diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+Dockerfile
+.git*
+
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+lerna-debug.log
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Build
+/node_modules
+/packages/*/lib/
+/packages/*/node_modules/
+
+# Website build directory
+website/site
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional eslint cache
+.eslintcache
+
+# VS Code files
+.vscode
+
+# Yarn Integrity file
+.yarn-integrity
+
+# OS files
+.DS_Store
+._*
+Thumbs.db
+
+.history
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:16
+
+# Copy code and set working directory
+COPY ./ /usr/src/ace
+WORKDIR /usr/src/ace
+
+# Install Chromium
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y chromium && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install app dependencies
+RUN yarn install --network-timeout 100000
+
+# for the healthcheck use ACE_HOST if defined. Otherwise use localhost
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s \
+            CMD http_proxy="" https_proxy="" HTTP_PROXY="" HTTPS_PROXY="" \
+            curl --fail http://${ACE_HOST:-localhost}:${ACE_PORT:-8000}/jobs \
+            || exit 1
+
+# output ace version and start ace
+# ACE_VERBOSITY is meant to be set to either -s or -V
+CMD yarn run ace-http -v && \
+    yarn run ace-http -H ${ACE_HOST:-localhost} \
+                      -p ${ACE_PORT:-8000} \
+                      -l ${ACE_LANG:-en} \
+                      ${ACE_VERBOSITY:-}