diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 25bad38519..73c8ed7d44 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ clean:
 changelog:
 	docker compose run web bundle exec github_changelog_generator
 
+db:
+	docker compose up -d db
+
 time-to-live ?= 3h
 review_cluster = ${shell ./playbook-website/bin/deployer ./playbook-website/bin/cluster_for_review_stack pr$(pr)}
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 08164e4db4..1b2650db3a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,48 @@ services:
       - bundle:/usr/local/bundle
     ports:
       - "8089:3000"
+  db:
+    platform: linux/x86_64
+    image: percona:8.0.27-18@sha256:f649b06357456689c24601fe919d585dce5b289c623bb547f84acc458c34c0d0
+    init: true
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"  # Map the host port 3306 to the container port 3306
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mysql", "-u", "root", "-ppassword", "-e", "SHOW DATABASES;"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 20s
+    networks:
+      - main
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7.4.0-alpine@sha256:c35af3bbcef51a62c8bae5a9a563c6f1b60d7ebaea4cb5a3ccbcc157580ae098
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "PING"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 2s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 20s
+    ports:
+      - 6379
+    networks:
+      - main
+  influxdb:
+    image: influxdb:2.7.10@sha256:aac51f94d98041e591aa4a5f36294080dd7987c1033ff115febfab98adcda61d
+    container_name: influxdb
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE: setup
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME: admin
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD: passwordpasswordpassword
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG: web
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET: app_data
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN: influxdbwebtoken
+    ports:
+      - 8086:8086
+    networks:
+      - main
+networks:
+  main:
diff --git a/playbook-website/Gemfile b/playbook-website/Gemfile
index e74c01ade0..4f5bc2f843 100644
--- a/playbook-website/Gemfile
+++ b/playbook-website/Gemfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ gem "bootsnap", ">= 1.1.0", require: false
 # livenessProbe and readinessProbe. See: https://github.com/powerhome/playbook/blob/master/playbook/config/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml.erb
 gem "health_check"
 
+gem "mysql2", "0.5.6"
 gem "redcarpet", "~> 3.6"
 gem 'front_matter_parser', "~> 1.0.1"
 gem "rouge", "~> 3.15"
diff --git a/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock b/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
index 3bc1bfb9fe..4bc4e355a4 100644
--- a/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ GEM
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     minitest (5.25.1)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
+    mysql2 (0.5.6)
     net-imap (0.4.15)
       date
       net-protocol
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   front_matter_parser (~> 1.0.1)
   health_check
   listen
+  mysql2 (= 0.5.6)
   playbook_ui!
   psych (< 4)
   puma (~> 6.3)
diff --git a/playbook-website/app/models/application_record.rb b/playbook-website/app/models/application_record.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08dc537989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbook-website/app/models/application_record.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
+  primary_abstract_class
+end
diff --git a/playbook-website/bin/rails b/playbook-website/bin/rails
index 6fb4e4051c..efc0377492 100755
--- a/playbook-website/bin/rails
+++ b/playbook-website/bin/rails
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../config/application', __dir__)
+APP_PATH = File.expand_path("../config/application", __dir__)
 require_relative "../config/boot"
 require "rails/commands"
diff --git a/playbook-website/bin/setup b/playbook-website/bin/setup
index 1ac8ce0b7a..ec47b79b3b 100755
--- a/playbook-website/bin/setup
+++ b/playbook-website/bin/setup
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require "fileutils"
 
 # path to your application root.
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
+APP_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
 
 def system!(*args)
   system(*args) || abort("\n== Command #{args} failed ==")
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@ FileUtils.chdir APP_ROOT do
   # This script is idempotent, so that you can run it at any time and get an expectable outcome.
   # Add necessary setup steps to this file.
 
-  puts '== Installing dependencies =='
-  system! 'gem install bundler --conservative'
-  system('bundle check') || system!('bundle install')
+  puts "== Installing dependencies =="
+  system! "gem install bundler --conservative"
+  system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
 
-  # Install JavaScript dependencies
-  system! 'bin/yarn'
+  # puts "\n== Copying sample files =="
+  # unless File.exist?("config/database.yml")
+  #   FileUtils.cp "config/database.yml.sample", "config/database.yml"
+  # end
+
+  puts "\n== Preparing database =="
+  system! "bin/rails db:prepare"
 
   puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
-  system! 'bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear'
+  system! "bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear"
 
   puts "\n== Restarting application server =="
-  system! 'bin/rails restart'
+  system! "bin/rails restart"
 end
diff --git a/playbook-website/config/application.rb b/playbook-website/config/application.rb
index 786e521774..a2ef4578b4 100644
--- a/playbook-website/config/application.rb
+++ b/playbook-website/config/application.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Pick the frameworks you want:
 require "active_model/railtie"
 require "active_job/railtie"
-# require "active_record/railtie"
+require "active_record/railtie"
 # require "active_storage/engine"
 require "action_controller/railtie"
 # require "action_mailer/railtie"
diff --git a/playbook-website/config/database.yml b/playbook-website/config/database.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d328f8c1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbook-website/config/database.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+default: &default
+  adapter: mysql2
+  encoding: utf8
+  pool: 5
+  username: root
+  password: password
+  host: 127.0.0.1 
+  port: 3306
+
+development:
+  <<: *default
+  database: playbook_website_dev
+
+test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: playbook_website_test
+
+production:
+  <<: *default
+  database: playbook_website_prod
diff --git a/playbook-website/db/schema.rb b/playbook-website/db/schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc29ad706d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbook-website/db/schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# This file is the source Rails uses to define your schema when running `bin/rails
+# db:schema:load`. When creating a new database, `bin/rails db:schema:load` tends to
+# be faster and is potentially less error prone than running all of your
+# migrations from scratch. Old migrations may fail to apply correctly if those
+# migrations use external dependencies or application code.
+#
+# It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 0) do
+end