diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 070d4317..fa553e2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ bandit.txt
 coverage.*
 coverage
 docker-compose.yml
+!docs/_examples/*/docker-compose.yml
 docker-compose.override.yml
 reports
 results.*
diff --git a/docs/_examples/network/README.md b/docs/_examples/network/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb382ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_examples/network/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See the documentation in this repository at docs/examples.rst in the Network example section
diff --git a/docs/_examples/network/docker-compose.yml b/docs/_examples/network/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83a0c2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_examples/network/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+x-host-extras: &extra-hosts
+  extra_hosts:
+    - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+
+x-magpie: &magpie
+  <<: *extra-hosts
+  image: pavics/magpie:latest
+  entrypoint: /magpie-entrypoint.sh
+  volumes:
+    - ./magpie-entrypoint.sh:/magpie-entrypoint.sh
+  healthcheck:
+    test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://0.0.0.0:2001"]
+    interval: 60s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 3
+    start_period: 30s
+    start_interval: 5s
+
+x-magpie-admin-credentials-env: &magpie-admin-credentials
+  MAGPIE_ADMIN_USER: admin
+  MAGPIE_ADMIN_PASSWORD: qwertyqwerty!
+
+x-magpie-env: &magpie-env
+  <<: *magpie-admin-credentials
+  HOSTNAME: localhost
+  FORWARDED_ALLOW_IPS: "*"
+  MAGPIE_SECRET: itzaseekrit
+  MAGPIE_ADMIN_GROUP: administrators
+  MAGPIE_USER_GROUP: users
+  MAGPIE_ANONYMOUS_USER: anonymous
+  MAGPIE_PORT: 2001
+  MAGPIE_LOG_LEVEL: DEBUG
+  TWITCHER_PROTECTED_PATH: /twitcher/ows/proxy
+  MAGPIE_POSTGRES_USERNAME: magpie
+  MAGPIE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: qwerty
+  MAGPIE_POSTGRES_DB: magpie
+  MAGPIE_POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+  MAGPIE_NETWORK_ENABLED: True
+  MAGPIE_NETWORK_CREATE_MISSING_PEM_FILE: True
+
+x-postgres: &postgres
+  <<: *extra-hosts
+  image: postgres:latest
+  environment:
+    POSTGRES_PASSWORD: qwerty
+    POSTGRES_DB: magpie
+    POSTGRES_USER: magpie
+    POSTGRES_PORT : 5432
+  
+
+services:
+  magpie1:
+    <<: *magpie
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres1
+    environment:
+      <<: *magpie-env
+      MAGPIE_POSTGRES_HOST: postgres1
+      MAGPIE_PREFIX: /magpie1
+      MAGPIE_URL: http://host.docker.internal/magpie1/
+      MAGPIE_NETWORK_INSTANCE_NAME: magpie1
+  postgres1:
+    <<: *postgres
+  magpie2:
+    <<: *magpie
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres2
+    environment:
+      <<: *magpie-env
+      MAGPIE_POSTGRES_HOST: postgres2
+      MAGPIE_PREFIX: /magpie2
+      MAGPIE_URL: http://host.docker.internal/magpie2/
+      MAGPIE_NETWORK_INSTANCE_NAME: magpie2
+  postgres2:
+    <<: *postgres
+  magpie3:
+    <<: *magpie
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres3
+    environment:
+      <<: *magpie-env
+      MAGPIE_POSTGRES_HOST: postgres3
+      MAGPIE_PREFIX: /magpie3
+      MAGPIE_URL: http://host.docker.internal/magpie3/
+      MAGPIE_NETWORK_INSTANCE_NAME: magpie3
+  postgres3:
+    <<: *postgres
+  nginx:
+    <<: *extra-hosts
+    image: nginx:1.23.4
+    depends_on:
+      magpie1:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      magpie2:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      magpie3:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://0.0.0.0/magpie1/"]
+      interval: 60s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 30s
+      start_interval: 5s
+    ports:
+      - 80:80
+  initializer:
+    <<: *extra-hosts
+    image: alpine/curl:latest
+    depends_on:
+      nginx:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - ./init.sh:/init.sh
+    environment:
+      <<: *magpie-admin-credentials
+    command: ["/init.sh"]
diff --git a/docs/_examples/network/init.sh b/docs/_examples/network/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4dddb28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_examples/network/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+HOSTS="magpie1 magpie2 magpie3"
+
+for magpie in $HOSTS; do
+    cookiejar=/tmp/"${magpie}".cookiejar
+    curl \
+        --cookie-jar "${cookiejar}" \
+        -X POST "http://host.docker.internal/${magpie}/signin" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d '{"user_name": "'${MAGPIE_ADMIN_USER}'", "password": "'${MAGPIE_ADMIN_PASSWORD}'"}'
+    for user in test1 test2 test3; do
+        curl \
+            --cookie "${cookiejar}" \
+            -X POST "http://host.docker.internal/${magpie}/users" \
+            -d user_name="${user}" \
+            -d email="${user}@example.com" \
+            -d password='qwertyqwerty!' \
+            -d group_name="users"
+    done
+    for other in $HOSTS; do
+        [ "$magpie" = "$other" ] && continue
+        curl \
+            --cookie "${cookiejar}" \
+            -X POST "http://host.docker.internal/${magpie}/network/nodes" \
+            -d base_url="http://host.docker.internal/${other}/" \
+            -d name="${other}" \
+            -d jwks_url="http://host.docker.internal/${other}/network/jwks" \
+            -d token_url="http://host.docker.internal/${other}/network/token" \
+            -d authorization_url="http://host.docker.internal/${other}/ui/network/authorize" \
+            -d redirect_uris="[\"http://host.docker.internal/${other}/network/link\"]"
+    done
+done
diff --git a/docs/_examples/network/magpie-entrypoint.sh b/docs/_examples/network/magpie-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..10f3544e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_examples/network/magpie-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+sed -i "s:^prefix = /magpie:prefix = ${MAGPIE_PREFIX}:" config/magpie.ini
+
+exec pserve config/magpie.ini
diff --git a/docs/_examples/network/nginx.conf b/docs/_examples/network/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4831833d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_examples/network/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+user root;
+
+worker_processes  1;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    include       mime.types;
+    default_type  application/octet-stream;
+    sendfile        off;
+    keepalive_timeout  65;
+    server {
+        listen       80;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location /magpie1/ {
+            proxy_pass http://magpie1:2001/;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        }
+        location /magpie2/ {
+            proxy_pass http://magpie2:2001/;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        }
+        location /magpie3/ {
+            proxy_pass http://magpie3:2001/;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d87a3563..660d9026 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ def ignore_down_providers():
     "https://wso2.com/",  # sporadic broken (probably robots or similar)
     "https://docs.wso2.com/*",
     "https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/",  # works, but very often causes false-positive 'broken' links
+    "http://host.docker.internal/*",  # for examples that refer to magpie on the host machine
 ] + ignore_down_providers()
 linkcheck_anchors_ignore = [
     r".*issuecomment.*",  # GitHub issue comment anchors not resolved
diff --git a/docs/examples.rst b/docs/examples.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4f1906e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+.. _examples:
+
+Examples
+========
+
+This section contains example configurations for `Magpie` that further illustrate how the software can be used.
+
+.. _examples_network:
+
+Network
+-------
+
+This example contains a ``docker compose`` configuration to create 3 local `Magpie` deployments, all of which are
+networked together using the Magpie :ref:`network_mode` feature.
+
+.. seealso::
+    :reF:`Example Network Files <examples_network_files>`
+
+.. _examples_network_setup:
+
+Setup
+~~~~~
+
+Start by copying the files below into a directory and then running:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    docker compose up -d
+
+
+Once the stack has started then 3 `Magpie` instance will be available on the host machine at:
+
+* http://host.docker.internal/magpie1
+* http://host.docker.internal/magpie2
+* http://host.docker.internal/magpie3
+
+Note that this will run on port 80 on the host machine so we recommend not running this on a machine that exposes port
+80 to your network.
+
+Each instance is created with 3 users (``test1``, ``test2``, ``test3``)
+and an *administrator* user with the username ``admin``. All users have the same password: ``qwertyqwerty!``.
+
+You can log in to any of the three `Magpie` instances as any of those users and explore the :ref:`network_mode`
+feature.
+
+.. _examples_network_usage:
+
+Usage
+~~~~~
+
+Once the example instances are running with Network mode, you can do any of the following operations.
+
+* Link two users in the network:
+
+  1. log in to the ``magpie1`` instance as ``test1``
+  2. go to http://host.docker.internal/magpie1/ui/users/current
+  3. click the "*Create*" button beside ``magpie2`` in the "*Network Account Links*" table
+  4. sign in to ``magpie2`` as a different user and accept the authorization
+
+* Request a token for another instance:
+
+  1. log in to the ``magpie1`` instance as ``test1``
+  2. request a token for ``magpie2`` by going to http://host.docker.internal/magpie1/network/nodes/magpie2/token
+
+.. _examples_network_files:
+
+Files
+~~~~~
+Download all files below into the same directory in order to run this example.
+
+docker-compose.yml
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. literalinclude:: _examples/network/docker-compose.yml
+    :language: yaml
+
+init.sh
+^^^^^^^
+.. literalinclude:: _examples/network/init.sh
+    :language: shell
+
+nginx.conf
+^^^^^^^^^^
+.. literalinclude:: _examples/network/nginx.conf
+    :language: nginx
+
+magpie-entrypoint.sh
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. literalinclude:: _examples/network/magpie-entrypoint.sh
+    :language: shell
diff --git a/docs/toc.rst b/docs/toc.rst
index aa615d4a..f6f918fe 100644
--- a/docs/toc.rst
+++ b/docs/toc.rst
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@
     changes
     security
     glossary
+    examples
     references_page