diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.14
+
+RUN apk update && apk add py3-pip
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+WORKDIR /docs
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD [ "mkdocs","serve","-a","0.0.0.0:8000"]
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 Read the docs at [docs.vapor.codes](https://docs.vapor.codes)
 
+# Start with Docker 
+* Prerequisite for this setup, you must have docker and docker compose installed on the system 
+
+1. first clone the repo 
+
+2. then run 
+```
+docker compose up 
+```
+3. then open from the browser on the port 8000 
+e.g.  
+```
+http://127.0.1.1:8000
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 If you want to add information to the docs or have found any mistakes you wish to fix, feel free to create a PR  for the change.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+services:
+  docs:
+    build: ./
+    image: vapor/docs
+    container_name: vapor-docs
+    ports:
+    - "8000:8000"
+    volumes:
+    - type: bind
+      source: ./
+      target: /docs
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