diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d131f3a..8d79f69 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -603,6 +603,94 @@ services:
     ports:
       - ${PG_PORT:-54321}:5432
 
+  lksm_starter:
+    image: ${COMPOSE_IMAGE:-labkey/community}
+    container_name: lksm_starter
+    depends_on:
+      - pg-lksm_starter
+    ports:
+      - ${HOST_PORT:-8443}:8443
+      - 7199:7199
+    volumes:
+      - ./mounts/logs:/labkey/logs
+    environment:
+      - LOG_LEVEL_SPRING_WEB=INFO
+      - LOG_LEVEL_TOMCAT=DEBUG
+      - LOG_LEVEL_DEFAULT=DEBUG
+      - LOG_LEVEL_LABKEY_DEFAULT=DEBUG
+      - LOG_LEVEL_API_SETTINGS=DEBUG
+      - LOG_LEVEL_API_MODULELOADER=DEBUG
+
+      - LOGGER_PATTERN=%-80.80logger{79}
+
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=pg-lksm_starter
+
+      - MAX_JVM_RAM_PERCENT=${MAX_JVM_RAM_PERCENT:-75.0}
+      - JAVA_PRE_JAR_EXTRA=-XX:+UseSerialGC -Xss512k
+
+      - SMTP_HOST=${SMTP_HOST}
+      - SMTP_AUTH=true
+      - SMTP_PORT=587
+      - SMTP_STARTTLS=true
+
+      - LABKEY_SYSTEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS=${SMTP_FROM}
+
+      - LABKEY_SSM_PREFIX=${LABKEY_SSM_PREFIX}
+      - LABKEY_VPC_SSM_PREFIX=${LABKEY_VPC_SSM_PREFIX}
+      - AWS_REGION=${AWS_REGION}
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+      - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=${AWS_SESSION_TOKEN}
+      # non-AWS: set these to supply credentials directly instead of via SSM
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-localdevpassword}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}
+      - LABKEY_EK=${LABKEY_EK:-}
+      - SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USER:-}
+      - SMTP_PASSWORD=${SMTP_PASSWORD:-}
+
+      # If these parameters are set or set to null use provided; else set values to create initial user
+      - LABKEY_CREATE_INITIAL_USER=${LABKEY_CREATE_INITIAL_USER-1}
+      - LABKEY_CREATE_INITIAL_USER_APIKEY=${LABKEY_CREATE_INITIAL_USER_APIKEY-1}
+
+      - POSTGRES_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS=${POSTGRES_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS:-50}
+      - POSTGRES_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS=${POSTGRES_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS:-10}
+      - POSTGRES_MAX_WAIT_MILLIS=${POSTGRES_MAX_WAIT_MILLIS:-120000}
+      - POSTGRES_ACCESS_UNDERLYING_CONNECTIONS=${POSTGRES_ACCESS_UNDERLYING_CONNECTIONS:-true}
+      - POSTGRES_VALIDATION_QUERY=${POSTGRES_VALIDATION_QUERY:-SELECT 1}
+
+      - LABKEY_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_S3_URI=${LABKEY_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_S3_URI}
+      - LABKEY_OPTIONAL_APP_PROPERTIES_S3_URI=${LABKEY_OPTIONAL_APP_PROPERTIES_S3_URI}
+      - LABKEY_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_S3_URI=${LABKEY_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_S3_URI}
+      - LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE=${LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE-log4j2.xml}
+      - LOG4J_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=${LOG4J_CONFIG_OVERRIDE}
+      - JSON_OUTPUT=${JSON_OUTPUT-false}
+      - DD_COLLECT_APM=${DD_COLLECT_APM-false}
+      - SLEEP=${SLEEP:-0}
+      - PURGE_HEAP_AND_ERROR_LOGS_OLDER_THAN_DAYS=${PURGE_HEAP_AND_ERROR_LOGS_OLDER_THAN_DAYS:-90}
+      - PURGE_MTNC_LOGS_OLDER_THAN_DAYS=${PURGE_MTNC_LOGS_OLDER_THAN_DAYS:-90}
+      - LABKEY_EXTERNAL_MODULES=${LABKEY_EXTERNAL_MODULES:-/labkey/files/externalModules}
+
+  pg-lksm_starter:
+    image: postgres:${PG_VERSION:-18}
+    entrypoint:
+      - "/bin/bash"
+      - "-c"
+      - "docker-entrypoint.sh postgres"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-localdevpassword}
+      - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "postgres"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s
+    volumes:
+      - ./pgdata/${IDENT:-postgres}-${PG_VERSION:-18}-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    ports:
+      - ${PG_PORT:-54321}:5432
+
   lims_enterprise:
     image: ${COMPOSE_IMAGE:-labkey/community}
     container_name: lims_enterprise