diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f39462..9ade256 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,7 +121,22 @@ The command names the host explicitly. The program defaults to the loopback
 address, where it answers only itself, so a container started without it would
 serve nothing to anyone.
 
-There is no `HEALTHCHECK`. Probing `GET /health` is what an orchestrator
+`docker-compose.yml` does the same thing with the settings a long-running
+service wants: it restarts unless stopped, mounts the filesystem read-only
+because nothing is written to it, drops the ability to gain privileges, and
+probes the service every thirty seconds.
+
+```sh
+cd apsis-book
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+The probe is written against the shell rather than against a tool, because
+the image carries no HTTP client: it carries one binary and nothing else, and
+adding a client for a probe would undo that. `bash` opens the connection,
+writes the request and reads the status line back.
+
+There is no `HEALTHCHECK` in the image itself. Probing `GET /health` is what an orchestrator
 should do, and a probe inside the container would mean adding an HTTP client
 to an image that needs no other tool. A Kubernetes probe says the same thing
 without one:
@@ -230,6 +245,7 @@ apsis-book/
 │   └── concepts/<layer>/     documents, one directory per layer
 ├── Dockerfile                the release image, in three stages
 ├── Dockerfile.dockerignore   what the image build is not sent
+├── docker-compose.yml        runs the image with the settings it wants
 ├── frontend/                 Svelte and TypeScript, built by Vite
 │   ├── src/lib/              API client, router, components, formatting
 │   ├── src/pages/            one component per route
diff --git a/README.zh.md b/README.zh.md
index 91fa81e..bb38328 100644
--- a/README.zh.md
+++ b/README.zh.md
@@ -105,7 +105,19 @@ docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 apsis-book:0.1.0
 命令中显式给出主机。程序的默认值是回环地址，那里它只回应自己，因此不带这一项启动
 的容器不会向任何人提供服务。
 
-镜像没有 `HEALTHCHECK`。探测 `GET /health` 是编排系统应当做的事，而在容器内部
+`docker-compose.yml` 做同样的事，并带上长时间运行的服务所需要的设置：除非被停止
+否则自动重启，因文件系统不被写入而以只读方式挂载，去掉取得更多权限的能力，并且
+每三十秒探测一次服务。
+
+```sh
+cd apsis-book
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+该探针用 shell 写成而不是用某个工具，因为镜像不携带 HTTP 客户端：它只携带一个
+二进制，为探针添加客户端会破坏这一点。`bash` 打开连接、写入请求并读回状态行。
+
+镜像本身没有 `HEALTHCHECK`。探测 `GET /health` 是编排系统应当做的事，而在容器内部
 探测意味着给一个不需要其他工具的体积里加上 HTTP 客户端。Kubernetes 的探针无须
 它即可表达同一件事：
 
@@ -202,6 +214,7 @@ apsis-book/
 │   └── concepts/<layer>/     文档，每层一个目录
 ├── Dockerfile                发布镜像，分三个阶段
 ├── Dockerfile.dockerignore   镜像构建不接收的内容
+├── docker-compose.yml        以长期运行所需的设置来运行镜像
 ├── frontend/                 Svelte 与 TypeScript，由 Vite 构建
 │   ├── src/lib/              API 客户端、路由器、组件、格式化
 │   ├── src/pages/            每个路由一个组件
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf7c146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Running the release image.
+#
+# The service keeps nothing between runs: the documents, the graphs, the
+# interface catalogue and the frontend are all inside the binary, and the
+# only thing it writes is what it sends. The service is therefore mounted
+# read-only and can be replaced at any time.
+#
+# 运行发布镜像。
+#
+# 服务在两次运行之间不保留任何东西：文档、图谱、接口目录与前端都在二进制里，它
+# 唯一写出的东西就是它发送的内容。因此该服务以只读方式挂载，且可以随时被替换。
+#
+# From this directory:
+#
+#     docker compose up --build
+#
+# 在本目录执行上面那条命令。
+#
+# The build context is the directory above, because the crate depends on
+# `apsis-rs` by path. A reader who only wants to run a published image can
+# drop the `build` section and keep `image`.
+#
+# 构建上下文是上一级目录，因为该 crate 以路径依赖引用 `apsis-rs`。如果只想运行
+# 已发布的镜像，可以删去 `build` 一节而保留 `image`。
+
+name: apsis-book
+
+services:
+  apsis-book:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: apsis-book/Dockerfile
+    image: apsis-book:0.1.0
+
+    # The container listens on 8080 and the host side is a matter of taste,
+    # so it is a variable with a default rather than a constant.
+    #
+    # 容器监听 8080，而宿主机一侧是个人偏好，因此它是一个带默认值的变量而不是
+    # 常量。
+    ports:
+      - "${APSIS_BOOK_PORT:-8080}:8080"
+
+    # A documentation service has no reason to stop, and a machine that
+    # restarts should bring it back.
+    #
+    # 文档服务没有理由停止，而重启的机器应当把它带回来。
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    # The filesystem is not written to, so it is mounted read-only, and the
+    # process runs as `nobody` with no way to gain more than it has.
+    #
+    # 文件系统不被写入，因此以只读方式挂载；进程以 `nobody` 运行，且无法取得超出
+    # 自身已有的权限。
+    read_only: true
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+
+    # The probe is written against the shell rather than against a tool,
+    # because the image carries no HTTP client: it carries one binary and
+    # nothing else, and adding a client for a probe would undo that.
+    #
+    # 该探针用 shell 写成而不是用某个工具，因为镜像不携带 HTTP 客户端：它只携带
+    # 一个二进制，为探针添加客户端会破坏这一点。
+    #
+    # `bash` opens the connection as a file descriptor, the request is written
+    # to it, and the status line is read back.
+    #
+    # `bash` 把连接打开为一个文件描述符，请求写入其中，状态行从中读回。
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - CMD-SHELL
+        - >-
+          exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8080 || exit 1;
+          printf 'GET /health HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' >&3;
+          grep -q '200 OK' <&3
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      # Three failures in a row, which is ninety seconds of a service that is
+      # not answering, before the container is called unhealthy.
+      #
+      # 连续三次失败，即服务九十秒没有回应，才把容器判为不健康。
+      retries: 3
+      # The content is parsed at startup and is small, so the service is
+      # listening within the first second.
+      #
+      # 内容在启动时解析且体量很小，因此服务在第一秒内就已监听。
+      start_period: 5s