This repository is an educational Docker tutorial centered on a functional Django REST API application. The core implementation uses Docker Compose to orchestrate two services: a Django web container (DRF) and a PostgreSQL container, with explicit health checks, JSON-file logging limitations, named volumes, and user-defined networks. The Django API itself is a basic music CRUD service with endpoints under /api/musics, secured behind authentication, and housed in a straightforward project structure that demonstrates the typical pattern of a containerized Python microservice. Beyond the main tutorial, the repo provides stand-alone Docker Compose examples covering advanced patterns: YAML anchors to reduce configuration repetition, docker-compose override to batch operate multiple databases, environment variable substitution with .env files, profiles for selective service boot, and cAdvisor for container resource monitoring. Each subfolder includes a README and ready-to-run configuration, making the entire repository a one-stop teaching resource for Docker Compose patterns and best practices. The code is not intended as a production tool but rather as a self-contained, reproducible learning blueprint that shows how to build and manage containerized stacks with modern features. While the application layer is deliberately simple, the Docker-compose layer embodies several good practices around health and logging, and the advanced usage of YAML anchors and overrides exemplifies high-quality configuration craftsmanship that is directly reusable in other projects.