diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Stage 1: Build
+FROM node:22-alpine AS build
+WORKDIR /app
+# Dependencies installieren (Caching nutzen)
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install
+# Code kopieren und bauen (kopiert dank nest-cli.json auch die .hbs/.assets)
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Stage 2: Production Run
+FROM node:22-alpine
+WORKDIR /app
+# Nur Production-Dependencies installieren (hält das Image extrem klein!)
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install --omit=dev
+# Kompilierten Code aus Stage 1 übernehmen
+COPY --from=build /app/dist ./dist
+
+# NestJS Standard-Port
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD ["node", "dist/main"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  frontend:
+    build: 
+      context: ./  # Pfad zu deinem Angular-Ordner anpassen
+    container_name: bayarea-frontend
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "3072:80"
+    networks:
+      - bayarea-network
+
+  backend:
+    build: 
+      context: ./api   # Pfad zu deinem NestJS-Ordner anpassen
+    container_name: bayarea-backend
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - PORT=3000
+      # Hier kannst du später Datenbank-URLs (z.B. DATABASE_URL) eintragen
+    ports:
+      - "3073:3000"        # Host 3073 -> Container 3000
+    networks:
+      - bayarea-network
+
+networks:
+  bayarea-network:
+    driver: bridge
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+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name localhost;
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+}
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