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+# Etebase Docker
+Run Etebase Server within Docker Container
+
+## Setup Instructions
+**Docker Run** (not recommended):
+```console
+$ docker run -d --name "etebase" -v ./data:/opt/etebase-data -p 8080:80 drmaxnix/etebase
+```
+
+**Docker Compose** (recommended):
+```yaml
+services:
+  main:
+    image: drmaxnix/etebase
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/opt/etebase-data
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+```
+```console
+$ docker compose up -d
+```
+
+> ▶️ For both variants, persistent config files and user data will be stored in the `./data` directory. Feel free to change this to your needs.
+
+> ▶️ With this setup, the server will publicly listen on port 8080 via unencrypted http. When using in production, make sure to use a reverse proxy to add ssl functionality!
+
+## User Management
+Create initial admin account:
+```console
+$ docker compose exec main .venv/bin/python3 ./manage.py createsuperuser
+```
+
+> ▶️ If you are using docker run, replace `docker compose exec main` with `docker exec -it etebase`.