# Docker Deployment Architecture
```mermaid
flowchart TB
Developer(["Developer"])
Host[["Docker Host"]]
Developer -->|docker compose up| Host
Host -->|http://localhost:8080| DevAPI
subgraph DEV["Development Environment (docker-compose.dev.yaml)"]
DevDB[("SQL Server 2022
Biergarten Database
:1433")]
DevAPI["API Container
ASP.NET Core 10
:8080 HTTP / :8081 HTTPS"]
DevMig["Migrations (run-once)
Database.Migrations"]
DevSeed["Seed (run-once)
Database.Seed"]
DevMailpit["Mailpit
:8025 Web UI / :1025 SMTP"]
end
DevMig -->|1. Run migrations| DevDB
DevSeed -->|2. Seed data| DevDB
DevAPI -->|3. Connect and serve| DevDB
DevAPI -.->|4. SMTP_HOST/PORT| DevMailpit
DevMig -.->|depends_on| DevDB
DevSeed -.->|depends_on| DevMig
DevAPI -.->|depends_on| DevSeed
subgraph TEST["Test Environment (docker-compose.test.yaml)"]
TestDB[("SQL Server, isolated instance
Biergarten Test Database
:1434")]
TestMig["Migrations (test)"]
TestSeed["Seed (test)
minimal: test.user only"]
Specs["API.Specs
Reqnroll + xUnit
(integration tests)"]
UnitTests["unit.tests
xUnit + Moq
Features.*.Tests, one container"]
end
TestMig -->|1. Migrate| TestDB
TestSeed -->|2. Seed| TestDB
Specs -->|3. Integration test| TestDB
UnitTests -.->|depends_on for startup ordering only, no real connection| TestDB
TestMig -.->|depends_on| TestDB
TestSeed -.->|depends_on| TestMig
Specs -.->|depends_on| TestSeed
UnitTests -.->|depends_on| TestSeed
Results[["test-results/ (mounted volume)
api-specs/results.trx
Features.Users.Tests.trx
Features.Breweries.Tests.trx
Features.Emails.Tests.trx"]]
Specs -->|Export TRX| Results
UnitTests -->|Export TRX, one per slice| Results
subgraph PROD["Production Environment (docker-compose.prod.yaml)"]
ProdDB[("SQL Server 2022
Biergarten Database
no host port published")]
ProdMig["Migrations (run-once)"]
ProdAPI["API Container
ASP.NET Core 10
:8080 HTTP / :8081 HTTPS"]
end
ProdMig -->|1. Run migrations| ProdDB
ProdAPI -->|2. Connect and serve| ProdDB
ProdMig -.->|depends_on| ProdDB
ProdAPI -.->|"depends_on: sql-server healthy (not migrations/seed)"| ProdDB
subgraph DBONLY["Database-only Environment (docker-compose.db.yaml)"]
DbOnlyDB[("SQL Server
:1434")]
DbOnlyMig["Migrations (run-once)"]
DbOnlySeed["Seed (run-once)"]
end
DbOnlyMig -->|1. Run migrations| DbOnlyDB
DbOnlySeed -->|2. Seed data| DbOnlyDB
DbOnlyMig -.->|depends_on| DbOnlyDB
DbOnlySeed -.->|depends_on| DbOnlyMig
subgraph MIN["Minimal Environment (docker-compose.min.yaml)"]
MinDB[("SQL Server
:1433")]
MinMig["Migrations (run-once)"]
MinMailpit["Mailpit
:8025 / :1025"]
MinSeed["Seed (run-once)"]
end
MinMig -->|1. Run migrations| MinDB
MinSeed -->|2. Seed data| MinDB
MinMig -.->|depends_on| MinDB
MinSeed -.->|depends_on| MinMig
```
## Notes
- **Dev network** (`biergarten-dev`, bridge): internal DNS resolves `sql-server` and `api`. Volumes: `biergarten-dev-data`. Startup order: SQL Server (health check) → migrations (run-once) → seed (run-once) → API (long-running).
- **Test network** (`biergarten-test`, bridge): all test components isolated; fresh DB instance each run (`CLEAR_DATABASE=true`, ephemeral `biergarten-test-data` volume). All tests run in parallel, results aggregated.
- **Prod network** (`prodnet`, bridge): isolated from dev/test networks. Volumes: `sqlserverdata-prod`, `nuget-cache-prod`. No seed step in production.
- **Database-only environment**: same devnet volumes/images as `docker-compose.dev.yaml`, minus `api.core` and `mailpit` — for working against the database without running the API.
- **Minimal environment**: database + mailpit only, no API container — for frontend development against an `API.Core` process run outside Docker.
- `unit.tests` builds `Dockerfile.tests`, which restores/builds against `Core.slnx` then runs `dotnet test` for every `Features/*.Tests` project in turn (`Features.Users.Tests`, `Features.Breweries.Tests`, `Features.Emails.Tests`), mocking each handler's repository/service dependencies with Moq — no real database needed.
- `.trx` results are readable by Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.