diff --git a/examples/fastapi/Dockerfile b/examples/fastapi/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN pip install fastapi uvicorn elastic-opentelemetry
+
+# Install all the instrumentations available for the installed packages
+RUN edot-bootstrap -a install
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Set some resource attributes to make our service recognizable
+ENV OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=FastAPIService,service.version=0.0.1,deployment.environment=development"
+
+CMD ["opentelemetry-instrument", "uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "5000"]
diff --git a/examples/fastapi/README.md b/examples/fastapi/README.md
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+# FastAPI autoinstrumented application
+
+This is a barebone FastAPI app used for demonstrating autoinstrumentation with EDOT.
+
+You can build the application image it with:
+
+```
+docker build --load -t edot-fastapi:latest .
+```
+
+You can run the application with:
+
+```
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://my-deployment.apm.us-west1.gcp.cloud.es.io
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Bearer P....l"
+docker run -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT" \
+  -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS" \
+  -p 5000:5000 -it --rm edot-fastapi:latest
+```
+
+You can access the application from [http://127.0.0.1:5000](http://127.0.0.1:5000).
diff --git a/examples/fastapi/app.py b/examples/fastapi/app.py
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+# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright
+# ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root():
+    return {"message": "Hello, world!"}