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--remove-orphans cleans up containers from services that no longer exist in docker-compose.yml — handy if you’re upgrading from an older version of this repo.

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What happens on first startup

Compose brings services up in this order, waiting on each dependency:
1

db and redis start

MySQL and Redis start first.
2

app-migrations runs

Runs Django migrations against the database, then exits.
3

init-commands runs

Bootstraps your organization and admin user, then exits. This is what creates the organization from ON_PREM_ORGANIZATION_NAME and assigns your superuser the owner role — no manual Django Admin steps needed.
4

app, celery-worker, and dashboard start

The backend, background worker, and dashboard come up once the steps above complete successfully.
The first startup takes a little longer than subsequent restarts, since it includes pulling images (if you haven’t already) and running migrations. Watch progress with:
Once everything is up, continue to Verifying the deployment.