**Core Platform Infrastructure**  
- **Container Orchestration**  
  - Docker Compose support for defining, deploying, and managing game servers.  
  - Automated build processes for pulling container images directly from repositories.  
  - Support for scaling containers horizontally and integrating with load balancers.  
- **Database Management**  
  - MariaDB storage for users, roles, servers, logs, and other metadata.  
  - Automated migrations and schema updates.  
  - Optional backups and restore functionality.  
- **System Administration & Configuration**  
  - Centralized configuration for environment variables (database, container registry, etc.).  
  - Configurable settings for default themes, branding, resource allocation, and networking.  
  - Integrations with external services (e.g., email notifications, webhooks).  

**User Management & RBAC**  
- **Authorization & Roles**  
  - Admin: Full privileges, manages providers, monitors system-level logs, configures app settings.  
  - Provider: Manages Docker Compose files, sets up game servers, customizes theming for sub-tenant users.  
  - End-user: Creates, starts/stops, and monitors personal game servers within provider-defined constraints.  
- **Registration & Onboarding**  
  - Self-service user registration and password management.  
  - Invite-based or open registration toggles for providers.  
- **User Permissions**  
  - Granular permission sets (e.g., server creation, theming changes, advanced logs, etc.).  
  - Scoped resource access (e.g., only providers can see their own servers).  

**Server Management**  
- **Dashboard**  
  - Server status overview (running, stopped, failed) with quick access controls.  
  - Resource usage graphs (CPU, memory, network).  
  - Logs aggregated from Docker containers.  
- **Server Lifecycle**  
  - Start, stop, restart, and remove containers.  
  - Scheduled tasks for automatic restarts, backups, or updates.  
  - Error handling with detailed logs for failed starts or deployments.  
- **Server Configuration**  
  - Provider uploads and maintains Docker Compose configurations.  
  - Dynamic environment variable injection (e.g., for server name, region, or ports).  
  - Handling persistent volumes for game data, backups, logs, etc.  

**Theming & Customization**  
- **Theme Uploader**  
  - Provider interface to upload custom CSS, logos, colors.  
  - Version management for new or updated themes.  
- **Theme Editor for End-users**  
  - Light/dark mode toggles.  
  - User-defined accent colors, backgrounds, or layout settings.  
- **Branding & White-labeling**  
  - Custom logos, favicons, and domain names.  
  - Optional header/footer branding for providers.  

**Logging & Monitoring**  
- **Real-time Logs**  
  - Live streaming of container output within the dashboard.  
  - Logs paginated or filtered by container, date range, or log level.  
- **System-wide Events**  
  - Admin panel for critical events (e.g., container failures, resource exhaustion).  
  - Alerts for CPU/memory usage thresholds.  
- **Audit Trails**  
  - Tracking actions (user login, server creation, permission changes).  
  - Time-stamped entries stored in MariaDB.  

**Scalability & Performance**  
- **Load Balancing**  
  - Option to integrate with Nginx/HAProxy or container-orchestration-based balancing.  
  - Automatic distribution of containers across hosts (if multi-node).  
- **Horizontal Scaling**  
  - Additional hosts/nodes can be added to the cluster for more container capacity.  
  - Database clustering or read replicas for high-traffic environments.  
- **Caching & Optimization**  
  - Caching mechanism for static assets like themes and images.  
  - Configuration for memory usage and container concurrency limits.  

**Security & Compliance**  
- **Access Control**  
  - Secure password storage (bcrypt or similar).  
  - Two-factor authentication (2FA) option.  
- **Network Security**  
  - Optional SSL/TLS termination for secure connections.  
  - Firewall and trusted host rules for Docker engine.  
- **GDPR & Data Handling**  
  - User data export functionality.  
  - Data retention policies for logs and backups.  

**API & Extensibility**  
- **RESTful/GraphQL Interface**  
  - Endpoints to manage servers, theming, user roles, and logs.  
  - Auth tokens for third-party integrations.  
- **Plugin/Module System**  
  - Standard interface for adding new functionality (chat systems, analytics, etc.).  
  - Hooks for events like server creation or theme updates.  

**Testing & QA**  
- **Automated Unit Tests**  
  - Coverage for RBAC logic, user registration, server operations.  
- **Integration & End-to-end Tests**  
  - Tests for Docker Compose deployments and theme customizations.  
- **Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)**  
  - Automated builds, tests, and deployments on code changes.  

**Documentation & Support**  
- **User & Provider Guides**  
  - Tutorials for creating servers, managing Docker Compose files, customizing themes.  
- **Admin Documentation**  
  - Detailed guides for configuring, scaling, and troubleshooting the platform.  
- **Community & Support Channels**  
  - Optional forum or ticketing system for technical help.