backend: make docker compose host ports configurable

Mirror the existing POSTGRES_PORT override for the backend, frontend and adminer
host ports (BACKEND_PORT / FRONTEND_PORT / ADMINER_PORT) so a port clash on
`docker compose up -d` can be fixed via .env without editing the compose file.
Documented in .env.example and the README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ missing secrets on first start. Then open:
 Prefer to **build from source** (for development)? Use `docker compose up
 --build` instead. Migrations apply automatically on backend start.
 
-> **Port conflict?** If another Postgres holds host port `5432`, set
-> `POSTGRES_PORT` (e.g. `5433`) in `backend/.env`. The app still talks to
-> Postgres internally on `db:5432`; only the published host port changes.
+> **Port conflict?** If host ports `5432`, `4000` or `3000` are already in use,
+> set `POSTGRES_PORT`, `BACKEND_PORT` and/or `FRONTEND_PORT` (e.g. `5433` /
+> `4001` / `3001`) in `backend/.env`. The services still talk to each other on
+> their internal ports (`db:5432`, `backend:4000`); only the published host
+> ports change.
 
 ### Access from other computers (hospital LAN)
 

backend/.env.example

@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PORT=4000
 NODE_ENV=development
 
-# Host port Postgres is published on by docker compose. Change it if 5432 is
-# already in use on your machine (the app still talks to Postgres internally).
+# Host ports docker compose publishes. Change any that are already in use on
+# this machine (the services still talk to each other on their internal ports).
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+BACKEND_PORT=4000
+FRONTEND_PORT=3000
 
 # --- Patient wallet relay -------------------------------------------------
 # The URL baked into the QR a patient scans to import their record. Their phone

backend/docker-compose.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 #
 # Optional DB browser (Adminer) lives behind a profile:
 #   docker compose --profile tools up adminer   # http://localhost:8080
+#
+# Host ports are configurable to avoid clashing with software already running on
+# this machine. Override any of them in a .env file (or inline), e.g.:
+#   POSTGRES_PORT=5433  BACKEND_PORT=4001  FRONTEND_PORT=3001  docker compose up -d
+# Only the published host port changes; the services still talk to each other on
+# their internal ports (db:5432, backend:4000).
 
 services:
   db:
@@ -76,7 +82,8 @@ services:
       # Persists uploaded files across restarts/rebuilds.
       - temetro_uploads:/var/lib/temetro/uploads
     ports:
-      - "4000:4000"
+      # Host port is configurable to avoid clashing with an existing service.
+      - "${BACKEND_PORT:-4000}:4000"
 
   frontend:
     image: khalidxv/temetro-frontend:${TEMETRO_VERSION:-latest}
@@ -90,7 +97,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - backend
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
+      # Host port is configurable to avoid clashing with an existing service.
+      - "${FRONTEND_PORT:-3000}:3000"
 
   adminer:
     image: adminer:5
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
     ports:
-      - "8080:8080"
+      - "${ADMINER_PORT:-8080}:8080"
 
 volumes:
   temetro_pgdata: