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 ### Production
 
-1. Copy `.env.docker.production.example` to `.env.docker.production`
-2. Fill in real secrets and domain values
-3. Start the stack:
+The production stack runs behind **Traefik** (reverse proxy + automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt). All services communicate over a private Docker network (`internal`). Traefik reaches public-facing services via a separate `traefik-proxy` network.
+
+#### 1. Point DNS to your server
+
+Add an A record for every subdomain to your server's public IP before deploying so Let's Encrypt can issue certificates:
+
+| Subdomain | Service |
+|---|---|
+| `rentaldrivego.ma` | marketplace + public site |
+| `api.rentaldrivego.ma` | API |
+| `dashboard.rentaldrivego.ma` | dashboard |
+| `admin.rentaldrivego.ma` | admin panel |
+| `pgmanage.rentaldrivego.ma` | pgManage (DB admin) |
+
+#### 2. Install Docker and clone the repo
+
+```bash
+# Install Docker (if not already installed)
+curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
+
+git clone <repo-url> rentaldrivego
+cd rentaldrivego
+```
+
+#### 3. Create the shared Traefik network
+
+Only needs to be done once per server. If it already exists this is a no-op.
+
+```bash
+docker network create traefik-proxy
+```
+
+#### 4. Configure environment variables
+
+```bash
+cp .env.docker.production.example .env.docker.production
+```
+
+Open `.env.docker.production` and fill in every value. The minimum required secrets are:
+
+| Variable | What to set |
+|---|---|
+| `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | Strong random password |
+| `JWT_SECRET` | Long random string (e.g. `openssl rand -hex 64`) |
+| `ACME_EMAIL` | Your email for Let's Encrypt notifications |
+| `RESEND_API_KEY` | Resend API key (or configure SMTP vars instead) |
+
+All domain vars are pre-filled with `rentaldrivego.ma` subdomains and do not need changing unless you use a different domain.
+
+#### 5. Start Traefik
+
+Traefik must be running before the app stack so it can wire up routes at startup.
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f traefik.yaml up -d
+```
+
+#### 6. Build and start the app stack
 
 ```bash
 docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up --build -d
 ```
 
-Production compose starts separate containers for:
+Docker will:
+1. Build the monorepo image
+2. Run database migrations (`migrate` service)
+3. Start all app services (api, marketplace, dashboard, admin, public-site, pgmanage)
 
-- postgres
-- redis
-- api
-- marketplace
-- dashboard
-- admin
-- public-site
+Traefik automatically picks up the containers and provisions TLS certificates. Services are live at their `https://` URLs within ~30 seconds.
+
+#### Updating after a code change
+
+Pull the latest code and rebuild only the changed service:
+
+```bash
+git pull
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up --build -d --no-deps <service>
+# e.g. to redeploy only the API:
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up --build -d --no-deps api
+```
+
+To rebuild everything:
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up --build -d
+```
+
+#### Apply database migrations without downtime
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml run --rm migrate
+```
+
+#### View logs
+
+```bash
+# All services
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml logs -f
+
+# Single service
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml logs -f api
+```
+
+#### Stop the stack
+
+```bash
+# Stop containers but keep volumes (data is preserved)
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml down
+
+# Stop and delete all data (destructive — irreversible)
+docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml down -v
+```
+
+#### pgManage (DB admin UI)
+
+pgManage is available at `https://pgmanage.rentaldrivego.ma`. To connect to the production database, add a connection inside pgManage with:
+
+- **Host:** `localhost`
+- **Port:** `5432`
+- **Database:** `rentaldrivego`
+- **Username:** `postgres`
+- **Password:** value of `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` from `.env.docker.production`
 
 ### Notes