diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 27d5001..aabc38a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ services:
     - DATABASE_TYPE=postgres
     - DATABASE_CLASS=mailman.database.postgresql.PostgreSQLDatabase
     - HYPERKITTY_API_KEY=someapikey
+    - SMTP_HOST=localhost
+    - SMTP_PORT=25
+    - SMTP_HOST_USER=postfix
+
     ports:
     - "127.0.0.1:8001:8001" # API
     - "127.0.0.1:8024:8024" # LMTP - incoming emails
@@ -42,6 +46,10 @@ services:
     - DATABASE_TYPE=postgres
     - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://mailman:mailmanpass@database/mailmandb
     - HYPERKITTY_API_KEY=someapikey
+    - SERVE_FROM_DOMAIN=devmailman.hks.harvard.edu
+    - MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER=pthornton
+    - MAILMAN_ADMIN_EMAIL=peter_thornton@hks.harvard.edu
+    - SECRET_KEY=somesecretkey
     ports:
     - "127.0.0.1:8000:8000" # HTTP
     - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080" # uwsgi
@@ -63,7 +71,21 @@ services:
       retries: 5
     networks:
       mailman:
-
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:latest
+    container_name: nginx
+    ports:
+    - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+    - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+    - /path/to/ssl/certs:/etc/ssl/certs:ro
+    environment:
+    - SSL_CERT_PATH=/etc/ssl/certs/devmailman_hks_harvard_edu.pem
+    - SSL_CERT_KEY_PATH=/etc/ssl/certs/devmailman-hks-harvard.edu.key
+    depends_on:
+      - mailman-web
+    networks:
+      - mailman
 networks:
   mailman:
     driver: bridge
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84918ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+server {
+
+   listen 443 ssl default_server;
+   listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
+
+   server_name devmailman.hks.harvard.edu;
+   location /static/ {
+        alias /opt/mailman/web/static/;
+   }
+
+   location / {
+           proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
+           proxy_set_header Host $host;
+           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+
+   }
+   ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/devmailman_hks_harvard_edu.pem;
+   ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/certs/devmailman-hks-harvard.edu.key;
+
+}
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