docs: add no-Docker deployment path via remote ACR build

.azure/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This guide helps you deploy the SimpleL7Proxy service to Azure using the Azure D
 
 1. [Azure Developer CLI (AZD)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-developer-cli/install-azd)
 2. [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)
-3. [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/)
+3. [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/)(optional; only needed for local container builds)
 
 ## Deployment Steps
 
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ This command will deploy the Azure infrastructure defined in the Bicep templates
 
 ### 4. Build and Deploy the Application
 
+Important
+Current deployment scripts are Docker-based.
+
+deploy.sh and deploy.ps1 build and push images using local Docker.
+deploy.sh expects images already built by Docker-based build scripts.
+If Docker is unavailable, use remote ACR build commands from CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md and then update/deploy using the resulting image tags.
+
 #### For Windows:
 
 ```powershell

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README.md

@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - [.NET 10 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download)
-- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) (container builds)
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) (optional; only needed for local container builds)
 - [Azure Developer CLI (azd)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-developer-cli/install-azd) (cloud deployment)
+- [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) (required for remote ACR builds)
 - Azure subscription with Container Apps; optionally AI Foundry / APIM
 
 ## Quick Start
 
+Important
+Current deployment scripts are Docker-based.
+
+deploy.sh and deploy.ps1 build and push images using local Docker.
+deploy.sh expects images already built by Docker-based build scripts.
+If Docker is unavailable, use remote ACR build commands from CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md and then update/deploy using the resulting image tags.
+
 **Local (2 commands):**
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/your-org/SimpleL7Proxy.git
@@ -61,9 +69,9 @@ chmod +x .azure/setup.sh .azure/deploy.sh
 ./.azure/setup.sh && azd provision && ./.azure/deploy.sh
 ```
 
+> No local Docker available? Use the remote ACR build workflow in [docs/CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md](docs/CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md).
 > See [Getting Started — Local Development](docs/BEGINNER_DEVELOPMENT.md) for the fastest setup paths.  
-> See [Container Deployment](docs/CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md) for VNET and high-performance variants.
-
+> 
 ---
 
 ## Local Development Paths

deployment/proxy-with-sidecar/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Deploy a multi-container Azure Container App with a health probe sidecar pattern
 
 - [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) installed
 - Access to an Azure Container Registry (ACR)
-- Docker installed (for building images)
+- Docker installed (optional; only needed for building images locally)
 
 ## Quick Start
 
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ export HOST1="host=https://your-api.azure-api.net;mode=apim;path=/;probe=/health
 
 ### 2. Build Images
 
+Important
+Current deployment scripts are Docker-based.
+
+deploy.sh and deploy.ps1 build and push images using local Docker.
+deploy.sh expects images already built by Docker-based build scripts.
+If Docker is unavailable, use remote ACR build commands from CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md and then update/deploy using the resulting image tags.
+
 ```bash
 cd ../../src/SimpleL7Proxy && ./build.sh
 cd ../HealthProbe && ./build.sh

docs/CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Build a Docker image from the `src/` directory and run it locally or deploy it t
 > - **Probe paths are in the Host connection string** — use `Host1=host=https://api.example.com;probe=/health` (not separate `Probe_path1=` variables).
 > - **Fastest path to Azure:** (1) `.azure/setup.sh` (check prerequisites, choose scenario), (2) `azd provision` (create Container App + App Configuration + ACR), (3) `deployment/AppConfiguration/deploy.sh` (seed App Configuration from your config), (4) `.azure/deploy.sh` (build image, push to ACR, update Container App).
 
----
 
 ## Container Ports
 
@@ -179,6 +178,22 @@ docker build -t simplel7proxy:latest -f SimpleL7Proxy/Dockerfile .
 
 ---
 
+## Building without Docker (Remote ACR Build)
+
+If Docker is not available locally (corporate restrictions, CI/CD runners, etc.), build directly in Azure Container Registry:
+
+```bash
+# From repo root
+export ACR=myregistry  # Your ACR name, without .azurecr.io
+export VERSION=v2.2.11 # Or read from Constants.cs
+
+az acr build
+--registry $ACR
+--image simple-l7-proxy:$VERSION
+--file src/SimpleL7Proxy/Dockerfile
+src
+```
+
 ## Running Locally with Docker
 
 ### Minimal run
@@ -247,7 +262,8 @@ This is the recommended path for provisioning all required Azure resources (ACR,
 
 - [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)
 - [Azure Developer CLI (azd)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-developer-cli/install-azd)
-- Docker
+- Docker (optional; only needed for local image builds)
+- For no-Docker environments, use the remote ACR build workflow in [Building without Docker (Remote ACR Build)](#building-without-docker-remote-acr-build)
 
 ### Step 1 — Setup
 

docs/SIDECAR_DEPLOYMENT.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ export HOST1="host=https://my-api.azure-api.net;mode=apim;path=/;probe=/status-0
 
 ### Step 2 — Build both images
 
+Option A: Local Docker build (fast local iteration)
+
 Both build scripts read `ACR` from `deploy.parameters.sh` automatically.
 
 ```bash
@@ -102,6 +104,16 @@ Each script:
 3. Builds from `src/` (includes `Shared/`)
 4. Pushes `$ACR.azurecr.io/myproxy:<ver>` and `$ACR.azurecr.io/healthprobe:<ver>` respectively
 
+Option B: Remote ACR build (no Docker required)
+
+Use Option B in corporate/restricted environments or CI/CD runners where Docker is unavailable.
+
+```bash
+# Run from repo root
+az acr build --registry $ACR --image myproxy:latest --file src/SimpleL7Proxy/Dockerfile src
+az acr build --registry $ACR --image healthprobe:latest --file src/HealthProbe/Dockerfile src
+```
+
 ### Step 3 — Create the Container App and assign RBAC
 
 Run `setup.sh` **once** — it creates the Container App with a placeholder image, enables system-assigned managed identity, and grants `AcrPull` on the ACR. It waits 60 seconds for the role to propagate.