
+
+# Development setup with hot-reload and file mounts
+# This is the ONLY compose file that mounts the source code

 services:
  migrations:
@@ -8,82 +11,126 @@ services:
      target: base
      args:
        - DEVELOPMENT_MODE=True
-    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
-    command: "./deploy/docker/prestart.sh"
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:7.3
+    command: ["/bin/bash", "/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/scripts/run-migrations.sh"]
    environment:
-      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: True
-      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
-      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: 'True'
+      DEBUG: 'True'
      ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
      ADMIN_EMAIL: 'admin@localhost'
      ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'admin'
-    restart: on-failure
+    restart: "no"
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
-  frontend:
-    image: node:20
-    volumes:
-      - ${PWD}/frontend:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
-    working_dir: /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
-    command: bash -c "npm install && npm run start"
-    env_file:
-      - ${PWD}/frontend/.env
-    ports:
-      - "8088:8088"
-    depends_on:
-      - web
-  web:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
-    command: "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:80"
-    environment:
-      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: True
-    ports:
-      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+
+  web:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "80:8000"
+    command: ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: 'True'
+      DEBUG: 'True'
    depends_on:
-      - migrations
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+
+  frontend:
+    image: node:20-alpine
+    working_dir: /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
+    command: sh -c "npm install && npm run start"
+    ports:
+      - "8088:8088"
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=development
+    env_file:
+      - ./frontend/.env
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/frontend/
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+
+  celery_beat:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "beat", "--loglevel=INFO"]
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: 'True'
+      DEBUG: 'True'
+    depends_on:
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+
+  celery_short:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "worker", "-Q", "short_tasks", "-c", "10", "--soft-time-limit=300", "--loglevel=INFO", "-n", "short@%h"]
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: 'True'
+      DEBUG: 'True'
+    depends_on:
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+
+  celery_long:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "worker", "-Q", "long_tasks", "-c", "1", "-Ofair", "--prefetch-multiplier=1", "--loglevel=INFO", "-n", "long@%h"]
+    environment:
+      DEVELOPMENT_MODE: 'True'
+      DEBUG: 'True'
+    depends_on:
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+
  db:
    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
-    volumes:
-      - ../postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
-    restart: always
+    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: mediacms
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mediacms
      POSTGRES_DB: mediacms
      TZ: Europe/London
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}", "--host=db", "--dbname=$POSTGRES_DB", "--username=$POSTGRES_USER"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
+
  redis:
-    image: "redis:alpine"
-    restart: always
+    image: redis:alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
-  celery_worker:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms-dev:latest
-    deploy:
-      replicas: 1
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
-    environment:
-      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
-      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
-    depends_on:
-      - web
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,86 +1,126 @@
-version: "3"
+version: "3.8"

 services:
  migrations:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:7.3
+    command: ["/bin/bash", "/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/scripts/run-migrations.sh"]
    environment:
-      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
-      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
      ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
      ADMIN_EMAIL: 'admin@localhost'
-      # ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'uncomment_and_set_password_here'
-    command: "./deploy/docker/prestart.sh"
-    restart: on-failure
+      ADMIN_PASSWORD: # ADMIN_PASSWORD: 'uncomment_and_set_password_here'
+    restart: "no"
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./custom:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom:ro
+      - static_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static
+      - media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+      - logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+
  web:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
-    deploy:
-      replicas: 1
+    image: mediacms/mediacms:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    expose:
+      - "9000"
+    depends_on:
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./custom:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom:ro
+      - static_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static
+      - media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+      - logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+
+  nginx:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-nginx:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
-    environment:
-      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
-      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
    depends_on:
-      - migrations
+      - web
+    volumes:
+      - ./custom/static:/var/www/custom:ro
+      - static_files:/var/www/static:ro
+      - media_files:/var/www/media:ro
+      - logs:/var/log/mediacms
+
  celery_beat:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
-    environment:
-      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
-      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_LONG: 'no'
-      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "beat", "--loglevel=INFO", "--schedule=/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/celerybeat-schedule"]
    depends_on:
-      - redis
-  celery_worker:
-    image: mediacms/mediacms:latest
-    deploy:
-      replicas: 1
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
    volumes:
-      - ./:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/
-    environment:
-      ENABLE_UWSGI: 'no'
-      ENABLE_NGINX: 'no'
-      ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT: 'no'
-      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: 'no'
+      - ./custom:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom:ro
+      - media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+      - logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+
+  celery_short:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "worker", "-Q", "short_tasks", "-c", "10", "--soft-time-limit=300", "--loglevel=INFO", "-n", "short@%h"]
    depends_on:
-      - migrations
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./custom:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom:ro
+      - media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+      - logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+
+  celery_long:
+    image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3
+    # To use extra codecs, change image to: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3-full
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/home/mediacms.io/bin/celery", "-A", "cms", "worker", "-Q", "long_tasks", "-c", "1", "-Ofair", "--prefetch-multiplier=1", "--loglevel=INFO", "-n", "long@%h"]
+    depends_on:
+      migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./custom:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/custom:ro
+      - media_files:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+      - logs:/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs
+
  db:
    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
-    volumes:
-      - ../postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
-    restart: always
+    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: mediacms
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mediacms
      POSTGRES_DB: mediacms
      TZ: Europe/London
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
+
  redis:
-    image: "redis:alpine"
-    restart: always
+    image: redis:alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli","ping"]
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+  static_files:
+  media_files:
+  logs:
--- a/docs/DOCKER_V7.3_MIGRATION.md
+++ b/docs/DOCKER_V7.3_MIGRATION.md
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+# MediaCMS 7.3 Docker Architecture Migration Guide
+
+## Overview
+
+MediaCMS 7.3 introduces a modernized Docker architecture that removes supervisord and implements Docker best practices with one process per container.
+
+## What Changed
+
+### Old Architecture (pre-7.3)
+- Single multi-purpose image with supervisord
+- Environment variables (`ENABLE_UWSGI`, `ENABLE_NGINX`, etc.) to control services
+- All services bundled in `deploy/docker/` folder
+- File mounts required for all deployments
+
+### New Architecture (7.3+)
+- **Dedicated images** for each service:
+  - `mediacms/mediacms:7.3` - Django/uWSGI application
+  - `mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3` - Celery workers
+  - `mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3-full` - Celery workers with extra codecs
+  - `mediacms/mediacms-nginx:7.3` - Nginx web server
+- **No supervisord** - Native Docker process management
+- **Separated services**:
+  - `migrations` - Runs database migrations on every startup
+  - `nginx` - Serves static/media files and proxies to Django
+  - `web` - Django application (uWSGI)
+  - `celery_short` - Short-running tasks (thumbnails, etc.)
+  - `celery_long` - Long-running tasks (video encoding)
+  - `celery_beat` - Task scheduler
+- **No ENABLE_* environment variables**
+- **Config centralized** in `config/` directory
+- **File mounts only for development** (`docker-compose-dev.yaml`)
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+```
+config/
+  ├── nginx/
+  │   ├── nginx.conf              # Main nginx config
+  │   ├── site.conf               # Virtual host config
+  │   └── uwsgi_params            # uWSGI parameters
+  ├── nginx-proxy/
+  │   └── client_max_body_size.conf  # For production HTTPS proxy
+  ├── uwsgi/
+  │   └── uwsgi.ini               # uWSGI configuration
+  └── imagemagick/
+      └── policy.xml              # ImageMagick policy
+
+scripts/
+  ├── entrypoint-web.sh           # Web container entrypoint
+  ├── entrypoint-worker.sh        # Worker container entrypoint
+  └── run-migrations.sh           # Migration script
+
+Dockerfile.new                    # Main Dockerfile (base, web, worker, worker-full)
+Dockerfile.nginx                  # Nginx Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yaml               # Production deployment
+docker-compose-cert.yaml          # Production with HTTPS
+docker-compose-dev.yaml           # Development with file mounts
+```
+
+## Migration Steps
+
+### For Existing Production Systems
+
+#### Step 1: Backup your data
+```bash
+# Backup database
+docker exec mediacms_db_1 pg_dump -U mediacms mediacms > backup.sql
+
+# Backup media files
+cp -r media_files media_files.backup
+```
+
+#### Step 2: Update configuration location
+```bash
+# The client_max_body_size.conf has moved
+# No action needed if you haven't customized it
+```
+
+#### Step 3: Pull latest images
+```bash
+docker pull mediacms/mediacms:7.3
+docker pull mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3
+docker pull mediacms/mediacms-nginx:7.3
+```
+
+#### Step 4: Update docker-compose file
+If using **docker-compose.yaml**:
+- No changes needed, just use the new version
+
+If using **docker-compose-cert.yaml** (HTTPS):
+- Update `VIRTUAL_HOST`, `LETSENCRYPT_HOST`, and `LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL` in the nginx service
+- Update the path to client_max_body_size.conf:
+  ```yaml
+  - ./config/nginx-proxy/client_max_body_size.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/client_max_body_size.conf:ro
+  ```
+
+#### Step 5: Restart services
+```bash
+docker compose down
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### For Development Systems
+
+Development now requires the `-dev` compose file:
+
+```bash
+# Old way (no longer works)
+docker compose up
+
+# New way (development)
+docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up
+```
+
+## Deployment Options
+
+### Standard Deployment (HTTP)
+
+**File**: `docker-compose.yaml`
+
+**Command**:
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+**Features**:
+- Self-contained images (no file mounts)
+- Nginx serves on port 80
+- Separate containers for each service
+- Named volumes for persistence
+
+**Architecture**:
+```
+Client → nginx:80 → web:9000 (uWSGI)
+                 ↓
+            static_files (volume)
+            media_files (volume)
+```
+
+### Production Deployment (HTTPS with Let's Encrypt)
+
+**File**: `docker-compose-cert.yaml`
+
+**Prerequisites**:
+1. Domain name pointing to your server
+2. Ports 80 and 443 open
+
+**Setup**:
+```bash
+# 1. Edit docker-compose-cert.yaml
+# Update these values in the nginx service:
+#   VIRTUAL_HOST: 'your-domain.com'
+#   LETSENCRYPT_HOST: 'your-domain.com'
+#   LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL: 'your-email@example.com'
+
+# 2. Start services
+docker compose -f docker-compose-cert.yaml up -d
+
+# 3. Check logs
+docker compose -f docker-compose-cert.yaml logs -f nginx-proxy acme-companion
+```
+
+**Features**:
+- Automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
+- Certificate auto-renewal
+- Reverse proxy handles SSL termination
+
+**Architecture**:
+```
+Client → nginx-proxy:443 (HTTPS) → nginx:80 → web:9000 (uWSGI)
+```
+
+### Development Deployment
+
+**File**: `docker-compose-dev.yaml`
+
+**Command**:
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up
+```
+
+**Features**:
+- Source code mounted for live editing
+- Django debug mode enabled
+- Django's `runserver` instead of uWSGI
+- Frontend hot-reload on port 8088
+- No nginx (direct Django access on port 80)
+
+**Ports**:
+- `80` - Django API
+- `8088` - Frontend dev server
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+All configuration is done via environment variables or `cms/local_settings.py`.
+
+**Key Variables**:
+- `FRONTEND_HOST` - Your domain (e.g., `https://mediacms.example.com`)
+- `PORTAL_NAME` - Your portal name
+- `SECRET_KEY` - Django secret key
+- `POSTGRES_*` - Database credentials
+- `REDIS_LOCATION` - Redis connection string
+- `DEBUG` - Enable debug mode (development only)
+
+**Setting variables**:
+
+Option 1: In docker-compose file:
+```yaml
+environment:
+  FRONTEND_HOST: 'https://mediacms.example.com'
+  PORTAL_NAME: 'My MediaCMS'
+```
+
+Option 2: Using .env file (recommended):
+```bash
+# Create .env file
+cat > .env << EOF
+FRONTEND_HOST=https://mediacms.example.com
+PORTAL_NAME=My MediaCMS
+SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here
+EOF
+```
+
+### Customizing Settings
+
+For advanced customization, you can build a custom image:
+
+```dockerfile
+# Dockerfile.custom
+FROM mediacms/mediacms:7.3
+COPY my_local_settings.py /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/cms/local_settings.py
+```
+
+## Celery Workers
+
+### Standard Workers
+
+By default, `celery_long` uses the standard image:
+```yaml
+celery_long:
+  image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3
+```
+
+### Full Workers (Extra Codecs)
+
+To enable extra codecs for better transcoding (including Whisper for subtitles):
+
+**Edit docker-compose file**:
+```yaml
+celery_long:
+  image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3-full  # Changed from :7.3
+```
+
+**Then restart**:
+```bash
+docker compose up -d celery_long
+```
+
+### Scaling Workers
+
+You can scale workers independently:
+
+```bash
+# Scale short task workers
+docker compose up -d --scale celery_short=3
+
+# Scale long task workers
+docker compose up -d --scale celery_long=2
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Migrations not running
+```bash
+# Check migrations container logs
+docker compose logs migrations
+
+# Manually run migrations
+docker compose run --rm migrations
+```
+
+### Static files not loading
+```bash
+# Ensure migrations completed (it runs collectstatic)
+docker compose logs migrations
+
+# Check nginx can access volumes
+docker compose exec nginx ls -la /var/www/static
+```
+
+### Permission issues
+```bash
+# Check volume ownership
+docker compose exec web ls -la /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files
+
+# If needed, rebuild images
+docker compose build --no-cache
+```
+
+### Celery workers not processing tasks
+```bash
+# Check worker logs
+docker compose logs celery_short celery_long
+
+# Check Redis connection
+docker compose exec redis redis-cli ping
+
+# Restart workers
+docker compose restart celery_short celery_long celery_beat
+```
+
+## Removed Components
+
+The following are **no longer used** in 7.3:
+
+- ❌ `deploy/docker/supervisord/` - Supervisord configs
+- ❌ `deploy/docker/start.sh` - Start script
+- ❌ `deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh` - Old entrypoint
+- ❌ Environment variables: `ENABLE_UWSGI`, `ENABLE_NGINX`, `ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT`, `ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT`, `ENABLE_CELERY_LONG`, `ENABLE_MIGRATIONS`
+
+**These are still available but moved**:
+- ✅ `config/nginx/` - Nginx configs (moved from `deploy/docker/`)
+- ✅ `config/uwsgi/` - uWSGI config (moved from `deploy/docker/`)
+- ✅ `config/nginx-proxy/` - Reverse proxy config (moved from `deploy/docker/reverse_proxy/`)
+
+## Persistent Volumes
+
+MediaCMS 7.3 uses Docker named volumes for data persistence:
+
+- **`media_files`** - All uploaded media (videos, images, thumbnails, HLS streams)
+  - Mounted on: migrations, web, nginx, celery_beat, celery_short, celery_long
+  - Persists across container restarts, updates, and image removals
+
+- **`logs`** - Application and nginx logs
+  - Mounted on: migrations, web, nginx, celery_beat, celery_short, celery_long
+  - Nginx logs: `/var/log/mediacms/nginx.access.log`, `/var/log/mediacms/nginx.error.log`
+  - Django/Celery logs: `/home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs/`
+  - Persists across container restarts, updates, and image removals
+
+- **`static_files`** - Django static files (CSS, JS, images)
+  - Mounted on: migrations, web, nginx
+  - Regenerated during migrations via `collectstatic`
+
+- **`postgres_data`** - PostgreSQL database
+  - Mounted on: db
+  - Persists across container restarts, updates, and image removals
+
+**Important**: Use `docker compose down -v` to remove volumes (⚠️ causes data loss!)
+
+## Benefits of New Architecture
+
+1. **Better resource management** - Scale services independently
+2. **Easier debugging** - Clear separation of concerns
+3. **Faster restarts** - Restart only affected services
+4. **Production-ready** - No file mounts, immutable images
+5. **Standard Docker practices** - One process per container
+6. **Clearer logs** - Each service has isolated logs, persistent storage
+7. **Better health checks** - Per-service monitoring
+8. **Data persistence** - media_files and logs survive all container operations
+
+## Support
+
+For issues or questions:
+- GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/issues
+- Documentation: https://docs.mediacms.io
--- a/docs/admins_docs.md
+++ b/docs/admins_docs.md
@@ -164,53 +164,123 @@ Database is stored on ../postgres_data/ and media_files on media_files/

 ## 4. Docker Deployment options

-The mediacms image is built to use supervisord as the main process, which manages one or more services required to run mediacms. We can toggle which services are run in a given container by setting the environment variables below to `yes` or `no`:
+**⚠️ IMPORTANT**: MediaCMS 7.3 introduces a new Docker architecture. If you're upgrading from an earlier version, please see the [Migration Guide](DOCKER_V7.3_MIGRATION.md).

-* ENABLE_UWSGI
-* ENABLE_NGINX
-* ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT
-* ENABLE_CELERY_SHORT
-* ENABLE_CELERY_LONG
-* ENABLE_MIGRATIONS
+### Architecture Overview

-By default, all these services are enabled, but in order to create a scaleable deployment, some of them can be disabled, splitting the service up into smaller services.
+MediaCMS 7.3+ uses a modern microservices architecture with dedicated containers:

-Also see the `Dockerfile` for other environment variables which you may wish to override. Application settings, eg. `FRONTEND_HOST` can also be overridden by updating the `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` file.
+- **nginx** - Web server for static/media files and reverse proxy
+- **web** - Django application (uWSGI)
+- **celery_short** - Short-running background tasks
+- **celery_long** - Long-running tasks (video encoding)
+- **celery_beat** - Task scheduler
+- **migrations** - Database migrations (runs on startup)
+- **db** - PostgreSQL database
+- **redis** - Cache and message broker

-To run, update the configs above if necessary, build the image by running `docker compose build`, then run `docker compose run`
+### Key Changes from Previous Versions

-### Simple Deployment, accessed as http://localhost
+- ✅ **No supervisord** - Native Docker process management
+- ✅ **Dedicated images** per service
+- ✅ **No ENABLE_* environment variables** - Services are separated into individual containers
+- ✅ **Production images** don't mount source code (immutable)
+- ✅ **config/** directory for centralized configuration
+- ✅ **Separate celery workers** for short and long tasks

-The main container runs migrations, mediacms_web, celery_beat, celery_workers (celery_short and celery_long services), exposed on port 80 supported by redis and postgres database.
+### Configuration

- The FRONTEND_HOST in `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` is configured as http://localhost, on the docker host machine.
+Application settings can be overridden using environment variables in your docker-compose file or by building a custom image with a modified `cms/local_settings.py` file.

-### Server with ssl certificate through letsencrypt service, accessed as https://my_domain.com
-Before trying this out make sure the ip points to my_domain.com.
+Key environment variables:
+- `FRONTEND_HOST` - Your domain (e.g., `https://mediacms.example.com`)
+- `PORTAL_NAME` - Portal name
+- `SECRET_KEY` - Django secret key
+- `DEBUG` - Enable debug mode (development only)
+- Database and Redis connection settings

-With this method [this deployment](../docker-compose-letsencrypt.yaml) is used.
+See the [Migration Guide](DOCKER_V7.3_MIGRATION.md) for detailed configuration options

-Edit this file and set `VIRTUAL_HOST` as my_domain.com, `LETSENCRYPT_HOST` as my_domain.com, and your email on `LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL`
+### Simple Deployment (HTTP)

-Edit `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` and set https://my_domain.com as `FRONTEND_HOST`
+Use `docker-compose.yaml` for a standard HTTP deployment on port 80:

-Now run `docker compose -f docker-compose-letsencrypt.yaml up`, when installation finishes you will be able to access https://my_domain.com using a valid Letsencrypt certificate!
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```

-### Advanced Deployment, accessed as http://localhost:8000
+This starts all services (nginx, web, celery workers, database, redis) with the nginx container exposed on port 80. Access at http://localhost or http://your-server-ip.

-Here we can run 1 mediacms_web instance, with the FRONTEND_HOST in `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` configured as http://localhost:8000. This is bootstrapped by a single migrations instance and supported by a single celery_beat instance and 1 or more celery_worker instances. Redis and postgres containers are also used for persistence. Clients can access the service on http://localhost:8000, on the docker host machine. This is similar to [this deployment](../docker-compose.yaml), with a `port` defined in FRONTEND_HOST.
+**Features:**
+- Production-ready with immutable images
+- Named volumes for data persistence
+- Separate containers for each service

-### Advanced Deployment, with reverse proxy, accessed as http://mediacms.io
+### Production Deployment with HTTPS (Let's Encrypt)

-Here we can use `jwilder/nginx-proxy` to reverse proxy to 1 or more instances of mediacms_web supported by other services as mentioned in the previous deployment. The FRONTEND_HOST in `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` is configured as http://mediacms.io, nginx-proxy has port 80 exposed. Clients can access the service on http://mediacms.io (Assuming DNS or the hosts file is setup correctly to point to the IP of the nginx-proxy instance). This is similar to [this deployment](../docker-compose-http-proxy.yaml).
+Use `docker-compose-cert.yaml` for automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt:

-### Advanced Deployment, with reverse proxy, accessed as https://localhost
+**Prerequisites:**
+- Domain name pointing to your server
+- Ports 80 and 443 open

-The reverse proxy (`jwilder/nginx-proxy`) can be configured to provide SSL termination using self-signed certificates, letsencrypt or CA signed certificates (see: https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy or [LetsEncrypt Example](https://www.singularaspect.com/use-nginx-proxy-and-letsencrypt-companion-to-host-multiple-websites/) ). In this case the FRONTEND_HOST should be set to https://mediacms.io. This is similar to [this deployment](../docker-compose-http-proxy.yaml).
+**Setup:**
+1. Edit `docker-compose-cert.yaml` and update:
+   - `VIRTUAL_HOST` - Your domain
+   - `LETSENCRYPT_HOST` - Your domain
+   - `LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL` - Your email
+
+2. Run:
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose-cert.yaml up -d
+```
+
+This uses `nginxproxy/nginx-proxy` with `acme-companion` for automatic HTTPS certificate management. Access at https://your-domain.com.
+
+### Development Deployment
+
+Use `docker-compose-dev.yaml` for development with live code reloading:
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up
+```
+
+**Features:**
+- Source code mounted for live editing
+- Django debug mode enabled
+- Frontend dev server on port 8088
+- Direct Django access (no nginx) on port 80
+
+### Scaling Workers
+
+Scale celery workers independently based on load:
+
+```bash
+# Scale short task workers to 3 instances
+docker compose up -d --scale celery_short=3
+
+# Scale long task workers to 2 instances
+docker compose up -d --scale celery_long=2
+```
+
+### Using Extra Codecs (Full Image)
+
+For advanced transcoding features (including Whisper for automatic subtitles), use the full worker image:
+
+Edit your docker-compose file:
+```yaml
+celery_long:
+  image: mediacms/mediacms-worker:7.3-full  # Changed from :7.3
+```
+
+Then restart:
+```bash
+docker compose up -d celery_long
+```

 ### A Scaleable Deployment Architecture (Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes)

-The architecture below generalises all the deployment scenarios above, and provides a conceptual design for other deployments based on kubernetes and docker swarm. It allows for horizontal scaleability through the use of multiple mediacms_web instances and celery_workers. For large deployments, managed postgres, redis and storage may be adopted.
+The architecture below provides a conceptual design for deployments based on kubernetes and docker swarm. It allows for horizontal scaleability through the use of multiple web instances and celery workers. For large deployments, managed postgres, redis and storage may be adopted.

 ![MediaCMS](images/architecture.png)

@@ -218,24 +288,36 @@ The architecture below generalises all the deployment scenarios above, and provi
 ## 5. Configuration
 Several options are available on `cms/settings.py`, most of the things that are allowed or should be disallowed are described there.

-It is advisable to override any of them by adding it to `local_settings.py` .
+It is advisable to override any of them by adding it to `local_settings.py`.

-In case of a the single server installation, add to `cms/local_settings.py` .
-
-In case of a docker compose installation, add to `deploy/docker/local_settings.py` . This will automatically overwrite `cms/local_settings.py` .
-
-Any change needs restart of MediaCMS in order to take effect.
-
-Single server installation: edit `cms/local_settings.py`, make a change and restart MediaCMS
+**Single server installation:** edit `cms/local_settings.py`, make changes and restart MediaCMS:

 ```bash
-#systemctl restart mediacms
+systemctl restart mediacms celery_beat celery_short celery_long
 ```

-Docker Compose installation: edit `deploy/docker/local_settings.py`, make a change and restart MediaCMS containers
+**Docker installation:** Configuration can be done in two ways:
+
+1. **Environment variables** (recommended for simple changes):
+   Add to your docker-compose file:
+   ```yaml
+   environment:
+     FRONTEND_HOST: 'https://mediacms.example.com'
+     PORTAL_NAME: 'My MediaCMS'
+   ```
+
+2. **Custom image with local_settings.py** (for complex changes):
+   - Create a custom Dockerfile:
+   ```dockerfile
+   FROM mediacms/mediacms:7.3
+   COPY my_custom_settings.py /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/cms/local_settings.py
+   ```
+   - Build and use your custom image
+
+After changes, restart the affected containers:

 ```bash
-#docker compose restart web celery_worker celery_beat
+docker compose restart web celery_short celery_long celery_beat
 ```

 ### 5.1 Change portal logo
--- a/docs/saml_entraid_setup.md
+++ b/docs/saml_entraid_setup.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Before beginning, ensure the following:

 ## Step 1: Configure MediaCMS for SAML

-The first step in enabling SAML authentication is to modify the `local_settings.py` (for Docker: `./deploy/docker/local_settings.py`) file of your MediaCMS deployment. Add the following configuration block to enable SAML support, role-based access control (RBAC), and enforce secure communication settings:
+The first step in enabling SAML authentication is to modify the `local_settings.py` (for Docker: `./config/local_settings.py`) file of your MediaCMS deployment. Add the following configuration block to enable SAML support, role-based access control (RBAC), and enforce secure communication settings:

 ```python
 USE_RBAC = True
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Another issue you might encounter is an **infinite redirect loop**. This can hap
  https://<MyDomainName>/accounts/saml/mediacms_entraid/login/
  ```

-* Add the following line to `./deploy/docker/local_settings.py`:
+* Add the following line to `./config/local_settings.py`:

  ```python
  LOGIN_URL = "/accounts/saml/mediacms_entraid/login/"
--- a/files/urls.py
+++ b/files/urls.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
    re_path(r"^manage/users$", views.manage_users, name="manage_users"),
    # Media uploads in ADMIN created pages
    re_path(r"^tinymce/upload/", tinymce_handlers.upload_image, name="tinymce_upload_image"),
-    re_path("^(?P<slug>[\w.-]*)$", views.get_page, name="get_page"),  # noqa: W605
+    re_path(r"^(?P<slug>[\w.-]*)$", views.get_page, name="get_page"),
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)


--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Fix permissions on mounted volumes if running as root
+if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "Fixing permissions on data directories..."
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/logs \
+                                /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/media_files \
+                                /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static_files \
+                                /var/run/mediacms 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    # If command starts with python or celery, run as www-data
+    if [ "${1:0:1}" != '-' ]; then
+        exec gosu www-data "$@"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Execute the command
+exec "$@"
--- a/scripts/run-migrations.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-migrations.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "========================================="
+echo "MediaCMS Migrations Starting..."
+echo "========================================="
+
+# Ensure virtualenv is activated
+export VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/mediacms.io
+export PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Use explicit python path from virtualenv
+PYTHON="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/python"
+
+echo "Using Python: $PYTHON"
+$PYTHON --version
+
+# Run migrations
+echo "Running database migrations..."
+$PYTHON manage.py migrate
+
+# Check if this is a new installation
+EXISTING_INSTALLATION=$(echo "from users.models import User; print(User.objects.exists())" | $PYTHON manage.py shell)
+
+if [ "$EXISTING_INSTALLATION" = "True" ]; then
+    echo "Existing installation detected, skipping initial data load"
+else
+    echo "New installation detected, loading initial data..."
+
+    # Load fixtures
+    $PYTHON manage.py loaddata fixtures/encoding_profiles.json
+    $PYTHON manage.py loaddata fixtures/categories.json
+
+    # Create admin user
+    RANDOM_ADMIN_PASS=$($PYTHON -c "import secrets;chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';print(''.join(secrets.choice(chars) for i in range(10)))")
+    ADMIN_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD:-$RANDOM_ADMIN_PASS}
+
+    DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD $PYTHON manage.py createsuperuser \
+        --no-input \
+        --username=${ADMIN_USER:-admin} \
+        --email=${ADMIN_EMAIL:-admin@localhost} \
+        --database=default || true
+
+    echo "========================================="
+    echo "Admin user created with password: $ADMIN_PASSWORD"
+    echo "========================================="
+fi
+
+echo "========================================="
+echo "Migrations completed successfully!"
+echo "========================================="