diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__
+
+/data/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+# This file is for development!!
+#   docker compose up
+# See https://git.chai.uni-hamburg.de/UMS-Agenten/Agent-Template for production usage!
+
+services:
+  management:
+    image: git.chai.uni-hamburg.de/ums-agenten/management:arm64
+    #image: git.chai.uni-hamburg.de/ums-agenten/management:amd64
+    ports:
+      - 8080:80 
+    environment:
+      - AGENTS_PROCESS=http://agent_process_1:3001,http://agent_process_2:3001
+      - AGENTS_SOLVE=http://agent_solve_1:3001
+      - AGENTS_GATEKEEPER=http://agent_gatekeeper_1:3001
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/share/:/ums-agent/share/
+      - ./data/persist-management/:/ums-agenten/persist/
+      # bind code from host to container (for development)
+      - ./ums/:/ums-agenten/plattform/ums/:ro
+      - ./web/:/ums-agenten/plattform/web/:ro 
+    # enable auto reloading (for development)
+    entrypoint: bash -c "nginx; uvicorn ums.management.main:app --uds /tmp/uvicorn.sock --proxy-headers --reload"
+