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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Stage 1: Build the NextJS Application
+FROM node:20-alpine as build
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm ci
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Stage 2: Setup the Nginx Server to serve the NextJS Application
+FROM nginx:stable-alpine3.17 as production
+COPY --from=build /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+RUN echo 'server { listen 80; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/html;  location / { try_files $uri /index.html; } }' > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+EXPOSE 80
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,5 +36,12 @@ npm install
 npm run build
 ```
 
+### Docker Build
+```bash
+docker build -t drawdb .
+docker run -p 3000:80 drawdb
+```
+
+
 Set up the [server](https://github.com/drawdb-io/drawdb-server) and environment variables according to `.env.sample` for the survey and bug report forms.