diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# The first instruction is what image we want to base our container on
+# We Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.6
+
+# The enviroment variable ensures that the python output is set straight
+# to the terminal with out buffering it first
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# create root directory for our project in the container
+RUN mkdir /esther_kleinhenz_ba
+
+# Set the working directory to /esther_kleinhenz_ba
+WORKDIR /esther_kleinhenz_ba
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /esther_kleinhenz_ba
+ADD . /esther_kleinhenz_ba/
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
+    command: bash -c "python manage.py makemigrations && python manage.py migrate && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
+    container_name: esther_kleinhenz_ba
+    volumes:
+      - .:/esther_kleinhenz_ba
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+amqp==1.4.9
+anyjson==0.3.3
+astroid==1.6.5
+autopep8==1.3.5
+billiard==3.3.0.23
+celery==3.1.26.post2
+croniter==0.3.25
+Django==2.1.2
+django-celery==3.2.2
+django-classy-tags==0.8.0
+django-debug-toolbar==1.10.1
+django-hitcount==1.3.0
+django-post-office==3.1.0
+django-taggit==0.23.0
+django-taggit-templatetags2==1.6.1
+isort==4.3.4
+jsonfield==2.0.2
+kombu==3.0.37
+lazy-object-proxy==1.3.1
+ldap3==2.5
+mccabe==0.6.1
+pyasn1==0.4.3
+pyasn1-modules==0.2.2
+pycodestyle==2.4.0
+pyldap==3.0.0.post1
+pylint==1.9.2
+python-dateutil==2.7.3
+python-ldap==3.1.0
+pytz==2018.4
+six==1.11.0
+sqlparse==0.2.4
+wrapt==1.10.11