technicalspeach/mern-vmware-devops ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a simple MERN app that’s set up for automated deployment on VMware with Docker and GitHub Actions.

I want the app to run as a full stack setup with a frontend dashboard, a Node.js backend API, and MongoDB for storage. The frontend should be reachable on port 8080, the backend on port 5000, and the database on 27017. Please make it so I can start everything with docker compose up -d and have the whole stack come up cleanly.

Also set up the CI/CD flow so changes pushed to the repo can be built and deployed automatically through GitHub Actions. Keep it practical and ready to run, with clear startup and deployment steps in the README. If anything depends on current best practices or updated docs, look those up online and use the current approach.