diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a96849a93..e2d357619 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 [submodule "openslides-autoupdate-service"]
 	path = openslides-autoupdate-service
 	url = git@github.com:OpenSlides/openslides-autoupdate-service.git
+[submodule "openslides-auth-service"]
+	path = openslides-auth-service
+	url = git@github.com:OpenSlides/openslides-auth-service.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 54ac8ea68..eb99c1bca 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,34 +1,38 @@
-version: '3'
+version: "3"
 services:
-    datastore-reader:
-        image: openslides-datastore-reader-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./openslides-datastore-service/shared/shared:/app/shared
-            - ./openslides-datastore-service/reader/reader:/app/reader
-    datastore-writer:
-        image: openslides-datastore-writer-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./openslides-datastore-service/shared/shared:/app/shared
-            - ./openslides-datastore-service/writer/writer:/app/writer
-            - ./openslides-datastore-service/cli:/app/cli
-        environment:
-            - DATASTORE_ENABLE_DEV_ENVIRONMENT=1
-            - COMMAND=create_initial_data
-            - DATASTORE_INITIAL_DATA_FILE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/openslides4-dev/docs/example-data.json
-    client:
-        image: openslides-client-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./openslides-client/client/src:/app/src
-    backend:
-        image: openslides-backend-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./openslides-backend/openslides_backend:/srv/code/openslides_backend
-    autoupdate:
-        image: openslides-autoupdate-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./openslides-autoupdate-service/cmd:/root/cmd
-            - ./openslides-autoupdate-service/internal:/root/internal
-    haproxy:
-        image: openslides-haproxy-dev
-        volumes:
-            - ./haproxy/src:/usr/local/etc/haproxy
\ No newline at end of file
+  datastore-reader:
+    image: openslides-datastore-reader-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-datastore-service/shared/shared:/app/shared
+      - ./openslides-datastore-service/reader/reader:/app/reader
+  datastore-writer:
+    image: openslides-datastore-writer-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-datastore-service/shared/shared:/app/shared
+      - ./openslides-datastore-service/writer/writer:/app/writer
+      - ./openslides-datastore-service/cli:/app/cli
+    environment:
+      - DATASTORE_ENABLE_DEV_ENVIRONMENT=1
+      - COMMAND=create_initial_data
+      - DATASTORE_INITIAL_DATA_FILE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/openslides4-dev/docs/example-data.json
+  client:
+    image: openslides-client-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-client/client/src:/app/src
+  backend:
+    image: openslides-backend-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-backend/openslides_backend:/srv/code/openslides_backend
+  autoupdate:
+    image: openslides-autoupdate-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-autoupdate-service/cmd:/root/cmd
+      - ./openslides-autoupdate-service/internal:/root/internal
+  auth:
+    image: openslides-auth-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./openslides-auth-service/auth:/app/auth
+  haproxy:
+    image: openslides-haproxy-dev
+    volumes:
+      - ./haproxy/src:/usr/local/etc/haproxy
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 8327e75eb..f5084faf9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -1,74 +1,92 @@
-version: '3'
+version: "3"
 services:
-    datastore-reader:
-        build:
-            context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-datastore-service.git"
-            args:
-                GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_SERVICE_COMMIT_HASH}"
-                MODULE: "reader"
-                PORT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_READER_PORT}"
-        image: openslides-datastore-reader
-        networks:
-            - backend
-            - datastore-postgresql
+  datastore-reader:
+    build:
+      context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-datastore-service.git"
+      args:
+        GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_SERVICE_COMMIT_HASH}"
+        MODULE: "reader"
+        PORT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_READER_PORT}"
+    image: openslides-datastore-reader
+    networks:
+      - backend
+      - datastore-reader
+      - datastore-postgresql
 
-    datastore-writer:
-        build:
-            context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-datastore-service.git"
-            args:
-                GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_SERVICE_COMMIT_HASH}"
-                MODULE: "writer"
-                PORT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_WRITER_PORT}"
-        image: openslides-datastore-writer
-        networks:
-            - backend
-            - datastore-postgresql
-            - message-bus
+  datastore-writer:
+    build:
+      context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-datastore-service.git"
+      args:
+        GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_SERVICE_COMMIT_HASH}"
+        MODULE: "writer"
+        PORT: "${OPENSLIDES_DATASTORE_WRITER_PORT}"
+    image: openslides-datastore-writer
+    networks:
+      - backend
+      - datastore-postgresql
+      - message-bus
 
-    datastore-postgresql:
-        networks:
-            - datastore-postgresql
+  datastore-postgresql:
+    networks:
+      - datastore-postgresql
 
-    client:
-        build:
-            context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-client.git"
-            args:
-                GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_CLIENT_COMMIT_HASH}"
-        image: openslides-client
-        networks:
-            - frontend
+  client:
+    build:
+      context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-client.git"
+      args:
+        GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLIDES_CLIENT_COMMIT_HASH}"
+    image: openslides-client
+    networks:
+      - frontend
 
-    backend:
-        networks:
-            - frontend
-            - backend
+  backend:
+    networks:
+      - frontend
+      - backend
 
-    autoupdate:
-        networks:
-            - frontend
-            - backend
-            - message-bus
+  autoupdate:
+    networks:
+      - frontend
+      - backend
+      - message-bus
 
-    message-bus:
-        networks:
-            - message-bus
+  auth:
+    build:
+      context: "https://github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-auth-service.git"
+      args:
+        GIT_CHECKOUT: "${OPENSLDIES_AUTH_SERVICE_COMMIT_HASH}"
+        PORT: "${OPENSLDIES_AUTH_SERVICE_PORT}"
+    image: openslides-auth
+    networks:
+      - datastore-reader
+      - auth
+  cache:
+    networks:
+      - auth
+  message-bus:
+    networks:
+      - message-bus
 
-    haproxy:
-        build: ./haproxy
-        image: openslides-haproxy
-        networks:
-            - uplink
-            - frontend
+  haproxy:
+    build: ./haproxy
+    image: openslides-haproxy
+    networks:
+      - uplink
+      - frontend
 
 # Setup: host <-uplink-> haproxy <-frontend-> services that are reachable from the client <-backend-> services that are internal-only
 # There are special networks for some services only, e.g. datastore-postgresql only for the postgresql, datastore reader and datastore writer
 networks:
-    uplink:
-    frontend:
-        internal: true
-    backend:
-        internal: true
-    datastore-postgresql:
-        internal: true
-    message-bus:
-        internal: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  uplink:
+  frontend:
+    internal: true
+  backend:
+    internal: true
+  datastore-postgresql:
+    internal: true
+  datastore-reader:
+    internal: true
+  message-bus:
+    internal: true
+  auth:
+    internal: true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4ece8dc11..1bdfdf5c6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,55 +1,64 @@
-version: '3'
+version: "3"
 services:
-    # DATASTORE SECTION
-    datastore-reader:
-        depends_on:
-            - datastore-postgresql
-        env_file: services.env
-        environment:
-            - NUM_WORKERS=8
-    datastore-writer:
-        depends_on:
-            - datastore-postgresql
-            - message-bus
-        env_file: services.env
-    datastore-postgresql:
-        image: sameersbn/postgresql:10
-        labels:
-            org.openslides.role: "postgres"
-        environment:
-            - DB_USER=openslides
-            - DB_PASS=openslides
-            - DB_NAME=openslides
-    
-    # CLIENT
-    client:
-        depends_on:
-            - backend
-            - autoupdate
+  # DATASTORE SECTION
+  datastore-reader:
+    depends_on:
+      - datastore-postgresql
+    env_file: services.env
+    environment:
+      - NUM_WORKERS=8
+  datastore-writer:
+    depends_on:
+      - datastore-postgresql
+      - message-bus
+    env_file: services.env
+  datastore-postgresql:
+    image: sameersbn/postgresql:10
+    labels:
+      org.openslides.role: "postgres"
+    environment:
+      - DB_USER=openslides
+      - DB_PASS=openslides
+      - DB_NAME=openslides
 
-    # BACKEND
-    backend:
-        depends_on:
-            - datastore-reader
-            - datastore-writer
-        env_file: services.env
+  # CLIENT
+  client:
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+      - autoupdate
 
-    # AUTOUPDATE
-    autoupdate:
-        depends_on:
-            - datastore-reader
-            - message-bus
-        env_file: services.env
+  # BACKEND
+  backend:
+    depends_on:
+      - datastore-reader
+      - datastore-writer
+    env_file: services.env
 
-    # SHARED
-    message-bus:
-        image: redis:alpine
+  # AUTOUPDATE
+  autoupdate:
+    depends_on:
+      - datastore-reader
+      - message-bus
+    env_file: services.env
 
-    # UPLINK
-    haproxy:
-        depends_on:
-            - client
-            - backend
-            - autoupdate
-        ports:
-            - "8000:8000"
+  # AUTH
+  auth:
+    depends_on:
+      - datastore-reader
+      - cache
+    env_file: services.env
+  cache:
+    image: redis:alpine
+
+  # SHARED
+  message-bus:
+    image: redis:alpine
+
+  # UPLINK
+  haproxy:
+    depends_on:
+      - client
+      - backend
+      - autoupdate
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
diff --git a/haproxy/src/haproxy.cfg b/haproxy/src/haproxy.cfg
index 8e991d65e..3c1862444 100644
--- a/haproxy/src/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/haproxy/src/haproxy.cfg
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ frontend http
     acl autoupdate path_beg -i /system/autoupdate
     use_backend backend_autoupdate if autoupdate
 
+    acl auth path_beg -i /system/auth
+    use_backend backend_auth if auth
+
     stats enable
     stats uri /stats
     stats refresh 10s
@@ -41,3 +44,9 @@ backend backend_autoupdate
     server autoupdate autoupdate:9012 resolvers docker_resolver check
     timeout connect 60s
     timeout server 60s
+
+backend backend_auth
+    mode http
+    server auth auth:9004 resolvers docker_resolver check
+    timeout connect 60s
+    timeout server 60s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openslides-auth-service b/openslides-auth-service
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..7258d3f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides-auth-service
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7258d3f3b581d4dc57c2a25c656e5caa73dd03fc
diff --git a/services.env b/services.env
index 71a00f2ac..846f2214f 100644
--- a/services.env
+++ b/services.env
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ DATASTORE_DATABASE_HOST=datastore-postgresql
 ACTION_HOST=backend
 ACTION_PORT=9002
 PRESENTER_HOST=backend
-PRESENTER_PORT=9003
\ No newline at end of file
+PRESENTER_PORT=9003
+
+AUTH_HOST=auth
+AUTH_PORT=9004
+CACHE_HOST=cache
+CACHE_PORT=6379
\ No newline at end of file