diff --git a/internal/docker/container.go b/internal/docker/container.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docker/container.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-docker/sdk/v3/go/docker"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
+)
+
+// DockerContainerConfig is the configuration
+// used to create the Gitea docker container.
+type DockerContainerConfig struct {
+	Image       pulumi.StringInput
+	Ipv4Address pulumi.StringInput
+	EnvVars     pulumi.StringArray
+	Name        pulumi.StringInput
+	Network     pulumi.StringInput
+	Volumes     []DockerVolumeConfig
+}
+
+// VolumeConfig is the configuration
+// used for mounting a host directory
+// to a directory inside a container.
+type DockerVolumeConfig struct {
+	HostPath  pulumi.StringInput
+	MountPath pulumi.StringInput
+}
+
+func CreateDockerContainer(ctx *pulumi.Context, c DockerContainerConfig) error {
+	// all containers will mount the host's timezone and localtime files
+	// to ensure the correct time is synced.
+	volumes := []docker.ContainerVolumeInput{
+		docker.ContainerVolumeArgs{
+			ContainerPath: pulumi.String("/etc/timezone"),
+			HostPath:      pulumi.String("/etc/timezone"),
+			ReadOnly:      pulumi.BoolPtr(true),
+		},
+		docker.ContainerVolumeArgs{
+			ContainerPath: pulumi.String("/etc/localtime"),
+			HostPath:      pulumi.String("/etc/localtime"),
+			ReadOnly:      pulumi.BoolPtr(true),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// create additional (optional) container volumes.
+	for _, v := range c.Volumes {
+		vArg := docker.ContainerVolumeArgs{
+			ContainerPath: v.MountPath,
+			HostPath:      v.HostPath,
+		}
+		volumes = append(volumes, vArg)
+	}
+
+	args := docker.ContainerArgs{
+		Envs:     c.EnvVars,
+		Image:    c.Image,
+		Hostname: c.Name,
+		Name:     c.Name,
+		NetworksAdvanced: docker.ContainerNetworksAdvancedArray{
+			docker.ContainerNetworksAdvancedArgs{
+				Name:        c.Network,
+				Ipv4Address: c.Ipv4Address,
+			},
+		},
+		Restart: pulumi.String("unless-stopped"),
+		Volumes: docker.ContainerVolumeArray(volumes),
+	}
+
+	_, err := docker.NewContainer(ctx, "gitea_container", &args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create the Gitea docker container, %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/docker/image.go b/internal/docker/image.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docker/image.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-docker/sdk/v3/go/docker"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
+)
+
+// DockerImageConfig is the configuration
+// used to create the local Gitea docker
+// image.
+type DockerImageConfig struct {
+	ImageName    pulumi.StringInput
+	BuildContext pulumi.StringInput
+	Version      pulumi.StringInput
+}
+
+// CreateDockerImage creates a local Docker image.
+func CreateDockerImage(ctx *pulumi.Context, c DockerImageConfig) error {
+	args := docker.ImageArgs{
+		ImageName: c.ImageName,
+		SkipPush:  pulumi.Bool(true),
+		Build: docker.DockerBuildArgs{
+			Context: c.BuildContext,
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := docker.NewImage(ctx, "gitea_image", &args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create the Gitea docker image, %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/docker/network.go b/internal/docker/network.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b2aa87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docker/network.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-docker/sdk/v3/go/docker"
+	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
+)
+
+// DockerNetworkConfig is the configuration
+// used for creating a Docker network.
+type DockerNetworkConfig struct {
+	Name   pulumi.StringInput
+	Subnet pulumi.StringInput
+	Driver pulumi.StringInput
+}
+
+// CreateNetwork creates the forge platform's Docker network.
+func CreateNetwork(ctx *pulumi.Context, c DockerNetworkConfig, label string) error {
+	args := docker.NetworkArgs{
+		Name:       c.Name,
+		IpamDriver: c.Driver,
+		IpamConfigs: docker.NetworkIpamConfigArray{
+			docker.NetworkIpamConfigArgs{
+				Subnet: c.Subnet,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := docker.NewNetwork(ctx, label, &args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create the docker network, %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/stacks/actions.go b/internal/stacks/actions.go
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index 0000000..e69de29