Use the local logging driver for Docker Compose with compression and size limits

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Documented steps

  1. Add `logging: {driver: local, options: {max-size: "20m", max-file: "5", compress: "true"}}` to the service in compose.yaml.
  2. The local driver writes stdout/stderr to an internal format optimized for performance and disk use, with rotation and automatic compression.
  3. Defaults are 100MB per container (20M per file x 5 files) with compression on; override with max-size and max-file.
  4. Run `docker compose up -d` and read logs with `docker compose logs <svc>`.

Known gotchas

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