diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/.gitignore b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be0af5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# don't commit credentials
+db_root_password.txt
+db_password.txt
+# sql dump shall be created new every time (from the productive system)
+cwsvjudo.sql
+
diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/PHP.dockerfile b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/PHP.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4efb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/PHP.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# select base image
+FROM php:fpm
+
+# startup scripts for the image
+# - docker-php-ext-install -- install helper script from PHP
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
+
+# install and add xdebug extension
+# @todo What is pecl?
+# @todo What is xdebug and how do I use it?
+RUN pecl install xdebug && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug
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diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/app/public/mysql.php b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/app/public/mysql.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e05e40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/app/public/mysql.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+# demo file testing the docker installed db
+$pdo = new PDO(
+    'mysql:dbname=tutorial; host=mysql',
+    'tutorial', 
+    'secret',
+    [PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION]
+);
+
+$query = $pdo->query('SHOW VARIABLES like "version"');
+
+$row = $query->fetch();
+
+echo 'MYSQL version: '. $row['Value'];
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diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_password.txt.template b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_password.txt.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21067f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_password.txt.template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+insert_MYSQL_PASSWORD_here_and_remove_template_in_filename
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diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_root_password.txt.template b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_root_password.txt.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38316a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/db_root_password.txt.template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+insert_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_here_and_remove_template_in_filename
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diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-clean b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-clean
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f938dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-clean
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# stop all containers
+docker-compose down --remove-orphans
+# delete all containers
+docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
+# delete all volumes
+docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)
diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-compose.yml b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-compose.yml
index f428c2b..257c96f 100644
--- a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # version for the docker compose file to use
 version: "3"
+
 # a dict of services running in the container label: {<service>} label is a self defined name for the service
 services:
-  # the web service
+  # the webserver service
   web:
     image: nginx:latest
     # port forwarding
@@ -13,7 +14,60 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx.conf
       - ./app:/app
+  # php and extensions
   php:
-    image: php:fpm
+    # use pre-build image from docker..
+    # image: php:fpm
+    # .. or build your own image
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: PHP.dockerfile
+    # files and directories to be available in the container
+    # @todo Except from better structuring: Is there a reason for not having the volumes as one central list?
     volumes:
       - ./app:/app
+  # install a dm
+  # @todo Maybe use postgre instead?
+  database:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    restart: always
+    # define environment variables
+    # @todo Should credentials be placed here? Even if it is just a test environment
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_USER: 'cwsvjudo'
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: 'cwsvjudo'
+      MYSQL_TCP_PORT: '3306'
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_root_password
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_password
+    volumes:
+      - mysqldata:/var/lib/mysql
+      # initial database
+      # - has to be created first, e.g., by dumping the database from the prooductive system
+      - ./cwsvjudo.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/cwsvjudo.sql
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
+    secrets:
+      - db_root_password
+      - db_password
+  # phpmyadmin
+  phpmyadmin:
+    image: phpmyadmin:latest
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - database
+    ports:
+      - 8080:80
+    environment:
+      # name of the host is the name of the db service started above! Why? I don't know!
+      - PMA_HOST=database
+      - PMA_PORT=3306 
+      # - PMA_ARBITRARY=1
+volumes:
+  # data storage for the db
+  mysqldata: {}
+
+secrets:
+  db_root_password:
+    file: db_root_password.txt
+  db_password:
+    file: db_password.txt
diff --git a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/nginx.conf b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/nginx.conf
index 1e41db9..69bc4f4 100644
--- a/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/nginx.conf
+++ b/homepage/cwsvJudo/participo/nginx.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# @todo Needs helpfull comments.
 server {
     listen 80 default_server;
     root /app/public;