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+FROM maven:3.5-jdk-8-alpine
+COPY . /src
+WORKDIR /src
+RUN mvn install
+
+FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
+WORKDIR /app
+EXPOSE 8080
+ENV VERSION=2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+COPY --from=0 /src/target/spring-petclinic-$VERSION.jar /app/spring-petclinic.jar
+CMD ["java", "-jar", "spring-petclinic.jar"]
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@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ You can then access petclinic here: http://localhost:8080/
 Our issue tracker is available here: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/issues
 
 
+## Running petclinic with Docker
+
+Included is a multistage `Dockerfile` that will create a relatively small docker image containing Petclinic.
+
+```bash
+	git clone https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic.git
+	cd spring-petclinic
+	docker build -t spring/petclinic .
+	docker run -p 8080:8080 spring/petclinic
+```
+
+Once started you can browse to http://localhost:8080 to see the Petclinic.
+
+
 ## Database configuration
 
 In its default configuration, Petclinic uses an in-memory database (HSQLDB) which