diff --git a/docker-compose-config.py b/docker-compose-config.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2a154c265ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import secrets
+import string
+from typing import Optional
+
+import yaml
+from yaml.loader import FullLoader
+
+FILE_PATH = "docker-compose.yml"
+
+
+def generate_secret_key() -> str:
+    """Securely generate random 50 ASCII letters and digits."""
+    return "".join(secrets.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(50))
+
+
+def read_config() -> dict:
+    with open(FILE_PATH, "r") as file:
+        config = yaml.load(file, Loader=FullLoader)
+    if not config:
+        raise ValueError("Current docker-compose.yml is malformed! Get a fresh one from the PostHog repository.")
+    return config
+
+
+def save_config(config: dict, *, host_port: int, secret_key: str) -> None:
+    with open(FILE_PATH, "w") as file:
+        try:
+            config["services"]["web"]["ports"] = [f"{host_port}:8000"]
+            config["services"]["web"]["environment"]["SECRET_KEY"] = secret_key
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ValueError("Current docker-compose.yml is malformed! Get a fresh one from the PostHog repository.")
+        yaml.dump(
+            config, stream=file, indent=4,
+        )
+
+
+def input_host_port(n: int, default: int = 80) -> int:
+    print(
+        f"\n{n}. On which host port should the PostHog server be exposed? (default: {default})\n"
+        "Leave on default value if not using a reverse proxy such as nginx.\n"
+        "Otherwise select a higher-numbered port (like 8000)\n"
+        "and point your reverse proxy server to it.\n"
+    )
+    while True:
+        try:
+            host_port_raw = input()
+            return int(host_port_raw) if host_port_raw else default
+        except ValueError:
+            print("Port must be a number! Please try again.\n")
+
+
+def input_secret_key(n: int) -> str:
+    print(
+        f"\n{n}. Do you have a specific Django SECRET_KEY? (default: random)\n"
+        "Django uses the SECRET_KEY variable for e.g. encrypting sessions and tokens,\n"
+        "so it's important that it is secret and only yours.\n"
+        "If you don't have one already, skip this and let us generate you one.\n"
+    )
+    return input() or "".join(secrets.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(50))
+
+
+def main():
+    host_port: Optional[int] = None
+    secret_key: Optional[str] = None
+    config: dict = read_config()
+
+    print("Let's build the right production docker-compose.yml for your PostHog instance.")
+
+    print("\nIf you're OK with a step's default value, you can skip by pressing Enter/Return.")
+
+    host_port = input_host_port(1)
+    secret_key = input_secret_key(2)
+
+    save_config(config, host_port=host_port, secret_key=secret_key)
+
+    print("\nConfigured and saved docker-compose.yml. You can now use it in production.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/docker-compose.proxy.yml b/docker-compose.proxy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fe07fd598ec..00000000000
--- a/docker-compose.proxy.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-version: '3'
-
-services:
-    db:
-        image: postgres:alpine
-        container_name: posthog_db
-        environment:
-            POSTGRES_USER: posthog
-            POSTGRES_DB: posthog
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: posthog
-    redis:
-        image: 'redis:alpine'
-        container_name: posthog_redis
-    web:
-        image: posthog/posthog:latest
-        container_name: posthog_web
-        ports:
-            - '8000:8000'
-        environment:
-            IS_DOCKER: 'true'
-            DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@db:5432/posthog'
-            REDIS_URL: 'redis://redis:6379/'
-            SECRET_KEY: '<randomly generated secret key>'
-        depends_on:
-            - db
-            - redis
-        links:
-            - db:db
-            - redis:redis
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7bd34b5dd22..93f44566455 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-version: '3'
-
 services:
     db:
-        image: postgres:alpine
         container_name: posthog_db
         environment:
-            POSTGRES_USER: posthog
             POSTGRES_DB: posthog
             POSTGRES_PASSWORD: posthog
+            POSTGRES_USER: posthog
+        image: postgres:alpine
     redis:
-        image: 'redis:alpine'
         container_name: posthog_redis
+        image: redis:alpine
     web:
-        image: posthog/posthog:latest
         container_name: posthog_web
-        ports:
-            - '8000:8000'
-            - '80:8000'
-        environment:
-            IS_DOCKER: 'true'
-            DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@db:5432/posthog'
-            REDIS_URL: 'redis://redis:6379/'
-            SECRET_KEY: '<randomly generated secret key>'
         depends_on:
             - db
             - redis
+        environment:
+            DATABASE_URL: postgres://posthog:posthog@db:5432/posthog
+            IS_DOCKER: 'true'
+            REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/
+            SECRET_KEY: <randomly generated secret key>
+        image: posthog/posthog:latest
         links:
             - db:db
             - redis:redis
+        ports:
+            - 8000:8000
+            - 80:8000
+version: '3'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e2b1be49541..f1c6c366bc7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ wcwidth==0.1.9
 Werkzeug==1.0.0
 whitenoise==5.0.1
 zipp==3.1.0
+pyyaml==5.3.1