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+### PHP-App ###
+This is a `docker-compose` based project for a PHP application served by NGINX and backed by a MariaDB Database
+
+You can find a directory for every microservice:
+ * nginx
+ * mariadb
+ * app
+ 
+All container are alpinelinux based