diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index eaec95055..af854d787 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -34,21 +34,43 @@ jobs:
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
 
+  init-test:
+    name: TEST Init
+    environment: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: OpenShift Init
+        uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.0.4
+        with:
+          oc_namespace: ${{ vars.OC_NAMESPACE }}
+          oc_server: ${{ vars.OC_SERVER }}
+          oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
+          file: common/openshift.init.yml
+          overwrite: false
+          parameters:
+            -p ZONE=test -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
   deploys-test:
     name: TEST Deployments
+    needs: [init-test]
     environment: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       issues: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        name: [backend, frontend]
+        name: [database, backend, frontend]
         include:
+          - name: database
           - name: backend
+            parameters:
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/backend:test
+            verification_path: "actuator/health"
           - name: frontend
             parameters:
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_ID }}
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID }}
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/frontend:test
     steps:
       - uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.4.0
         with:
@@ -58,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
           overwrite: true
           parameters:
-            -p ZONE=test -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.name }}:test
+            -p ZONE=test
             -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
             ${{ matrix.parameters }}
           penetration_test: true
@@ -66,21 +88,43 @@ jobs:
           penetration_test_issue: ${{ matrix.name }}
           penetration_test_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_SECRET }}
 
+  init-prod:
+    name: PROD Init
+    needs: [deploys-test]
+    environment: prod
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: OpenShift Init
+        uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.0.4
+        with:
+          oc_namespace: ${{ vars.OC_NAMESPACE }}
+          oc_server: ${{ vars.OC_SERVER }}
+          oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
+          file: common/openshift.init.yml
+          overwrite: false
+          parameters:
+            -p ZONE=prod -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
   deploys-prod:
     name: PROD Deployments
-    needs: [deploys-test]
+    needs: [init-prod]
     environment: prod
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        name: [backend, frontend]
+        name: [database, backend, frontend]
         include:
+          - name: database
           - name: backend
+            parameters:
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/backend:test
+          - name: frontend
+            parameters:
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/frontend:test
             paratemeters:
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_ID }}
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID }}
               -p VITE_REDIRECT_SIGN_OUT="${{ vars.VITE_REDIRECT_SIGN_OUT }}"
-          - name: frontend
     steps:
       - uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.4.0
         with:
@@ -90,8 +134,9 @@ jobs:
           oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
           overwrite: true
           parameters:
-            -p ZONE=prod -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.name }}:test
+            -p ZONE=prod
             -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+            ${{ matrix.parameters }}
 
   image-promotions:
     name: Promote images to PROD
@@ -99,10 +144,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       packages: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        component: [database, backend, frontend]
     steps:
       - uses: shrink/actions-docker-registry-tag@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
-          repository: ${{ github.repository }}/frontend
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.component }}
           target: test
           tags: prod
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-open.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-open.yml
index 5a1c59e23..8cf56d416 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-open.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-open.yml
@@ -37,16 +37,32 @@ jobs:
             Once merged, code will be promoted and handed off to following workflow run.
             [Main Merge Workflow](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/merge-main.yml)
 
+      - name: OpenShift Init
+        uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.1.1
+        with:
+          oc_namespace: ${{ vars.OC_NAMESPACE }}
+          oc_server: ${{ vars.OC_SERVER }}
+          oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
+          file: common/openshift.init.yml
+          overwrite: false
+          parameters:
+            -p ZONE=${{ github.event.number }}
+            -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+          triggers: ('common/' 'database/' 'backend/' 'frontend/')
+
   builds:
     name: Builds
+    needs: [pr-greeting]
     if: "!github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       packages: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        name: [backend, frontend]
+        name: [database, backend, frontend]
         include:
+          - package: database
+            triggers: ('database/')
           - name: backend
             triggers: ('backend/')
           - name: frontend
@@ -64,22 +80,35 @@ jobs:
   deploys:
     name: Deploys
     if: "!github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork"
-    needs: [builds]
+    needs: [builds, pr-greeting]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        name: [backend, frontend]
+        name: [database, backend, frontend]
         include:
+          - name: database
+            file: database/openshift.deploy.yml
+            parameters:
+              -p DB_PVC_SIZE=128Mi
+            overwrite: false
+            triggers: ('common/' 'database/' 'backend/' 'frontend/')
           - name: backend
             file: backend/openshift.deploy.yml
-            triggers: ('backend/' 'frontend/')
+            triggers: ('common/' 'database/' 'backend/' 'frontend/')
             verification_path: /actuator/health
+            parameters:
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/backend:${{ github.event.number }}
+              -p MIN_REPLICAS=1
+              -p MAX_REPLICAS=2
           - name: frontend
             file: frontend/openshift.deploy.yml
-            triggers: ('backend/' 'frontend/')
+            triggers: ('common/' 'database/' 'backend/' 'frontend/')
             parameters:
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_ID }}
               -p VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID=${{ vars.VITE_USER_POOLS_WEB_CLIENT_ID }}
+              -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/frontend:${{ github.event.number }}
+              -p MIN_REPLICAS=1
+              -p MAX_REPLICAS=2
     steps:
       - uses: bcgov-nr/action-deployer-openshift@v1.4.0
         with:
@@ -89,9 +118,8 @@ jobs:
           oc_token: ${{ secrets.OC_TOKEN }}
           overwrite: true
           parameters:
-            -p ZONE=${{ github.event.number }} -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-            -p PROMOTE=${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.name }}:${{ github.event.number }}
-            -p MIN_REPLICAS=1 -p MAX_REPLICAS=2
+            -p ZONE=${{ github.event.number }}
+            -p NAME=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
             ${{ matrix.parameters }}
           triggers: ${{ matrix.triggers }}
           verification_path: ${{ matrix.verification_path }}
diff --git a/backend/openshift.deploy.yml b/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
index 422a929d8..16df2ef19 100644
--- a/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
+++ b/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Template
 parameters:
   - name: NAME
     description: Module name
-    value: quickstart-openshift-backends
+    value: nr-silva
   - name: COMPONENT
     description: Component name
     value: backend
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ parameters:
   - name: PROMOTE
     description: Image (namespace/name:tag) to promote/import
     value: bcgov/quickstart-openshift-backends/backend:test
+  - name: DB_POOL_CONN_TIMEOUT
+    description: Maximum number of milliseconds that a client will wait for a connection from the pool.
+    value: "90000"
+  - name: DB_POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT
+    description: Maximum amount of milliseconds that a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool.
+    value: "0"
+  - name: DB_POOL_MAX_LIFETIME
+    description: Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool.
+    value: "1800000"
 objects:
   - apiVersion: v1
     kind: ImageStream
@@ -87,6 +96,30 @@ objects:
             - image: "${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
               imagePullPolicy: Always
               name: "${NAME}"
+              env:
+                - name: POSTGRES_HOST
+                  value: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-database
+                - name: POSTGRES_DB
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-database
+                      key: database-name
+                - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-database
+                      key: database-password
+                - name: POSTGRES_USER
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-database
+                      key: database-user
+                - name: DB_POOL_CONN_TIMEOUT
+                  value: ${DB_POOL_CONN_TIMEOUT}
+                - name: DB_POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT
+                  value: ${DB_POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT}
+                - name: DB_POOL_MAX_LIFETIME
+                  value: ${DB_POOL_MAX_LIFETIME}
               ports:
                 - containerPort: 8080
                   protocol: TCP
@@ -103,13 +136,13 @@ objects:
                   port: 8080
                   scheme: HTTP
                 initialDelaySeconds: 5
-                periodSeconds: 2
-                timeoutSeconds: 2
+                periodSeconds: 5
+                timeoutSeconds: 10
                 successThreshold: 1
-                failureThreshold: 30
+                failureThreshold: 5
               livenessProbe:
                 successThreshold: 1
-                failureThreshold: 3
+                failureThreshold: 5
                 httpGet:
                   path: /actuator/health
                   port: 8080
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 8fe1145a9..cb32f108d 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Database -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Testing -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 5c7c4e1d0..e106571a8 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -12,3 +12,22 @@ springdoc.enable-native-support = true
 
 # https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/wiki/Migration-Guide-3.2
 quarkus.native.additional-build-args=-march=x86-64-v2
+
+# Database, and JPA
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name = org.postgresql.Driver
+spring.datasource.url = jdbc:postgresql://${POSTGRES_HOST:localhost}:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:postgres}
+spring.datasource.username = ${POSTGRES_USER:postgres}
+spring.datasource.password = ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:default}
+spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout = ${DB_POOL_CONN_TIMEOUT:90000}
+spring.datasource.hikari.idleTimeout = ${DB_POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT:45000}
+spring.datasource.hikari.maxLifetime = ${DB_POOL_MAX_LIFETIME:60000}
+spring.datasource.hikari.keepaliveTime = 30000
+spring.datasource.hikari.poolName = NrSparDbPool
+spring.datasource.hikari.minimumIdle = 1
+spring.datasource.hikari.maximumPoolSize = 3
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.default_schema = silva
+spring.jpa.database-platform = org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+spring.jpa.show-sql = true
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update
+spring.jpa.defer-datasource-initialization=true
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql b/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bb9f4612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS silva;
+
+-- Example
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS silva.person (
+  id INT NOT NULL,
+  name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
+  CONSTRAINT person_pk
+    PRIMARY KEY(id)
+);
+
+DROP TABLE silva.person;
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4c6c298a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Server and application
+spring.profiles.active = dev
+
+# Database, datasource and JPA
+spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:silvadb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;NON_KEYWORDS=USER;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=true
+spring.datasource.username=result
+spring.datasource.password=password
+spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.hibernate.generate-ddl = true
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = create-drop
diff --git a/common/openshift.init.yml b/common/openshift.init.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a12b9107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/openshift.init.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Template
+parameters:
+  - name: NAME
+    description: Product name
+    value: nr-silva
+  - name: ZONE
+    description: Deployment zone, e.g. pr-### or prod
+    required: true
+  - name: PG_DATABASE
+    description: Postgres database name
+    value: database
+  - name: DB_PASSWORD
+    description: Password for the PostgreSQL connection user.
+    from: "[a-zA-Z0-9]{16}"
+    generate: expression
+objects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${PG_DATABASE}
+      labels:
+        app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+    stringData:
+      database-name: ${NAME}
+      database-password: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      database-user: ${NAME}
+  - apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+    kind: NetworkPolicy
+    metadata:
+      name: allow-from-openshift-ingress
+      labels:
+        template: openshift-test
+    spec:
+      podSelector: {}
+      ingress:
+        - from:
+            - namespaceSelector:
+                matchLabels:
+                  network.openshift.io/policy-group: ingress
+      policyTypes:
+        - Ingress
+  - apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+    kind: NetworkPolicy
+    metadata:
+      name: allow-same-namespace
+      labels:
+        template: nr-spar-backend-network-security-policy
+    spec:
+      podSelector: {}
+      ingress:
+        - from:
+            - podSelector: {}
+      policyTypes:
+        - Ingress
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/Dockerfile b/database/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c219eb12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM postgis/postgis:15-master
+
+# Enable pgcrypto extension on startup
+RUN sed -i '/EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;*/a CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgcrypto;' \
+        /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/10_postgis.sh
+
+# User, port and Healthcheck
+USER postgres
+EXPOSE 5432
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=5s --retries=5 CMD [ "pg_isready", "-U", "postgres"]
diff --git a/database/openshift.deploy.yml b/database/openshift.deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d05aaba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/openshift.deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Template
+labels:
+  app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+parameters:
+  - name: NAME
+    description: Product name
+    value: nr-silva
+  - name: COMPONENT
+    description: Component name
+    value: database
+  - name: ZONE
+    description: Deployment zone, e.g. pr-### or prod
+    required: true
+  - name: REGISTRY
+    description: Container registry to import from (internal is image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000)
+    value: ghcr.io
+  - name: ORG_NAME
+    description: Organization name
+    value: bcgov
+  - name: IMAGE_TAG
+    description: Image tag to use
+    value: latest
+  - name: PVC_MOUNT_PATH
+    description: Where to mount the PVC, subpath (e.g. data/)
+    value: /var/lib/postgresql
+  - name: CPU_REQUEST
+    value: 50m
+  - name: CPU_LIMIT
+    value: 115m
+  - name: MEMORY_REQUEST
+    value: 150Mi
+  - name: MEMORY_LIMIT
+    value: 250Mi
+  - name: DB_PVC_SIZE
+    description: Volume space available for data, e.g. 512Mi, 2Gi.
+    displayName: Database Volume Capacity
+    required: true
+    value: 256Mi
+objects:
+  - kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+    apiVersion: v1
+    metadata:
+      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+      labels:
+        app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: ${DB_PVC_SIZE}
+      storageClassName: netapp-file-standard
+  - kind: ImageStream
+    apiVersion: v1
+    metadata:
+      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+      labels:
+        app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+    spec:
+      lookupPolicy:
+        local: false
+      tags:
+        - name: ${IMAGE_TAG}
+          from:
+            kind: DockerImage
+            name: ${REGISTRY}/${ORG_NAME}/${NAME}/${COMPONENT}:${ZONE}
+          referencePolicy:
+            type: Local
+  - kind: DeploymentConfig
+    apiVersion: v1
+    metadata:
+      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+      labels:
+        app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+    spec:
+      replicas: 1
+      triggers:
+        - type: ConfigChange
+        - type: ImageChange
+          imageChangeParams:
+            automatic: true
+            containerNames:
+              - ${NAME}
+            from:
+              kind: ImageStreamTag
+              name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+      selector:
+        deploymentconfig: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+      strategy:
+        type: Recreate
+        recreateParams:
+          timeoutSeconds: 600
+        activeDeadlineSeconds: 21600
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+          labels:
+            app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+            deploymentconfig: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+        spec:
+          volumes:
+            - name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+              persistentVolumeClaim:
+                claimName: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+          containers:
+            - name: ${NAME}
+              image: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+              ports:
+                - containerPort: 5432
+                  protocol: TCP
+              resources:
+                requests:
+                  cpu: ${CPU_REQUEST}
+                  memory: ${MEMORY_REQUEST}
+                limits:
+                  cpu: ${CPU_LIMIT}
+                  memory: ${MEMORY_LIMIT}
+              readinessProbe:
+                exec:
+                  command:
+                    - /usr/bin/env
+                    - bash
+                    - "-c"
+                    - psql -q -U $POSTGRES_USER -d $POSTGRES_DB -c 'SELECT 1'
+                successThreshold: 1
+                failureThreshold: 5
+                initialDelaySeconds: 10
+                periodSeconds: 15
+                timeoutSeconds: 10
+              livenessProbe:
+                exec:
+                  command:
+                    - /usr/bin/env
+                    - bash
+                    - "-c"
+                    - psql -q $POSTGRES_USER -d $POSTGRES_DB -c 'SELECT 1'
+                successThreshold: 1
+                failureThreshold: 5
+                initialDelaySeconds: 10
+                periodSeconds: 15
+                timeoutSeconds: 10
+              env:
+                - name: POSTGRES_DB
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+                      key: database-name
+                - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+                      key: database-password
+                - name: POSTGRES_USER
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+                      key: database-user
+              volumeMounts:
+                - name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+                  mountPath: ${PVC_MOUNT_PATH}
+              terminationMessagePath: "/dev/termination-log"
+              terminationMessagePolicy: File
+              imagePullPolicy: Always
+          restartPolicy: Always
+          terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+          dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+          schedulerName: default-scheduler
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Service
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: ${NAME}-${ZONE}
+      name: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+    spec:
+      ports:
+        - name: postgresql
+          nodePort: 0
+          port: 5432
+          protocol: TCP
+          targetPort: 5432
+      selector:
+        deploymentconfig: ${NAME}-${ZONE}-${COMPONENT}
+      sessionAffinity: None
+      type: ClusterIP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 416eecfab..084e50913 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ x-backend: &backend
     retries: 5
   restart: always
 
+x-db-vars: &db-vars
+  POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: default
+  POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+
 services:
   frontend:
     container_name: frontend
@@ -41,10 +46,16 @@ services:
 
   backend:
     container_name: backend
+    depends_on:
+      database:
+        condition: service_healthy
     entrypoint: mvn -ntp spring-boot:run -Dspring-boot.run.jvmArguments="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n"
     image: maven:3.9.4-amazoncorretto-21
     volumes: ["./backend:/app"]
     working_dir: /app
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_HOST: database
+      <<: *db-vars
     <<: *backend
 
   backend-native:
@@ -52,3 +63,16 @@ services:
     profiles: ["native"]
     build: ./backend
     <<: *backend
+
+  database:
+    container_name: database
+    environment:
+      <<: *db-vars
+    volumes: ["/pgdata"]
+    ports: ["5432:5432"]
+    healthcheck:
+      test: pg_isready -U postgres
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    image: postgis/postgis:13-master