diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 068d6cc396..f8921815df 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@
 /www/thumbnails
 /www/.htaccess
 npm-debug.log
-stack_management.sh
+stack.sh
+/.vagrant
+
diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 39ec089b92..a7873987e6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
 #                       choose to launch only some workers, see worker profile list below.
 # - "worker"          : launch one container worker with all jobs run on it.
 # - "cmd"             : launch a container based on worker image, useful for run cmd manualy. 
-# - "db"              : db profile will launch a mariadb container,
+# - "db"              : db profile will launch a mariadb container, with data stored on host and mounted in the db container.
 #                       because this is the primary datastore, you should use you own SGDD service for production needs.
+# - "db-docker-vol"   : same as "db" profile but with data stored in a docker volume.
 # - "elastisearch"    : launch a elasticsearch container.
 # - "rabbitmq"        : launch a rabbitmq container.
 # - "redis"           : launch a redis container for app cache.
diff --git a/docker-compose.alternatives.yml b/docker-compose.alternatives.yml
index 5d511fa7f0..6363c05906 100644
--- a/docker-compose.alternatives.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.alternatives.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,4 @@
 services:
-
-  db:
-    image: $PHRASEANET_DOCKER_REGISTRY/phraseanet-db:$PHRASEANET_DOCKER_TAG
-    build: ./docker/db
-    restart: on-failure
-    profiles: ["db-volume-container"]
-    environment:
-    - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
-    - MYSQL_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET
-    - MYSQL_MAX_CONNECTION
-    - MYSQL_LONG_QUERY_TIME
-    - MYSQL_SLOW_QUERY_LOG
-    - MYSQL_QUERY_CACHE_LIMIT
-    - MYSQL_QUERY_CACHE_SIZE
-    - MYSQL_KEY_BUFFER_SIZE
-    - MYSQL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
-    - MYSQL_WAIT_TIMEOUT
-    - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE
-    volumes:
-    - db_vol:/var/lib/mysql
-    networks:
-      - internal
   db-mysql8:
     image: mysql:8.0.36-debian
     # NOTE: use of "mysql_native_password" is not recommended: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html#upgrade-caching-sha2-password
@@ -51,4 +29,5 @@ services:
        internal:
          aliases:
             - db
+            
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.datastores.yml b/docker-compose.datastores.yml
index 187cb7040b..373e291681 100644
--- a/docker-compose.datastores.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.datastores.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,33 @@ services:
     volumes:
     - ${PHRASEANET_DB_DIR}:/var/lib/mysql
     networks:
-      - internal
+      internal:
+         aliases:
+            - db
+
+  db-docker-vol:
+    image: $PHRASEANET_DOCKER_REGISTRY/phraseanet-db:$PHRASEANET_DOCKER_TAG
+    build: ./docker/db
+    restart: on-failure
+    profiles: ["db-docker-vol"]
+    environment:
+    - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+    - MYSQL_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET
+    - MYSQL_MAX_CONNECTION
+    - MYSQL_LONG_QUERY_TIME
+    - MYSQL_SLOW_QUERY_LOG
+    - MYSQL_QUERY_CACHE_LIMIT
+    - MYSQL_QUERY_CACHE_SIZE
+    - MYSQL_KEY_BUFFER_SIZE
+    - MYSQL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
+    - MYSQL_WAIT_TIMEOUT
+    - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE
+    volumes:
+    - db_vol:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+       internal:
+         aliases:
+            - db
 
   rabbitmq:
     image: $RABBITMQ_IMAGE_TAG