diff --git a/core/core/settings.py b/core/core/settings.py
index 124fcad..5b37ad8 100644
--- a/core/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/core/settings.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer',
         'CONFIG': {
-            'hosts': [('localhost', 6379)],
+            'hosts': [(os.getenv('REDIS_HOST', 'localhost'), 6379)],
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/playbooks/templates/django.env.j2 b/deploy/ansible/playbooks/templates/django.env.j2
index 72a0c30..a1757db 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/playbooks/templates/django.env.j2
+++ b/deploy/ansible/playbooks/templates/django.env.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+REDIS_HOST=localhost
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_NAME=c3lf_sys3
diff --git a/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.backend b/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.backend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c968994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:3.11-bookworm
+LABEL authors="lagertonne"
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+RUN mkdir /code
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY requirements.prod.txt /code/
+RUN apt update && apt install -y mariadb-client
+RUN pip install -r requirements.prod.txt
+RUN pip install mysqlclient
+COPY .. /code/
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diff --git a/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.frontend b/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.frontend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a41d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/testing/Dockerfile.frontend
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM docker.io/node:22
+
+RUN mkdir /web
+WORKDIR /web
+COPY package.json /web/
+RUN npm install
diff --git a/deploy/testing/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/testing/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e93e901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/testing/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+services:
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+
+  db:
+    image: mariadb
+    environment:
+      MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: true
+      MARIADB_DATABASE: system3
+      MARIADB_USER: system3
+      MARIADB_PASSWORD: system3
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
+
+  core:
+    build:
+      context: ../../core
+      dockerfile: ../deploy/testing/Dockerfile.backend
+    command: bash -c 'python manage.py migrate && python /code/server.py'
+    environment:
+      - HTTP_HOST=core
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis
+      - DB_HOST=db
+      - DB_PORT=3306
+      - DB_NAME=system3
+      - DB_USER=system3
+      - DB_PASSWORD=system3
+    volumes:
+      - ../../core:/code
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - redis
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: ../../web
+      dockerfile: ../deploy/testing/Dockerfile.frontend
+    command: npm run serve
+    volumes:
+      - ../../web:/web:ro
+      - /web/node_modules
+      - ./vue.config.js:/web/vue.config.js
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    depends_on:
+      - core
+
+volumes:
+  mariadb_data:
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diff --git a/deploy/testing/vue.config.js b/deploy/testing/vue.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f3c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/testing/vue.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// vue.config.js
+
+module.exports = {
+    devServer: {
+        headers: {
+            "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
+            "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "*",
+            "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "*"
+        },
+        proxy: {
+            '^/media/2': {
+                target: 'http://core:8000/',
+            },
+            '^/api/2': {
+                target: 'http://core:8000/',
+            },
+            '^/api/1': {
+                target: 'http://core:8000/',
+            },
+            '^/ws/2': {
+                target: 'http://core:8000/',
+                ws: true,
+                logLevel: 'debug',
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
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