diff --git a/deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template b/deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template
index 0dcb2a5..6e6c222 100644
--- a/deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template
+++ b/deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ tls-listening-port=5349
 min-port=49152
 max-port=49200
 
-# Network - external IP for NAT traversal
-external-ip=__DOGRAH_SERVER_IP__
+# Network - external IP / host for NAT traversal
+external-ip=__DOGRAH_TURN_EXTERNAL_IP__
 
 # Realm
 realm=dograh.com
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 307c6d6..4a980f2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -59,21 +59,69 @@ services:
     networks:
       - app-network
 
+  dograh-init:
+    image: bash:5.2
+    container_name: dograh_init
+    profiles: ["remote", "local-turn"]
+    environment:
+      ENVIRONMENT: "${ENVIRONMENT:-local}"
+      SERVER_IP: "${SERVER_IP:-}"
+      PUBLIC_HOST: "${PUBLIC_HOST:-}"
+      PUBLIC_BASE_URL: "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL:-}"
+      BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT: "${BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT:-http://localhost:8000}"
+      MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT: "${MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT:-http://localhost:9000}"
+      TURN_HOST: "${TURN_HOST:-}"
+      TURN_SECRET: "${TURN_SECRET:-}"
+      FASTAPI_WORKERS: "${FASTAPI_WORKERS:-1}"
+    volumes:
+      - ./scripts:/workspace/scripts:ro
+      - ./deploy:/workspace/deploy:ro
+      - ./certs:/certs:ro
+      - nginx-generated:/generated/nginx
+      - coturn-generated:/generated/coturn
+    command:
+      - /workspace/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh
+
   nginx:
     image: nginx:alpine
     container_name: nginx_https
     profiles: ["remote"]
     depends_on:
-      - ui
+      dograh-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      ui:
+        condition: service_started
     ports:
       - "80:80"
       - "443:443"
     volumes:
-      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
+      - nginx-generated:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro
       - ./certs:/etc/nginx/certs:ro
     networks:
       - app-network
 
+  coturn:
+    image: coturn/coturn:4.8.0
+    container_name: coturn
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles: ["remote", "local-turn"]
+    depends_on:
+      dograh-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    ports:
+      - "3478:3478/udp"
+      - "3478:3478/tcp"
+      - "5349:5349/udp"
+      - "5349:5349/tcp"
+      - "49152-49200:49152-49200/udp"
+    volumes:
+      - coturn-generated:/etc/coturn:ro
+    command:
+      - -c
+      - /etc/coturn/turnserver.conf
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
   api:
     image: ${REGISTRY:-dograhai}/dograh-api:latest
     volumes:
@@ -195,25 +243,6 @@ services:
     networks:
       - app-network
 
-  coturn:
-    image: coturn/coturn:4.8.0
-    container_name: coturn
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    profiles: ["remote", "local-turn"]
-    ports:
-      - "3478:3478/udp"
-      - "3478:3478/tcp"
-      - "5349:5349/udp"
-      - "5349:5349/tcp"
-      - "49152-49200:49152-49200/udp"
-    volumes:
-      - ./turnserver.conf:/etc/coturn/turnserver.conf:ro
-    command:
-      - -c
-      - /etc/coturn/turnserver.conf
-    networks:
-      - app-network
-
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
   redis_data:
@@ -221,6 +250,10 @@ volumes:
     driver: local
   shared-tmp:
     driver: local
+  nginx-generated:
+    driver: local
+  coturn-generated:
+    driver: local
 
 networks:
   app-network:
diff --git a/scripts/lib/remote_common.sh b/scripts/lib/remote_common.sh
index 2b72bfb..a1345c8 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/remote_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/remote_common.sh
@@ -218,6 +218,21 @@ dograh_sync_remote_env_file() {
     dograh_set_env_key "$env_file" TURN_HOST "$public_host"
 }
 
+dograh_validate_remote_runtime_env() {
+    [[ "${FASTAPI_WORKERS:-}" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] || dograh_fail "FASTAPI_WORKERS must be a positive integer"
+    [[ -n "${TURN_SECRET:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "TURN_SECRET is missing"
+    [[ -n "${PUBLIC_HOST:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "PUBLIC_HOST is missing"
+    [[ -n "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "PUBLIC_BASE_URL is missing"
+    [[ -n "${BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT is missing"
+    [[ -n "${MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT is missing"
+    [[ -n "${TURN_HOST:-}" ]] || dograh_fail "TURN_HOST is missing"
+    dograh_is_ipv4 "${SERVER_IP:-}" || dograh_fail "SERVER_IP must be a valid IPv4 address"
+    [[ "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}" =~ ^https?:// ]] || dograh_fail "PUBLIC_BASE_URL must include http:// or https://"
+    [[ "${BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT}" == "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}" ]] || dograh_fail "BACKEND_API_ENDPOINT must match PUBLIC_BASE_URL"
+    [[ "${MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT}" == "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}" ]] || dograh_fail "MINIO_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT must match PUBLIC_BASE_URL"
+    [[ "${TURN_HOST}" == "${PUBLIC_HOST}" ]] || dograh_fail "TURN_HOST must match PUBLIC_HOST"
+}
+
 dograh_render_remote_nginx_conf() {
     local project_dir=${1:-$(dograh_project_dir)}
     local destination=${2:-"$project_dir/nginx.conf"}
@@ -263,15 +278,17 @@ dograh_render_remote_turn_conf() {
     local project_dir=${1:-$(dograh_project_dir)}
     local destination=${2:-"$project_dir/turnserver.conf"}
     local template=""
+    local external_ip="${TURN_EXTERNAL_IP:-${SERVER_IP:-}}"
 
     template="$(dograh_template_path "turnserver.remote.conf.template")"
+    [[ -n "$external_ip" ]] || dograh_fail "TURN external IP/host is missing"
 
     awk \
-        -v server_ip="$SERVER_IP" \
+        -v external_ip="$external_ip" \
         -v turn_secret="$TURN_SECRET" \
         '
         {
-            gsub(/__DOGRAH_SERVER_IP__/, server_ip)
+            gsub(/__DOGRAH_TURN_EXTERNAL_IP__/, external_ip)
             gsub(/__DOGRAH_TURN_SECRET__/, turn_secret)
             print
         }
@@ -357,7 +374,10 @@ dograh_download_remote_support_bundle() {
     dograh_download_bundle_file "$project_dir/remote_up.sh" "remote_up.sh"
     chmod +x "$project_dir/remote_up.sh"
 
+    mkdir -p "$project_dir/scripts"
     dograh_download_bundle_file "$project_dir/scripts/lib/remote_common.sh" "scripts/lib/remote_common.sh"
+    dograh_download_bundle_file "$project_dir/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh" "scripts/run_dograh_init.sh"
+    chmod +x "$project_dir/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh"
     dograh_download_bundle_file "$project_dir/deploy/templates/nginx.remote.conf.template" "deploy/templates/nginx.remote.conf.template"
     dograh_download_bundle_file "$project_dir/deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template" "deploy/templates/turnserver.remote.conf.template"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh b/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..803375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_dograh_init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORKSPACE_DIR="${DOGRAH_INIT_WORKSPACE_DIR:-/workspace}"
+OUTPUT_ROOT="${DOGRAH_INIT_OUTPUT_ROOT:-/generated}"
+NGINX_OUTPUT_DIR="$OUTPUT_ROOT/nginx"
+COTURN_OUTPUT_DIR="$OUTPUT_ROOT/coturn"
+CERTS_DIR="${DOGRAH_INIT_CERTS_DIR:-/certs}"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/remote_common.sh"
+
+DOGRAH_REMOTE_PROJECT_DIR="$WORKSPACE_DIR"
+
+mkdir -p "$NGINX_OUTPUT_DIR" "$COTURN_OUTPUT_DIR"
+
+if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT:-local}" == "production" ]]; then
+    dograh_validate_remote_runtime_env
+    [[ -f "$CERTS_DIR/local.crt" ]] || dograh_fail "certs/local.crt not found"
+    [[ -f "$CERTS_DIR/local.key" ]] || dograh_fail "certs/local.key not found"
+
+    export TURN_EXTERNAL_IP="$SERVER_IP"
+    dograh_render_remote_nginx_conf "$WORKSPACE_DIR" "$NGINX_OUTPUT_DIR/default.conf"
+    dograh_render_remote_turn_conf "$WORKSPACE_DIR" "$COTURN_OUTPUT_DIR/turnserver.conf"
+    dograh_success "✓ dograh-init rendered remote nginx and coturn config"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "${TURN_SECRET:-}" && -n "${TURN_HOST:-}" ]]; then
+    export TURN_EXTERNAL_IP="$TURN_HOST"
+    dograh_render_remote_turn_conf "$WORKSPACE_DIR" "$COTURN_OUTPUT_DIR/turnserver.conf"
+    dograh_success "✓ dograh-init rendered local TURN config"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+dograh_success "✓ dograh-init no-op for current profile"