diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 61dcc8bf0..37325bbee 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ services:
     image: mongo:5.0
     ports:
       - "27017:27017"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -59,6 +67,15 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "9000:9000"
       - "9001:9001"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
+
     depends_on:
       - minio1
       - minio2
@@ -71,6 +88,14 @@ services:
         - clowder2
       volumes:
         - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      deploy:
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpus: '0.50'
+            memory: 16G
+          reservations:
+            cpus: '0.25'
+            memory: 50M
       environment:
         POSTGRES_DB: keycloak_dev
         POSTGRES_USER: keycloak
@@ -97,6 +122,14 @@ services:
         KC_DB_PASSWORD: password
       ports:
         - 8080:8080
+      deploy:
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpus: '0.50'
+            memory: 16G
+          reservations:
+            cpus: '0.25'
+            memory: 50M
       depends_on:
         - postgres
 
@@ -105,6 +138,14 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "1080:80"
       - "25:25"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
 
   # message broker
   rabbitmq:
@@ -116,6 +157,14 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "5672:5672"
       - "15672:15672"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -128,6 +177,14 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 9200:9200
       - 9300:9300
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     environment:
       - cluster.name=clowder2
       - discovery.type=single-node
@@ -152,6 +209,14 @@ services:
       - RABBITMQ_HOST=rabbitmq
       - RABBITMQ_USER=${RABBITMQ_USER:-guest}
       - RABBITMQ_PASS=${RABBITMQ_PASS:-guest}
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     depends_on:
@@ -168,6 +233,14 @@ services:
       - RABBITMQ_HOST=rabbitmq
       - RABBITMQ_USER=${RABBITMQ_USER:-guest}
       - RABBITMQ_PASS=${RABBITMQ_PASS:-guest}
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 17G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     depends_on:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f74ad11b6..045a6c46b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ services:
       - "80:80"
       # The Web UI (enabled by --api.insecure=true)
       - "8080:8080"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -41,6 +49,14 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     build:
       context: ./backend
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     environment:
@@ -81,6 +97,14 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     build:
       context: ./frontend
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     depends_on:
@@ -99,6 +123,14 @@ services:
     build:
       context: backend
       dockerfile: heartbeat.Dockerfile
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -116,6 +148,14 @@ services:
     build:
       context: backend
       dockerfile: messages.Dockerfile
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     environment:
       MONGODB_URL: mongodb://mongo:27017
       RABBITMQ_HOST: ${RABBITMQ_HOST:-rabbitmq}
@@ -131,6 +171,14 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:5.0
     restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -168,6 +216,14 @@ services:
     image: nginx:1.19.2-alpine
     restart: unless-stopped
     hostname: nginx
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -181,6 +237,14 @@ services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres
     restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -193,6 +257,14 @@ services:
   keycloak:
     image: quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:20.0
     restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     volumes:
@@ -232,6 +304,14 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "5672:5672"
       - "15672:15672"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     healthcheck:
       test: [ "CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "5672" ]
       interval: 3s
@@ -245,6 +325,14 @@ services:
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.3.3
     restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 16G
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.25'
+          memory: 50M
     networks:
       - clowder2
     environment: