diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile b/compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..f917e1e
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+++ b/compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+FROM python:3.10-slim-buster
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    # dependencies for building Python packages
+    && apt-get install -y build-essential \
+    # psycopg2 dependencies
+    && apt-get install -y libpq-dev \
+    # Additional dependencies
+    && apt-get install -y telnet netcat \
+    # cleaning up unused files
+    && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Requirements are installed here to ensure they will be cached.
+COPY ./requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r /requirements.txt
+
+COPY ./compose/local/fastapi/entrypoint /entrypoint
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /entrypoint
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint
+
+COPY ./compose/local/fastapi/start /start-web
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /start-web
+RUN chmod +x /start
+
+COPY ./compose/local/fastapi/celery/worker/start /start-celeryworker
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /start-celeryworker
+RUN chmod +x /start-celeryworker
+
+COPY ./compose/local/fastapi/celery/beat/start /start-celerybeat
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /start-celerybeat
+RUN chmod +x /start-celerybeat
+
+COPY ./compose/local/fastapi/celery/flower/start /start-flower
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /start-flower
+RUN chmod +x /start-flower
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint"]
diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/celery/beat/start b/compose/local/fastapi/celery/beat/start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30dc735
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+++ b/compose/local/fastapi/celery/beat/start
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+rm -f './celerybeat.pid'
+celery -A main.celery beat -l info
diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/celery/flower/start b/compose/local/fastapi/celery/flower/start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8c97e4
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+++ b/compose/local/fastapi/celery/flower/start
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+worker_ready() {
+    celery -A main.celery inspect ping
+}
+
+until worker_ready; do
+  >&2 echo 'Celery workers not available'
+  sleep 1
+done
+>&2 echo 'Celery workers is available'
+
+celery flower \
+    --app=main.celery \
+    --broker="${CELERY_BROKER_URL}"
diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/celery/worker/start b/compose/local/fastapi/celery/worker/start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/entrypoint b/compose/local/fastapi/entrypoint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1892104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/local/fastapi/entrypoint
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# if any of the commands in your code fails for any reason, the entire script fails
+set -o errexit
+# fail exit if one of your pipe command fails
+set -o pipefail
+# exits if any of your variables is not set
+set -o nounset
+
+postgres_ready() {
+python << END
+import sys
+
+import psycopg2
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
+import os
+
+url = urlparse.urlparse(os.environ['DATABASE_URL'])
+dbname = url.path[1:]
+user = url.username
+password = url.password
+host = url.hostname
+port = url.port
+
+try:
+    psycopg2.connect(
+        dbname=dbname,
+        user=user,
+        password=password,
+        host=host,
+        port=port
+    )
+except psycopg2.OperationalError:
+    sys.exit(-1)
+sys.exit(0)
+
+END
+}
+until postgres_ready; do
+  >&2 echo 'Waiting for PostgreSQL to become available...'
+  sleep 1
+done
+>&2 echo 'PostgreSQL is available'
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/compose/local/fastapi/start b/compose/local/fastapi/start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f96db1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/local/fastapi/start
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+set -o nounset
+
+alembic upgrade head
+# Reload because this is a dev setup
+uvicorn main:app --reload --reload-dir project --host 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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index 0000000..24ea839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  web:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
+    image: fastapi_celery_example_web
+    # '/start' is the shell script used to run the service
+    command: /start
+    # this volume is used to map the files and folders on the host to the container
+    # so if we change code on the host, code in the docker container will also be changed
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    ports:
+      - 8010:8000
+    env_file:
+      - .env/.dev-sample
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_DB=fastapi_celery
+      - POSTGRES_USER=fastapi_celery
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=fastapi_celery
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+
+  celery_worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
+    image: fastapi_celery_example_celery_worker
+    command: /start-celeryworker
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    env_file:
+      - .env/.dev-sample
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+      - db
+
+  celery_beat:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
+    image: fastapi_celery_example_celery_beat
+    command: /start-celerybeat
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    env_file:
+      - .env/.dev-sample
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+      - db
+
+  flower:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./compose/local/fastapi/Dockerfile
+    image: fastapi_celery_example_celery_flower
+    command: /start-flower
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    env_file:
+      - .env/.dev-sample
+    ports:
+      - 5557:5555
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+      - db
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 06f1a64..023e58b 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ alembic==1.8.1
 celery==5.2.7
 fastapi==0.79.0
 flower==1.2.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 redis==4.3.4
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.40
 uvicorn[standard]==0.18.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 43e11b8..5ca8432 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ prometheus-client==0.14.1
     # via flower
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.31
     # via click-repl
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
+    # via -r requirements.in
 pydantic==1.10.2
     # via fastapi
 pyparsing==3.0.9