diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 97ffa5a..0ddbc51 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 # ─── Chrysopedia Environment Variables ───
+# Copy to .env and fill in secrets before docker compose up
 
 # PostgreSQL
 POSTGRES_USER=chrysopedia
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme
 POSTGRES_DB=chrysopedia
-DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://${POSTGRES_USER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@chrysopedia-db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB}
 
-# Redis (Celery broker)
+# Redis (Celery broker) — container-internal, no secret needed
 REDIS_URL=redis://chrysopedia-redis:6379/0
 
-# LLM endpoint (OpenAI-compatible)
-LLM_API_URL=https://friend-openwebui.example.com/api
+# LLM endpoint (OpenAI-compatible — OpenWebUI on FYN DGX)
+LLM_API_URL=https://chat.forgetyour.name/api/v1
 LLM_API_KEY=sk-changeme
-LLM_MODEL=qwen2.5-72b
-LLM_FALLBACK_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1
-LLM_FALLBACK_MODEL=qwen2.5:14b-q8_0
+LLM_MODEL=FYN-QWEN35
+LLM_FALLBACK_URL=https://chat.forgetyour.name/api/v1
+LLM_FALLBACK_MODEL=fyn-qwen35-chat
 
-# Embedding endpoint
-EMBEDDING_API_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1
+# Embedding endpoint (Ollama container in the compose stack)
+EMBEDDING_API_URL=http://chrysopedia-ollama:11434/v1
 EMBEDDING_MODEL=nomic-embed-text
 
-# Qdrant
-QDRANT_URL=http://qdrant:6333
+# Qdrant (container-internal)
+QDRANT_URL=http://chrysopedia-qdrant:6333
 QDRANT_COLLECTION=chrysopedia
 
 # Application
 APP_ENV=production
 APP_LOG_LEVEL=info
-APP_SECRET_KEY=changeme-generate-a-real-secret
 
-# File storage paths (inside container)
+# File storage paths (inside container, bind-mounted to /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_data)
 TRANSCRIPT_STORAGE_PATH=/data/transcripts
 VIDEO_METADATA_PATH=/data/video_meta
 
-# Review mode toggle
+# Review mode toggle (true = moments require admin review before publishing)
 REVIEW_MODE=true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 198ac9f..3be778b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Chrysopedia — Docker Compose
 # XPLTD convention: xpltd_chrysopedia project, bind mounts, dedicated bridge
+# Deployed to: /vmPool/r/compose/xpltd_chrysopedia/ (symlinked)
 name: xpltd_chrysopedia
 
 services:
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
+    stop_grace_period: 30s
 
-  # ── Redis (Celery broker) ──
+  # ── Redis (Celery broker + runtime config) ──
   chrysopedia-redis:
     image: redis:7-alpine
     container_name: chrysopedia-redis
     restart: unless-stopped
+    command: redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
     volumes:
       - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_redis:/data
     networks:
@@ -38,6 +41,41 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
+    stop_grace_period: 15s
+
+  # ── Qdrant vector database ──
+  chrysopedia-qdrant:
+    image: qdrant/qdrant:v1.13.2
+    container_name: chrysopedia-qdrant
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_qdrant:/qdrant/storage
+    networks:
+      - chrysopedia
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:6333/healthz || exit 1"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 10s
+    stop_grace_period: 30s
+
+  # ── Ollama (embedding model server) ──
+  chrysopedia-ollama:
+    image: ollama/ollama:latest
+    container_name: chrysopedia-ollama
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_ollama:/root/.ollama
+    networks:
+      - chrysopedia
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:11434/api/tags || exit 1"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    stop_grace_period: 15s
 
   # ── FastAPI application ──
   chrysopedia-api:
@@ -50,22 +88,27 @@ services:
       - path: .env
         required: false
     environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://${POSTGRES_USER:-chrysopedia}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@chrysopedia-db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-chrysopedia}
+      DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://${POSTGRES_USER:-chrysopedia}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-changeme}@chrysopedia-db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-chrysopedia}
       REDIS_URL: redis://chrysopedia-redis:6379/0
+      QDRANT_URL: http://chrysopedia-qdrant:6333
+      EMBEDDING_API_URL: http://chrysopedia-ollama:11434/v1
     volumes:
-      - ./backend:/app
       - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_data:/data
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8000:8000"
+      - ./config:/config:ro
     depends_on:
       chrysopedia-db:
         condition: service_healthy
       chrysopedia-redis:
         condition: service_healthy
+      chrysopedia-qdrant:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      chrysopedia-ollama:
+        condition: service_healthy
     networks:
       - chrysopedia
+    stop_grace_period: 15s
 
-  # ── Celery worker (pipeline stages 2-5) ──
+  # ── Celery worker (pipeline stages 2-6) ──
   chrysopedia-worker:
     build:
       context: .
@@ -76,38 +119,52 @@ services:
       - path: .env
         required: false
     environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://${POSTGRES_USER:-chrysopedia}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@chrysopedia-db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-chrysopedia}
+      DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://${POSTGRES_USER:-chrysopedia}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-changeme}@chrysopedia-db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-chrysopedia}
       REDIS_URL: redis://chrysopedia-redis:6379/0
-    command: ["celery", "-A", "worker", "worker", "--loglevel=info"]
+      QDRANT_URL: http://chrysopedia-qdrant:6333
+      EMBEDDING_API_URL: http://chrysopedia-ollama:11434/v1
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "worker", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--concurrency=2"]
     volumes:
-      - ./backend:/app
       - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_data:/data
       - ./prompts:/prompts:ro
+      - ./config:/config:ro
     depends_on:
       chrysopedia-db:
         condition: service_healthy
       chrysopedia-redis:
         condition: service_healthy
+      chrysopedia-qdrant:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      chrysopedia-ollama:
+        condition: service_healthy
     networks:
       - chrysopedia
+    stop_grace_period: 30s
 
   # ── React web UI (nginx) ──
   chrysopedia-web:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.web
-    container_name: chrysopedia-web
+    container_name: chrysopedia-web-8096
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:3000:80"
+      - "0.0.0.0:8096:80"
     depends_on:
       - chrysopedia-api
     networks:
       - chrysopedia
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:80/ || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
+    stop_grace_period: 15s
 
 networks:
   chrysopedia:
     driver: bridge
     ipam:
       config:
-        - subnet: 172.24.0.0/24
+        - subnet: "172.32.0.0/24"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.api b/docker/Dockerfile.api
index b0760ae..94c0a23 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.api
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # System deps
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    gcc libpq-dev \
+    gcc libpq-dev curl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Python deps (cached layer)
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Application code
 COPY backend/ /app/
+COPY prompts/ /prompts/
+COPY config/ /config/
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=5s --retries=3 --start-period=10s \
+    CMD curl -f http://localhost:8000/health || exit 1
+
 CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]