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+services:
+  mongo-express:
+    image: mongo-express
+    ports:
+      - target: 8081
+    environment:
+      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME: ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}
+      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD: ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL: mongodb://${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}:${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}@mongo:27017/
+      ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH: false
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo:latest
+    x-defang-mongodb: true
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD:
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: