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+# =============================================================================
+# obsidian-notes : Ignis (real Obsidian, in the browser)
+# Lives at the ROOT of your manohar/ignis Forgejo mirror as a SEPARATE compose
+# file, so upstream's own docker-compose.yml stays untouched and pull-able.
+# In Dokploy: Compose app -> repo manohar/ignis -> Compose Path: docker-compose.dokploy.yml
+# Public endpoint: https://notes.manohargupta.com  (Traefik basicAuth gate)
+# =============================================================================
+services:
+  ignis:
+    # Build from source — Ignis is NOT on any registry. Context "." is the repo
+    # root, which contains upstream's Dockerfile (downloads Obsidian on 1st run).
+    build: .
+    container_name: obsidian-ignis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    environment:
+      - PORT=8080
+      # Pin the Obsidian version Ignis downloads. Bump deliberately, since a new
+      # Obsidian can outrun the shim. Keep in sync with what you run on the Mac.
+      - OBSIDIAN_VERSION=1.12.4
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
+
+    volumes:
+      # BIND mount (not a named volume) so the host backup cron can git-commit
+      # the plain-markdown vault directly. Each subdir here = one Obsidian vault.
+      - /opt/obsidian/vaults:/vaults
+      # Ignis internal state (plugin mgmt, sync state, auth tokens).
+      - /opt/obsidian/data:/app/data
+      # Cached Obsidian assets — persisted so redeploys don't re-download.
+      - obsidian-app:/app/obsidian-app
+
+    # Rendering happens in YOUR browser, so the server side is light. Cap anyway.
+    mem_limit: 512m
+
+    networks:
+      - dokploy-network
+
+    labels:
+      - traefik.enable=true
+      # --- HTTP router on :80. Gated by the SAME basicAuth as belt-and-suspenders
+      #     so port 80 never serves the vault unauthenticated (in case there's no
+      #     global 80->443 redirect). Also serves the ACME challenge. ---
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes-http.rule=Host(`notes.manohargupta.com`)
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes-http.entrypoints=web
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes-http.middlewares=obsidian-auth
+      # --- HTTPS router on :443, WITH basicAuth ---
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes.rule=Host(`notes.manohargupta.com`)
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes.entrypoints=websecure
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes.tls=true
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt
+      - traefik.http.routers.obsidian-notes.middlewares=obsidian-auth
+      # --- basicAuth middleware. The user:hash is injected from Dokploy's
+      #     Environment tab (key BASIC_AUTH_USERS) so it never lands in git.
+      #     Set BASIC_AUTH_USERS to the RAW htpasswd output with SINGLE $ signs
+      #     (do NOT double them — compose does not re-escape an injected value):
+      #       htpasswd -nbB manohar 'YOUR_PASSWORD'
+      #     e.g.  BASIC_AUTH_USERS=manohar:$2y$05$abc...
+      - traefik.http.middlewares.obsidian-auth.basicauth.users=${BASIC_AUTH_USERS}
+      # --- Service: Ignis listens on 8080 ---
+      - traefik.http.services.obsidian-notes.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
+      - traefik.docker.network=dokploy-network
+
+networks:
+  dokploy-network:
+    external: true
+
+volumes:
+  obsidian-app: