Deploy Payload with PostgreSQL

The maintained deployment reference packages only the production Next.js and Payload application. Srijika Studio, Desktop, CLI, and MCP remain development tools and are not shipped in the runtime image.

Its Compose stack pins image and package inputs, reads credentials from mounted secret files, waits for PostgreSQL readiness, runs committed migrations exactly once, and starts the web service only after migration success. A database-backed health endpoint controls readiness. PostgreSQL data and uploads live in separate persistent volumes.

Start with the exhaustive Payload production Compose reference for secret creation, build and startup commands, reverse-proxy boundaries, smoke testing, backup requirements, and rollback constraints. The companion Payload + Next.js ownership guide explains which surfaces belong to Srijika and which remain owned by Payload.