diff --git a/api/.env.example b/api/.env.example
index 501c942a..68dee251 100644
--- a/api/.env.example
+++ b/api/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
-# Django Configuration
-# Generated with:
+# Configuração Django
+# Gerar secret key:
 # python3 -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'
-DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="your_secret_key"
\ No newline at end of file
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="your_secret_key"
+SETTINGS_FILE_PATH="core.settings.base"
+
+# Banco de Dados
+DB_ENGINE="django.db.backends.postgresql"
+DB_NAME="postgres"
+DB_USERNAME="suagradeunb"
+DB_PASSWORD="suagradeunb"
+DB_HOSTNAME=db
+DB_PORT=5432
+
+# PostgreSQL
+POSTGRES_DB="postgres"
+POSTGRES_USER="suagradeunb"
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD="suagradeunb"
+
+
+# Credenciais de acesso ao admin
+ADMIN_NAME="admin"
+ADMIN_PASS="admin"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/api/admin.py b/api/api/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c38f3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/api/api/apps.py b/api/api/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66656fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ApiConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'api'
diff --git a/api/api/management/__init__.py b/api/api/management/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/api/api/management/commands/__init__.py b/api/api/management/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/api/api/management/commands/initadmin.py b/api/api/management/commands/initadmin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6db34d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/management/commands/initadmin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from decouple import config
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        username = config("ADMIN_NAME")
+        if not len(User.objects.all().filter(username=username)):
+            password = config("ADMIN_PASS")
+            print(f'Conta do usuário {username} será criada!')
+            admin = User.objects.create_superuser(
+                username=username, password=password)
+            admin.is_active = True
+            admin.is_staff = True
+            admin.save()
+        else:
+            print('Conta de administrador já existe!')
diff --git a/api/api/migrations/__init__.py b/api/api/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/api/api/models.py b/api/api/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71a83623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/api/api/tests.py b/api/api/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ce503c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/api/api/views.py b/api/api/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ea44a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/api/core/__init__.py b/api/core/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/api/api/asgi.py b/api/core/asgi.py
similarity index 75%
rename from api/api/asgi.py
rename to api/core/asgi.py
index 07b75458..81d226b2 100644
--- a/api/api/asgi.py
+++ b/api/core/asgi.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 """
 
 import os
+from decouple import config
 
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'api.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', config('SETTINGS_FILE_PATH'))
 
 application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/api/api/settings.py b/api/core/settings/base.py
similarity index 82%
rename from api/api/settings.py
rename to api/core/settings/base.py
index 56efaf15..60d732d2 100644
--- a/api/api/settings.py
+++ b/api/core/settings/base.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from decouple import config
+import os
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -26,18 +27,20 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
 
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'api.apps.ApiConfig',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'rest_framework',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'api.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'core.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
@@ -68,20 +71,23 @@
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'api.wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'core.wsgi.application'
 
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "NAME": config("DB_NAME"),
+        "USER": config("DB_USERNAME"),
+        "PASSWORD": config("DB_PASSWORD"),
+        "HOST": config("DB_HOSTNAME"),
+        "PORT": config("DB_PORT", cast=int),
     }
 }
 
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = 'America/Sao_Paulo'
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -116,7 +122,11 @@
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "../", "staticfiles")
+
+MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "../", "mediafiles")
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/api/core/settings/dev.py b/api/core/settings/dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98dd39a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/core/settings/dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from .base import *
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/core/settings/prod.py b/api/core/settings/prod.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd7be20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/core/settings/prod.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from .base import *
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = False
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["0.0.0.0:8000", "localhost:8000", "127.0.0.1:8000"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/api/urls.py b/api/core/urls.py
similarity index 100%
rename from api/api/urls.py
rename to api/core/urls.py
diff --git a/api/api/wsgi.py b/api/core/wsgi.py
similarity index 75%
rename from api/api/wsgi.py
rename to api/core/wsgi.py
index fba7ca86..4f194c0a 100644
--- a/api/api/wsgi.py
+++ b/api/core/wsgi.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 """
 
 import os
+from decouple import config
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'api.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', config('SETTINGS_FILE_PATH'))
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/api/manage.py b/api/manage.py
index 8c45ccf3..41e1701e 100755
--- a/api/manage.py
+++ b/api/manage.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 """Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
 import os
 import sys
+from decouple import config
 
 
 def main():
     """Run administrative tasks."""
-    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'api.settings')
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', config('SETTINGS_FILE_PATH'))
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     except ImportError as exc:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..114abf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:16
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    env_file:
+      - ./api/.env
+
+  api:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./docker/Dockerfile
+    command: python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    volumes:
+      - .:/code/
+    env_file:
+      - ./api/.env
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e82c1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+FROM python:3.11.5-alpine3.18
+
+# definir o diretório de trabalho
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# definir variáveis de ambiente
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# instalar dependências do poastgres
+RUN apk update && apk add postgresql-dev gcc python3-dev musl-dev
+
+# copiar os requisitos python
+COPY ./requirements.txt /usr/src/app/requirements.txt
+
+# instalação das dependências
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install -r /usr/src/app/requirements.txt
+
+# copiar entrypoint.sh e dar permissão de execução
+COPY ./docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh
+
+# copiar o projeto
+COPY ./api /usr/src/app/
+
+# executar o arquivo de inicialização
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02262b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo 'Esperando o PostgreSQL iniciar...'
+
+while ! nc -z $DB_HOSTNAME $DB_PORT; do
+    sleep 0.1
+done
+
+echo 'PostgreSQL iniciado'
+
+echo 'Migrando banco de dados...'
+python3 manage.py migrate
+
+echo 'Criando usuário admin...'
+python3 manage.py initadmin
+
+echo 'Coletando arquivos estáticos...'
+python3 manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+
+exec "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ccd7f1be..63139657 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ certifi==2023.7.22
 charset-normalizer==3.2.0
 click==8.1.7
 colorama==0.4.6
-decouple==0.0.7
 Django==4.2.5
+djangorestframework==3.14.0
 ghp-import==2.1.0
 idna==3.4
 Jinja2==3.1.2
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ packaging==23.1
 paginate==0.5.6
 pathspec==0.11.2
 platformdirs==3.10.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.7
 Pygments==2.16.1
 pymdown-extensions==10.3
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-decouple==3.8
+pytz==2023.3.post1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 pyyaml_env_tag==0.1
 regex==2023.8.8
 requests==2.31.0
 six==1.16.0
 sqlparse==0.4.4
+typing_extensions==4.8.0
 urllib3==2.0.5
 watchdog==3.0.0