diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+docker/config.lisp
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:11
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
+  apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+    cl-quicklisp \
+    default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+    git
+
+RUN mkdir -p /srv/phabricator /opt/forgerie
+RUN useradd -md /srv/forgerie -s /bin/bash forgerie
+COPY docker/.sbclrc /srv/forgerie/.sbclrc
+RUN chown -R forgerie:forgerie /srv/forgerie /opt/forgerie
+
+USER forgerie
+WORKDIR /srv/forgerie
+
+# install quicklisp and pulls core dependencies for it to run properly
+RUN sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit --noprint \
+    --load /usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp \
+    --eval '(quicklisp-quickstart:install :path "quicklisp")' \
+    --quit  # to install and configure quicklisp
+
+COPY . /opt/forgerie
+ENV FORGERIE_PATH=/opt/forgerie/
+
+# install quicklisp and pulls core dependencies for it to run properly
+RUN sbcl --quit
diff --git a/docker/.sbclrc b/docker/.sbclrc
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+(let ((quicklisp-init (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp"
+                                       (user-homedir-pathname))))
+  (when (probe-file quicklisp-init)
+    (load quicklisp-init)))
+
+;; Make sure we can provide path to forgerie code...
+(let ((forgerie-path (uiop:getenv "FORGERIE_PATH")))
+  (when (and forgerie-path (probe-file forgerie-path))
+    (push (pathname forgerie-path) asdf:*central-registry*)))
+
+;; so quicklisp is able to run the forgerie code and execute the script
+(ql:quickload :forgerie)
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
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+# Build
+
+```
+$ name=forgerie
+$ docker build -t $name .
+```
+
+# Run script(s)
+
+Edit /docker/config.lisp according to your runtime requirements, then run:
+```
+$ docker run -it $name \
+  -v /path/to/clone/forgerie/docker:/opt/forgerie/config \
+  $script
+```
+
+for script in /opt/forgerie/bin/{build-config-tmpl, run, postmortem}
+
+