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+# RomM Automation / Intake trial stack
+# Purpose: test request -> Romarr -> staging -> validation -> RomM workflow.
+# Keep this as a staging/test stack first. Do not point staging output directly at production RomM.
+#
+# Romarr caveat: upstream documents image romarr/romarr:latest, but the public Docker Hub
+# image was not pullable during scaffold creation. The service is included in the stack
+# with a profile so the rest of the stack can be started/tested while we confirm the
+# Romarr image/build path.
+
+name: romm-automation
+
+services:
+  ggrequestz:
+    image: ghcr.io/xtreemmak/ggrequestz:latest
+    container_name: ggrequestz
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      ggrequestz-postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      ggrequestz-redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      ggrequestz-typesense:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    ports:
+      - "${GGREQUESTZ_PORT:-3003}:3000"
+    environment:
+      PUID: ${PUID:-1000}
+      PGID: ${PGID:-1000}
+      TZ: ${TZ:-America/Chicago}
+      NODE_ENV: production
+      APP_PORT: 3000
+      PUBLIC_SITE_URL: ${GGREQUESTZ_PUBLIC_SITE_URL:-http://localhost:3003}
+      POSTGRES_HOST: ggrequestz-postgres
+      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_DB:-ggrequestz}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_USER:-ggrequestz}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?set GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env}
+      REDIS_URL: redis://:${GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD:?set GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD in .env}@ggrequestz-redis:6379
+      TYPESENSE_HOST: ggrequestz-typesense
+      TYPESENSE_PORT: 8108
+      TYPESENSE_PROTOCOL: http
+      TYPESENSE_API_KEY: ${GGREQUESTZ_TYPESENSE_API_KEY:?set GGREQUESTZ_TYPESENSE_API_KEY in .env}
+      AUTH_METHOD: ${GGREQUESTZ_AUTH_METHOD:-basic}
+      AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_ID: ${GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_ID:-}
+      AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_SECRET:-}
+      AUTHENTIK_ISSUER: ${GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_ISSUER:-}
+      SESSION_SECRET: ${GGREQUESTZ_SESSION_SECRET:?set GGREQUESTZ_SESSION_SECRET in .env}
+      IGDB_CLIENT_ID: ${IGDB_CLIENT_ID:?set IGDB_CLIENT_ID in .env}
+      IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET:?set IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET in .env}
+      ROMM_SERVER_URL: ${ROMM_SERVER_URL:-}
+      ROMM_USERNAME: ${ROMM_USERNAME:-}
+      ROMM_PASSWORD: ${ROMM_PASSWORD:-}
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/ggrequestz/app:/app/data
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  ggrequestz-postgres:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: ggrequestz-postgres
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_DB:-ggrequestz}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_USER:-ggrequestz}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?set GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env}
+      TZ: ${TZ:-America/Chicago}
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/ggrequestz/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_USER:-ggrequestz} -d ${GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_DB:-ggrequestz}"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  ggrequestz-redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    container_name: ggrequestz-redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes", "--requirepass", "${GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD:?set GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD in .env}"]
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/ggrequestz/redis:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "-a", "${GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD:?set GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD in .env}", "ping"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  ggrequestz-typesense:
+    image: typesense/typesense:27.1
+    container_name: ggrequestz-typesense
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["--data-dir", "/data", "--api-key", "${GGREQUESTZ_TYPESENSE_API_KEY:?set GGREQUESTZ_TYPESENSE_API_KEY in .env}", "--enable-cors"]
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/ggrequestz/typesense:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8108/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  romarr:
+    image: ${ROMARR_IMAGE:-romarr/romarr:latest}
+    container_name: romarr
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles: ["romarr"]
+    ports:
+      - "${ROMARR_PORT:-9797}:9797"
+    environment:
+      PUID: ${PUID:-1000}
+      PGID: ${PGID:-1000}
+      TZ: ${TZ:-America/Chicago}
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/romarr/config:/config
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/staging/romarr-library:/roms
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/staging/downloads:/downloads
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  romm-comm:
+    image: idiosync000/romm-comm:latest
+    container_name: romm-comm
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles: ["discord"]
+    environment:
+      TZ: ${TZ:-America/Chicago}
+      TOKEN: ${ROMMCOMM_DISCORD_TOKEN:?set ROMMCOMM_DISCORD_TOKEN in .env}
+      GUILD: ${ROMMCOMM_GUILD_ID:?set ROMMCOMM_GUILD_ID in .env}
+      API_URL: ${ROMM_SERVER_URL:?set ROMM_SERVER_URL in .env}
+      USER: ${ROMM_USERNAME:?set ROMM_USERNAME in .env}
+      PASS: ${ROMM_PASSWORD:?set ROMM_PASSWORD in .env}
+      ADMIN_ID: ${ROMMCOMM_ADMIN_ID:-}
+      DOMAIN: ${ROMMCOMM_DOMAIN:-}
+      REQUESTS_ENABLED: ${ROMMCOMM_REQUESTS_ENABLED:-true}
+      IGDB_CLIENT_ID: ${IGDB_CLIENT_ID:-}
+      IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET:-}
+      CHANNEL_ID: ${ROMMCOMM_CHANNEL_ID:-}
+      RECENT_ROMS_ENABLED: ${ROMMCOMM_RECENT_ROMS_ENABLED:-true}
+      RECENT_ROMS_CHANNEL_ID: ${ROMMCOMM_RECENT_ROMS_CHANNEL_ID:-}
+      GGREQUESTZ_ENABLED: ${ROMMCOMM_GGREQUESTZ_ENABLED:-true}
+      GGREQUESTZ_URL: http://ggrequestz:3000
+      GGREQUESTZ_API_KEY: ${GGREQUESTZ_API_KEY:-}
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/romm-comm/data:/app/data
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+  igir-worker:
+    image: node:22-alpine
+    container_name: igir-worker
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles: ["validation"]
+    working_dir: /work
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "npm install -g igir@latest && sleep infinity"]
+    volumes:
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/staging:/staging
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/dat:/dat:ro
+      - ${ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA:-/opt/docker/romm-automation}/reports:/reports
+      # Mount production RomM only after staging tests are verified.
+      # - ${ROMM_LIBRARY_PATH:?set ROMM_LIBRARY_PATH in .env}:/romm/library
+    networks:
+      - romm-automation
+
+networks:
+  romm-automation:
+    name: romm-automation
+    driver: bridge
diff --git a/romm-automation.env.example b/romm-automation.env.example
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+# RomM Automation / Intake trial stack example environment
+# Copy to .env on the Docker host/Portainer stack and fill in real values.
+# Do not commit real secrets.
+
+TZ=America/Chicago
+PUID=1000
+PGID=1000
+
+# Docker-Test trial data root. Keep this staging-only until validated.
+ROMM_AUTOMATION_DATA=/opt/docker/romm-automation
+
+# Published ports on the Docker host
+GGREQUESTZ_PORT=3003
+ROMARR_PORT=9797
+
+# GG Requestz support services
+GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_DB=ggrequestz
+GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_USER=ggrequestz
+GGREQUESTZ_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change_me_generate_long_random
+GGREQUESTZ_REDIS_PASSWORD=change_me_generate_long_random
+GGREQUESTZ_TYPESENSE_API_KEY=change_me_generate_long_random
+GGREQUESTZ_SESSION_SECRET=change_me_generate_32_plus_chars
+GGREQUESTZ_AUTH_METHOD=basic
+GGREQUESTZ_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://192.168.20.226:3003
+
+# Optional Authentik/OIDC later. Leave blank for basic auth first.
+GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_ID=
+GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_CLIENT_SECRET=
+GGREQUESTZ_AUTHENTIK_ISSUER=
+
+# IGDB/Twitch credentials required by GG Requestz and useful for RomM-ComM requests.
+IGDB_CLIENT_ID=fill_me
+IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET=fill_me
+
+# Existing RomM connection. Fill after confirming current RomM URL/account.
+ROMM_SERVER_URL=http://your-romm-host:port
+ROMM_USERNAME=fill_me
+ROMM_PASSWORD=fill_me
+
+# Romarr image. Upstream docs list romarr/romarr:latest, but the public image was not pullable
+# when this scaffold was created. Override this if we build/publish a local image.
+ROMARR_IMAGE=romarr/romarr:latest
+
+# Existing Arr stack connections for manual configuration inside Romarr/GG Requestz.
+# These are documented here for setup reference; the apps may store them internally after UI config.
+PROWLARR_URL=http://your-prowlarr-host:9696
+QBITTORRENT_URL=http://your-vpn-qbit-host:8080
+QBITTORRENT_CATEGORY=romarr
+
+# RomM-ComM / Discord bot. Only needed if starting the discord profile.
+ROMMCOMM_DISCORD_TOKEN=fill_me
+ROMMCOMM_GUILD_ID=fill_me
+ROMMCOMM_ADMIN_ID=
+ROMMCOMM_DOMAIN=
+ROMMCOMM_CHANNEL_ID=
+ROMMCOMM_RECENT_ROMS_CHANNEL_ID=
+ROMMCOMM_REQUESTS_ENABLED=true
+ROMMCOMM_RECENT_ROMS_ENABLED=true
+ROMMCOMM_GGREQUESTZ_ENABLED=true
+GGREQUESTZ_API_KEY=
+
+# Production RomM library path. Do not mount until staging/validation is proven.
+# ROMM_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/romm/library