diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -63,3 +63,30 @@ Open Formulieren can be accessed from `host.docker.internal:9000/openforms/`
 Open Formulieren is also exposed on `host.docker.internal:9003/`
 
 TODO
+
+## docker-compose.sentry.dev
+Contains a Sentry instance for monitoring applications in the environment. Particularly useful for troubleshooting OpenZaak, OpenForms, etc.
+
+The Sentry GUI can be accessed at `host.docker.internal:9500` or `localhost:9500`.
+
+#### Configuration
+Running Sentry for the first time requires some configuration.
+
+TODO: Automate configuration
+
+1. Makes sure the `docker-compose.sentry.dev.yml` is included in your ` docker-compose up` and is running.
+2. Open a CMD or Powershell in this repository folder and run `docker-compose -f ./docker-compose.sentry.dev.yml exec sentry sentry upgrade`.
+3. After approx. a minute you will get asked if you want to create a user account. Choose `y` and hit enter.
+4. We use the following defaults: email=`admin@wearefrank.nl`, password: `admin`.
+5. Once finished, run the command: `docker-compose -f ./docker-compose.sentry.dev.yml restart sentry` to restart the sentry container.
+6. Open a browser and navigate to `host.docker.internal:9500` or `localhost:9500`. You should see the Sentry login page. Login we the email and password from step 4.
+7. Make sure the root url is `http://host.docker.internal:9500` and choose `Please keep my usage information anonymous` under Usage Statistics.
+8. In the top-right corner hit the `add...` button and choose `project`.
+9. Select the appropriate platform. For OpenZaak, ZaakBrug-Staging and OpenForms this will be `Django`. Change the project name appropriately and hit the `Create Project` button.
+10. On the next page look for the word `dsn` and copy the value.
+11. In the appropriate docker-compose file, add the following to the environment variables of the `open-zaak`, `zaakbrug-staging` and/or `open-forms` service:
+```
+- SENTRY_DSN=<Your copied DSN from step 10>
+- SDK_SENTRY_DSN=<Your copied DSN from step 10>
+```
+12. Repeat step 8 - 11 for each application you want to monitor.
diff --git a/docker-compose.sentry.dev.yml b/docker-compose.sentry.dev.yml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  sentry-redis:
+    image: redis:${REDIS_VERSION:-6}
+    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+    networks:
+      - sentry-backend
+    volumes:
+      - sentry-redis-data:/data
+
+  sentry-postgres:
+    image: postgres:${POSTGRES_VERSION:-14}
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: sentry
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: sentry
+      POSTGRES_DB: sentry
+      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+    networks:
+      - sentry-backend
+    volumes:
+      - sentry-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  # sentry-pgadmin:
+  #   image: dpage/pgadmin4:${PGADMIN_VERSION:-latest}
+  #   user: root
+  #   depends_on:
+  #     - sentry-postgres
+  #   ports:
+  #     - 5050:80
+  #   environment:
+  #     PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: admin@wearefrank.nl
+  #     PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: admin
+  #   # volumes:
+  #   #   - sentry-postgres-data:/var/lib/pgadmin
+  #   networks:
+  #     - sentry-backend
+
+  sentry:
+    image: sentry:${SENTRY_VERSION:-latest}
+    depends_on:
+      - sentry-redis
+      - sentry-postgres
+    ports:
+      - 9500:9000
+    environment: &sentry-env
+      SENTRY_SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY:-t$9llt$7fu65$nt$rmm4y^(xt)!%imecnia87ta(p4t^vf(w(+}
+      SENTRY_POSTGRES_HOST: sentry-postgres
+      SENTRY_DB_USER: sentry
+      SENTRY_DB_PASSWORD: sentry
+      SENTRY_REDIS_HOST: sentry-redis
+    networks:
+      - sentry-backend
+      - zaakbrug-stack
+
+  sentry-cron:
+    image: sentry:${SENTRY_VERSION:-latest}
+    depends_on:
+     - sentry-redis
+     - sentry-postgres
+    command: "sentry run cron"
+    environment: *sentry-env
+    networks:
+      - sentry-backend
+
+  sentry-worker:
+    image: sentry:${SENTRY_VERSION:-latest}
+    depends_on:
+     - sentry-redis
+     - sentry-postgres
+    command: "sentry run worker"
+    environment: *sentry-env
+    networks:
+      - sentry-backend
+
+volumes:
+  sentry-redis-data:
+  sentry-postgres-data:
+
+networks:
+  zaakbrug-stack:
+  sentry-backend:
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