diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85ae518..f3ea9b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .vscode
 /backend/pyrightconfig.json
 /backend/.python-version
+/backend/.env
+/backend/app/.env
diff --git a/backend/app/.env-example b/backend/app/.env-example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1187c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/.env-example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+POSTGRES_DB=
+POSTGRES_HOST=
+POSTGRES_PORT=
diff --git a/backend/app/db_engine.py b/backend/app/db_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e576a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/db_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine, async_sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
+import dotenv
+import os
+
+dotenv.load_dotenv()
+
+PG_USER = dotenv.get_key(".env", "PG_USER")
+PG_PASSWORD = dotenv.get_key(".env", "PG_PASSWORD")
+PG_HOST = dotenv.get_key(".env", "PG_HOST")
+PG_PORT = dotenv.get_key(".env", "PG_PORT")
+PG_DB = dotenv.get_key(".env", "PG_DB")
+
+DATABASE_URL = (
+    f"postgresql+asyncpg://{PG_USER}:{PG_PASSWORD}@{PG_HOST}:{PG_PORT}/{PG_DB}"
+)
+
+engine = create_async_engine(
+    DATABASE_URL,
+    echo=False,     
+    future=True,
+)
+
+async_session_maker = async_sessionmaker(
+    engine,
+    class_=AsyncSession,
+    expire_on_commit=False,
+)
+
+
+class Base(DeclarativeBase):
+    pass
+
+async def get_async_session():
+    async with async_session_maker() as session:
+        yield session
+
+
+async def init_db():
+    async with engine.begin() as conn:
+        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+
diff --git a/backend/app/models/guestbook.py b/backend/app/models/guestbook.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/app/models/posts.py b/backend/app/models/posts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b6c257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/models/posts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, ForeignKey, DateTime
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+
+from app.db_engine import Base
+
+
+class Post(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "posts"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True, autoincrement=True, nullable=False)
+    title = Column(String, index=True, nullable=False)
+    content = Column(String, index=True, nullable=False)
+    images = Column(String, index=True)
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, index=True)
+
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e7d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:18-alpine3.22
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+    volumes:
+      - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+  backend:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST}
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=${POSTGRES_PORT}
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+volumes:
+  postgres:
+    driver: local
+
+networks:
+  backend:
+    driver: bridge
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 343a26b..dc7b911 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
+    "asyncpg>=0.30.0",
     "fastapi>=0.121.3",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.2.1",
     "sqlalchemy>=2.0.44",
     "uvicorn>=0.38.0",
 ]
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index f3440a0..eead47c 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
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+
 [[package]]
 name = "backend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "asyncpg" },
     { name = "fastapi" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "uvicorn" },
 ]
 
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     { name = "fastapi", specifier = ">=0.121.3" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.2.1" },
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