diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/.env b/docker-compose/aio/.env
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+NC_INSTALL_ROOT=./
+NO_COLOR=NEST_JS_LOG_MESSAGE_NO_COLOR_SET_NON_NULL_VALUE
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/.gitignore b/docker-compose/aio/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da79846d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+conf/
+data/
+logs/
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/README.md b/docker-compose/aio/README.md
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+# Install all-in-one nocodb with Docker (compose)
+
+This page provides instructions to install nocodb all-in-one (aio) using Docker-Compse. The installation will run multiple contianers in single node which includes
+- nocodb
+- postgres
+- nginx
+- redis
+
+## Prerequisites
+Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites:
+
+- Docker (version 20.10.7 or later)
+- Docker-Compose (version 2.17.3 or later)
+- Ports 80 and 443 are available 
+
+TIP: you could simply run [./pre-req-check.sh](./pre-req-check.sh) which performs pre-requisite check.
+
+## Install 
+Run [install.sh](./install.sh), This script performs pre-requisite check, prompts you through required application properties and finally performs `docker-compose up -d`. 
+For most cases where no external integration required. The defaults properties are just fine. 
+```
+sudo ./install.sh 
+```
+Note: sudo is required for docker to run unless you have configured docker user to be part of sudoers. If sudo is not used then you will get error `('Connection aborted.', PermissionError(13, 'Permission denied'))`
+
+* At this point, your installation is completed and you should be able to access your nocodb instance *
+
+### An example output will be like below. 
+```
+./install.sh 
+** Performing nocodb system check and setup. This step may require sudo permissions
+ | Checking if required tools (docker, docker-compose, jq, lsof) are installed...
+ | Checking port accessibility...
+ | Port 80 is free.
+ | WARNING: Port 443 is in use. Please make sure it is free.
+** System check completed successfully. **
+** Few pre-requisites are failing. Recommend to resolve and proceed. However you could still proceed to install **
+ | Press Y to continue or N to skip (Y/N)? 
+Preparing environment file before install..
+ | Press Y to continue with defaults or N to customise app properties (Y/N)
+Backing up previous docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env file to nocodb/docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env-1707455571.bak
+Environment variables written to docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env file.
+Installing docker containers
+```
+
+## Data and Conf directories
+This directory acts as the NC_INSTALL_ROOT by default and it will have data, conf directories which are `.gitingore` to avoid accidentlly exposing to git repository. 
+During installation the default properties are configured at [nc_properties.env](./conf/nc_properties.env) which can be updated if required and restarted 
+
+```
+.
+├── conf
+│   └── nc_properties.env
+├── data
+│   ├── nginx
+│   ├── nocodb
+│   ├── postgres
+│   └── redis
+├── docker
+│   └── docker-compose.yml
+```
+
+
+## what does install.sh do
+[Install script](./install.sh) performs the following steps
+1. pre-req-check.sh and warns if there is anything missing which could potentially cause issues at later stage. However it will let you proceed if you wish to.
+2. create application properties file under conf dir which will then be used for future upgrades etc.
+3. runs docker-compose up -d
+
+## Advanced Operations
+Refer [advanced section](./advanced.md) for advanced operations like setting up ssl, updating configurations, restarts etc
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/advanced.md b/docker-compose/aio/advanced.md
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+# Advanced operations 
+
+## Restarting containers 
+There are atleast 4 main containers which are running as part of this installation through same docker-compose. The same docker-compose can be leveraged to restart any or all of these containers. 
+
+Use [restart.sh](./bin/restart.sh) or Use below command to restart all containers
+``` docker compose restart ```
+
+To restart individual containers with name ( names:  nocodb, nginx, postgres, redis)\
+ex: to restart nginx\
+``` docker compose restart nginx ```
+
+## Reload nginx 
+use utility script at [./bin/nginx_reload.sh](./bin/nginx_reload.sh)
+
+## [TBD] Upgrade nocodb instance 
+
+## Enable SSL
+To enable SSL for incoming https requests, nginx should be configured with combination of a public certificate and a private key. The SSL private key is kept secret on the server. It will be used to encrypt content sent to clients. 
+Below are different approaches to get and configure certificates. Make your choice
+### letsencrypt for generating certificates 
+Certificates/key can be obtained by trusted CA (Certificate Authorities), there are many paid vendors found online or you can also use [letsencrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) a non profit certificate provider for free however we recommend [donating](https://www.abetterinternet.org/donate/) for their work.
+
+Run the script to create certificate using the script 
+```
+./bin/gen_letsencrypt_cert.sh 
+```
+
+### [TBD] Bring your own certificates 
+If you already have the certificates, either self signed or generated by any other means, you will need to configure them with nginx. Below are the steps
+
+### [TBD] Self signed certificates 
+One of the pre-requisite is that your server should be associated with the domain name. In the absence of that you could use self signed certificates which does ecrypt but browsers show warning.
+
+## Database password rotation 
+As a security measure, It is best practice to rotate the database credentials periodically. Assuming you would have created new credentials in postgres database. The db credentials are persisted on filesystem as part of initial install and it will be available at 
+[./conf/nc_properties.env](./conf/nc_properties.env)\
+update properties POSTGRES_USER, POSTGRES_PASSWORD with new credentials and [restarting nocodb](#restarting-containers) with\
+```docker compose restart nocodb```
+
+## nginx configurations 
+There are two main directories where nginx configurations are maintained 
+- nocodb team managed configurations at [nginx/conf.d](./conf/nginx/conf.d).
+- self managed (you) [conf/nginx/conf.d](./conf/nginx/conf.d) 
+
+## postgres configurations 
+[postgres.conf](./data/postgres/postgresql.conf) and [pg_hba.conf](./data/postgres/pg_hba.conf) are created under ./data/postgres directory upon first postgres container creation. The configurations can be updated and restarted continer to take affect.
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/gen_letsencrypt_cert.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/gen_letsencrypt_cert.sh
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+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/gen_letsencrypt_cert.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# expects nginx to be up and running with conf.d/certbot.conf
+# dns to be mapped to the machine where cert is generated
+#
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+SERVER_NAME=${1}
+if [[ -z "$SERVER_NAME" ]]
+then
+    echo "required argument servername"
+    echo "usage ex: ./gen_certs my.nocodb.com"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Creating configs for SERVER_NAME: ${SERVER_NAME}"
+cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../conf/nginx/conf.d
+sed "s,<SERVER_NAME>,${SERVER_NAME},g" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../nginx/conf-templates/certbot_conf.template > certbot.conf
+
+cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../bin
+./nginx_start.sh 
+./nginx_reload.sh 
+
+echo "Triggering certbot to create ssl configs: ${SERVER_NAME}"
+cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/..
+docker-compose run --rm  certbot certonly --webroot --webroot-path /var/www/certbot/  -d ${SERVER_NAME} 
+result=$?
+
+if [[ $result == 1 ]]; then
+    echo "cert generation failed"
+    echo "rolling back the certs and reloading nginx"    
+else
+    echo "Now reload nginx with new ssl configs for your site : ${SERVER_NAME}"
+    cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../conf/nginx/conf.d
+    rm -f certbot.conf 
+    sed "s,<SERVER_NAME>,${SERVER_NAME},g" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../nginx/conf-templates/ssl_server_name_conf.template > ${SERVER_NAME}.conf
+fi    
+rm -rf ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../conf/nginx/conf.d/certbot.conf
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/../bin/nginx_reload.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_reload.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_reload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3e591ee95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_reload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+docker exec -it nginx /etc/init.d/nginx reload
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_start.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24b2292837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/nginx_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# starts the docker containers configured in this components 
+# docker compose dir
+#
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+COMPONENT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR}/../
+cd ${COMPONENT_DIR}
+mkdir -p ${COMPONENT_DIR}/data
+chmod -R 777 ${COMPONENT_DIR}/data
+docker-compose restart nginx
+
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/renew_certs.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/renew_certs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7e9de5b2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/renew_certs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../
+sudo docker-compose run --rm certbot renew -q
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/restart.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/restart.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4ed2710112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/restart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# docker-compose restart all containers utilty script
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+COMPONENT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR}/../
+cd ${COMPONENT_DIR}
+docker-compose restart 
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/bin/start.sh b/docker-compose/aio/bin/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2c6c5f6251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/bin/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# docker-compose start 
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+COMPONENT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR}/../
+cd ${COMPONENT_DIR}
+docker-compose up -d 
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env b/docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a4755099b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/conf/nc_properties.env
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Environment Variables
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test123
+POSTGRES_DB=nocodb
+NC_REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/4
+NC_DB=pg://postgres:5432?u=postgres&password=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-nocodb}&d=postgres
+NC_PUBLIC_URL=http://rajanishs-MacBook-Pro.local
+NC_CONNECT_TO_EXTERNAL_DB_DISABLED=false
+NC_INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP=false
+NC_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@nocodb.com
+NC_ADMIN_PASSWORD=nocodb123
+NC_S3_BUCKET_NAME=nocodb-attachements
+
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/aio/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ecbb7f203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+networks:
+  nocodb-001:
+    # external: true
+    
+services:
+  redis: 
+    image: redis:latest
+    container_name: redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nc_properties.env
+    expose:
+      - "6379"    
+    volumes:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/data/redis:/data
+    networks:
+      - nocodb-001
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.5'
+          memory: 1000M      
+  
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:14.7
+    container_name: postgres
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nc_properties.env
+    expose:
+      - "5432"              
+    volumes:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/data/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data    
+    networks:
+      - nocodb-001
+    healthcheck: 
+      interval: 10s
+      retries: 10
+      test: "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"
+      timeout: 2s      
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '1'
+          memory: 1000M      
+  
+  nocodb:
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+      - redis
+    image: nocodb/nocodb:latest
+    container_name: nocodb
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nc_properties.env
+    expose:
+      - "8080"                 
+    volumes:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/data/nocodb:/usr/app/data/      
+    networks:
+      - nocodb-001
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '1'
+          memory: 1000M
+
+  nginx:
+    container_name: nginx
+    depends_on:
+      - nocodb
+    image: nginx
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nc_properties.env    
+    volumes:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/custom-conf.d:ro
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/nginx/conf:/opt/nocohub/nginx/conf
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/nginx/conf/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/data/nginx:/opt/nocohub/nginx/data
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nginx/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot/:ro
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nginx/certbot/conf/:/etc/nginx/ssl/:ro      
+      # -  ../nginx/conf/ssl:/etc/nginx/ssl/:ro   
+    expose:
+      - "80"                 
+      - "443"                 
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    networks:
+      - nocodb-001
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '1'
+          memory: 1000M    
+  certbot:
+    container_name: nocodb_certbot
+    image: certbot/certbot:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nginx/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot/:rw
+      - ${NC_INSTALL_ROOT:-/opt/nocodb}/conf/nginx/certbot/conf/:/etc/letsencrypt/:rw           
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/install.sh b/docker-compose/aio/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a1c566edab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Performs Initial setup and System Requirements Check 
+
+## 1. validate system requirements
+# a. docker, docker-compose, jq installed 
+# b. port mapping check 
+#   - port 80,443 are free or being used by nginx container
+#   - port 8080 is open if used for multi-instance setup
+#   - port 6379 for redis access
+#   - port 9001 for minio access 
+# c. docker repo accessiblity quay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2023-12-09T18-17-51Z, redis:latest, postgres:14.7, nocodb/nocodb:latest, nginx
+# d. licence check (tbd)
+
+# -- main line code starts here
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+## utility functions 
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/sbin/util.sh
+
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/pre-req-check.sh
+PRE_REQ_SUCCESS=$?
+if [[ ${PRE_REQ_SUCCESS} != 0 ]]
+then
+  echo "** Few pre-requisites are failing. Recommend to resolve and proceed. However you could still proceed to install **" >&2
+else
+  echo "** All pre-requistites are taken care of. Proceeding to install.. **" 
+fi  
+
+# ask do you want to proceed with all defaults,
+# if yes, then no prompts 
+if asksure; then
+    echo "Preparing environment file before install.."
+    promptUser=true
+    if asksure " | Press Y to continue with defaults or N to customise app properties (Y/N)"; then
+      promptUser=false      
+    fi
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/prepare_env.sh ${promptUser}
+    echo "Installing docker containers"
+    docker-compose -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/docker-compose.yml up -d
+  else
+    echo "Exiting without install. You can install using docker-compose -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/docker-compose.yml up -d "
+fi
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/certbot_conf.template b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/certbot_conf.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63b8609c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/certbot_conf.template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    
+    # chantge server_name while generating cert
+    server_name <SERVER_NAME>;
+
+    #access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
+
+    # this is required for cert generation. 
+    # change server_name as well with cname of required cert
+    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+        root /var/www/certbot;
+    }                     
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/ssl_server_name_conf.template b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/ssl_server_name_conf.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6a3eafcbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf-templates/ssl_server_name_conf.template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+server {
+    listen 443 default_server ssl;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl ;
+    # chantge server_name while generating cert
+    server_name <SERVER_NAME>;
+
+    # force https-redirects
+    if ($scheme = http) {
+        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
+    }
+    
+    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/live/<SERVER_NAME>/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/live/<SERVER_NAME>/privkey.pem;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://nocodb_backend;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_intercept_errors on;
+    }    
+
+    # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
+    # concurs with nginx's one
+    #
+    location ~ /\.ht {
+       deny  all;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/backends.conf b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/backends.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2090cbe544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/backends.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+upstream nocodb_backend {
+    server nocodb:8080;
+    # server nocodb-1:8080;
+    # server nocodb-2:8080;
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9a78f3a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+server {
+    
+    listen       80;
+    listen  [::]:80;
+    server_name  localhost;
+
+    location / {    	
+        proxy_pass http://nocodb_backend;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_intercept_errors on;
+        error_page 404 = @handle404;
+    }
+
+    location @handle404 {
+        rewrite ^ /dashboard permanent;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/fe_artf.conf b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf.d/fe_artf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf/nginx.conf b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6a3a2da04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+    include /etc/nginx/custom-conf.d/*.conf;
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/pre-req-check.sh b/docker-compose/aio/pre-req-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b19a22d119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/pre-req-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Performs Initial setup and System Requirements Check 
+
+## 1. validate system requirements
+# a. docker, docker-compose, jq installed 
+# b. port mapping check 
+#   - port 80,443 are free or being used by nginx container
+#   - port 8080 is open if used for multi-instance setup
+#   - port 6379 for redis access
+#   - port 9001 for minio access 
+# c. docker repo accessiblity quay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2023-12-09T18-17-51Z, redis:latest, postgres:14.7, nocodb/nocodb:latest, nginx
+# d. licence check (tbd)
+
+
+# -- main line code starts here
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/sbin/util.sh
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/sbin/install_vars.sh
+echo "** Performing nocodb system check and setup. This step may require sudo permissions"
+PRE_REQ=0
+
+# d. Check if required tools are installed
+echo " | Checking if required tools (docker, docker-compose, jq, lsof) are installed..."
+for tool in docker docker-compose lsof; do
+  if ! command -v "$tool" &> /dev/null; then
+    echo " | Error: $tool is not installed. Please install it before proceeding."
+    PRE_REQ=1
+  fi
+done
+
+# e. Check if NocoDB is already installed and its expected version
+# echo "Checking if NocoDB is already installed and its expected version..."
+# Replace the following command with the actual command to check NocoDB installation and version
+# Example: nocodb_version=$(command_to_get_nocodb_version)
+# echo "NocoDB version: $nocodb_install_version"
+
+# f. Port mapping check
+echo " | Checking port accessibility..."
+for port in "${REQUIRED_PORTS[@]}"; do
+  if lsof -Pi :$port -sTCP:LISTEN -t >/dev/null; then
+    echo " | WARNING: Port $port is in use. Please make sure it is free." >&2
+    PRE_REQ=1
+  else
+    echo " | Port $port is free."
+  fi
+done
+
+# # g. Docker repository accessibility check
+# echo "Checking Docker repository accessibility..."
+# for image in "${DOCKER_IMAGES[@]}"; do
+#   if docker pull "$image" &> /dev/null; then
+#     echo "Docker image $image is accessible."
+#   else
+#     echo "Error: Docker image $image is not accessible. Please check the repository or internet connection."
+#     PRE_REQ=1
+#   fi
+# done
+
+echo "** System check completed successfully. **"
+exit $PRE_REQ
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/prepare_env.sh b/docker-compose/aio/prepare_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4a9d32faac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/prepare_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# prepares env file with all the required env variables.
+# 
+
+# -- main line code starts here --
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/sbin/util.sh
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/sbin/install_vars.sh
+
+ENV_FILE=${SCRIPT_DIR}/conf/nc_properties.env
+bkp_file=${ENV_FILE}-$(date +%s).bak
+# Source existing nc_envs.env file to get current values
+if [ -f ${ENV_FILE} ]; then
+    source ${ENV_FILE}
+    echo "Backing up previous ${ENV_FILE} file to ${bkp_file}"
+    cp ${ENV_FILE} ${bkp_file}
+fi
+
+function trim(){
+    local var="${@}"
+    echo "$(sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' <<<${var})"
+}
+
+function acceptProperty(){
+    local varDetail="$1"
+    local promptUser="${2:-true}"
+    prompt=$(echo "$varDetail" | cut -d '|' -f2)    
+    prop=$(echo "$varDetail" | cut -d '|' -f1)
+    key=$(echo "$prop" | cut -d'=' -f1)
+    default_value="${prop#*=}"
+    prev_value_or_default=${!key:-${default_value}}
+    
+    # echo promptUser: ${promptUser}
+    # echo prop: ${prop}
+    # echo key: ${key}
+    # echo default_value: ${default_value}
+    if [[ ${promptUser} == "true" ]]; then
+        read -p " || Enter value for $key (default: ${prev_value_or_default}): " user_input
+    fi
+
+    # Use user input or default value if empty
+    value=$(trim ${user_input:-$prev_value_or_default})
+
+    # Store key-value pair in a variable
+    if [[ ${value} != "" ]]; then
+        userValues="${userValues}${key}=${value}\n"
+    fi
+}
+# Iterate over the properties array and prompt user for input
+for multi_property_array in basic_properties invite_only_signup_priorities google_login_properties email_properties s3_attachment_properties ; do
+    array_name="$multi_property_array[@]"  # Name of the array to process
+    array=("${!array_name}")  
+    promptUser="${1}"
+    for varDetail in "${array[@]}"; do        
+        promptMsg=$(echo "$varDetail" | cut -d '|' -f2)    
+        prop=$(echo "$varDetail" | cut -d '|' -f1)
+        if [[ ${promptUser} == "true" ]] && [[ ${prop} == "main" ]]
+        then
+            echo $promptMsg
+            if  ! asksure; then 
+                # set all defaults here          
+                promptUser=false                  
+            fi
+            continue
+        fi   
+        if [[ ${prop} != "main" ]]; then
+            acceptProperty "${varDetail}" "${promptUser}"
+        fi
+    done
+done
+
+# Write key-value pairs to nc_envs.env file
+echo -e "# Environment Variables\n$userValues" > ${ENV_FILE}
+
+echo "Environment variables written to ${ENV_FILE} file."
+
+# echo "creating data conf, data and log directories"
+# mkdir -p ${INSTALL_ROOT}/conf ${INSTALL_ROOT}/data ${INSTALL_ROOT}/logs
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/sbin/install_vars.sh b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/install_vars.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bee14cb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/install_vars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+nocodb_install_version="1.0.0"  # Replace with actual version
+REQUIRED_PORTS=(80 443)
+DOCKER_IMAGES=("redis:latest" "postgres:14.7" "nocodb/nocodb:latest" "nginx" "certbot/certbot:latest" )
+
+# Array of properties with default values
+basic_properties=(
+"main|Basic Configurations" 
+"POSTGRES_USER=postgres | Username for postgres database" 
+"POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test123 | " 
+"POSTGRES_DB=nocodb | " 
+"NC_REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/4 | default to redis container" 
+'NC_DB=pg://postgres:5432?u=postgres&password=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-nocodb}&d=postgres | hide' 
+"NC_PUBLIC_URL=http://$(hostname) | Are you using custom DNS, configure NC_PUBLIC_URL to reflect in the invite emails?" 
+"NC_CONNECT_TO_EXTERNAL_DB_DISABLED=false | Disable connecting to external db?"
+)
+
+invite_only_signup_priorities=(
+"main|Allow invite only sign-up" 
+"NC_INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP=false | invite only signup?" 
+"NC_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@nocodb.com | " 
+"NC_ADMIN_PASSWORD=nocodb123 | "
+)
+
+google_login_properties=(
+"main|Configure Google Login" 
+"NC_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= | Enter Client ID" 
+"NC_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET= | Enter Client ID")
+
+email_properties=(
+"main|Configure smtp properties" 
+"NC_SMTP_FROM= |" 
+"NC_SMTP_HOST= |" 
+"NC_SMTP_PORT= |"  
+"NC_SMTP_USERNAME= |"  
+"NC_SMTP_PASSWORD= |"  
+"NC_SMTP_SECURE= |"  
+"NC_SMTP_IGNORE_TLS= |" 
+)
+
+s3_attachment_properties=(
+"main|Do you want to configure s3 for attachements?" 
+"NC_S3_BUCKET_NAME=nocodb-attachements |" 
+"NC_S3_REGION= |" 
+"NC_S3_ACCESS_KEY= | " 
+"NC_S3_ACCESS_SECRET= |" 
+)
+
+multi_property_array=(basic_properties invite_only_signup_priorities google_login_properties email_properties s3_attachment_properties)
+
+
+
diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/sbin/ubuntu-setup.sh b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/ubuntu-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8c29ba4066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/ubuntu-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "install docker and compose"
+sudo apt update
+sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+
+
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common -y
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+sudo apt update
+apt-cache policy docker-ce
+sudo apt install docker-ce -y
+sudo apt install docker-compose -y
+apt-get install jq -y
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diff --git a/docker-compose/aio/sbin/util.sh b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/util.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b65d4696c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/aio/sbin/util.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this file contains the utility functions 
+# used during installation
+#
+
+asksure() {
+local custom_msg="${@}"
+if [[ ${custom_msg} ]]; then
+  echo -n "${custom_msg}"
+else
+  echo -n " | Press Y to continue or N to skip (Y/N)? "
+fi
+while read -r -n 1 -s answer; do
+  if [[ $answer = [YyNn] ]]; then
+    [[ $answer = [Yy] ]] && retval=0
+    [[ $answer = [Nn] ]] && retval=1
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+echo # just a final linefeed, optics...
+
+return $retval
+}
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