diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+.git
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM php:8.1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+  libzip-dev \
+  zip \
+  git 
+
+# Install php extensions
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli pdo pdo_mysql
+
+RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install composer
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- \
+  --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
+
+# Give execute permission to startup script
+RUN chmod +x /app/docker-startup.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/docker-startup.sh" ]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 
 > **Important Note:** "Triangle POS" uses Laravel Snappy Package for PDFs. If you are using Linux then no configuration is needed. But in other Operating Systems please refer to [Laravel Snappy Documentation](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-snappy).
 
+# Docker Installation
+
+This will start the application along with the mysql database using docker compose. Note that the `DB_HOST` variable must be the mysql docker container name, in this case `db`.
+
+- run `` docker build -t triangle-pos . `` 
+- run `` docker compose up ``
+- then visit `` http://localhost:8000 or http://127.0.0.1:8000 ``.
+
 # Admin Credentials
 > Email: super.admin@test.com || Password: 12345678
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+services:
+  web:
+    image: triangle-pos:latest
+    build:
+      context: .
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - "9000:8000"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/html
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    platform: "linux/amd64"
+    image: mysql:5.7
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE}
+      MYSQL_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
+
+volumes:
+  dbdata:
diff --git a/docker-startup.sh b/docker-startup.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+php artisan key:generate
+php artisan migrate --seed
+php artisan storage:link
+php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0
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