diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+build
+.git
+.tablesawcache
+.travis.yml
+Dockerfile
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+ARG KAIROSDB_VERSION=1.3.0-0.1beta
+
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk-slim-stretch as build
+ARG KAIROSDB_VERSION
+
+WORKDIR /home/kairosdb
+ADD . /home/kairosdb/git
+
+RUN cd git && \
+    export CLASSPATH=tools/tablesaw-1.2.7.jar && \
+    java make package
+
+RUN tar -xzvf git/build/kairosdb-${KAIROSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+FROM openjdk:8-jre-slim-stretch
+ARG KAIROSDB_VERSION
+ENV KAIROSDB_HOME=/opt/kairosdb-${KAIROSDB_VERSION}
+ENV CLASSPATH=${KAIROSDB_HOME}/lib/*
+
+COPY --from=build /home/kairosdb/kairosdb /opt/kairosdb-${KAIROSDB_VERSION}
+
+RUN ln -s ${KAIROSDB_HOME}/conf /etc/kairosdb && \
+    echo 'export PATH=${KAIROSDB_HOME}/bin:${PATH}' >> /root/.bashrc
+
+EXPOSE 8080 4242
+
+WORKDIR /opt/kairosdb-${KAIROSDB_VERSION}/bin
+ENTRYPOINT . ~/.bashrc && kairosdb.sh run
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diff --git a/how_to_build.txt b/how_to_build.txt
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--- a/how_to_build.txt
+++ b/how_to_build.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ Then to build type
 
 You can also get help on what targets are available by typing
 >java make help
+
+If you prefer to use docker you can easily run the following commands from the top folder of this repository:
+>docker build -t kairosdb:1.3.0_beta1 .
+>docker run -it --rm -p 0.0.0.0:8080:8080 -p 0.0.0.0:4242:4242 kairosdb:1.3.0_beta1
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