diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
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+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mongodb
+COMPOSE_FILE=compose/mongodb.yml:compose/mongo-express.yml
+MONGODB_APN_HOSTNAME=mongo-node.appname
+
+MONGODB_DATABASE=
+MONGODB_USERNAME=
+MONGODB_PASSWORD=
+
+MONGO_EXPRESS_VIRTUAL_HOST=express.mongo.appdomain.com
+MONGO_EXPRESS_AUTH_USER=
+MONGO_EXPRESS_AUTH_PASS=
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.env
+volumes/mongodb
diff --git a/compose/mongo-express.yml b/compose/mongo-express.yml
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+++ b/compose/mongo-express.yml
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+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+    mongo-express:
+        image: mongo-express
+        depends_on:
+            - mongodb
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        expose:
+            - 8081
+        environment:
+            VIRTUAL_HOST: ${MONGO_EXPRESS_VIRTUAL_HOST}
+            VIRTUAL_PORT: 8081
+            ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER: "mongodb.compose"
+            #ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME: "root"
+            #ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD: "${MONGODB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
+            ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME: ${MONGO_EXPRESS_AUTH_USER}
+            ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD: ${MONGO_EXPRESS_AUTH_PASS}
+        networks:
+            default:
+                aliases:
+                    - mongo-express.compose
+            nginx-proxy: ~
+
+networks:
+    nginx-proxy:
+        external: true
+
diff --git a/compose/mongodb.yml b/compose/mongodb.yml
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+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+    mongodb:
+        image: 'mongo'
+        restart: always
+        labels:
+            kompose.service.type: nodeport
+        expose:
+            - 27017
+        volumes:
+            - ../volumes/mongodb:/data/db
+        networks:
+            default:
+                aliases:
+                    - mongodb.compose
+                    - mongo
+            application-network:
+                aliases:
+                    - "${MONGODB_APN_HOSTNAME}"
+
+networks:
+    application-network:
+        external: true
+
diff --git a/volumes/mongodb/.gitkeep b/volumes/mongodb/.gitkeep
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index 0000000..e69de29