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+FROM python:3.5.7-alpine3.10
+RUN apk add git
+WORKDIR /opt/catpol
+COPY ./requirements* /opt/catpol/
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
+COPY . /opt/catpol
+ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project_template.settings.dev
+RUN python3 manage.py migrate 
+CMD python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "2"
+services:
+    catpol:
+      build: .
+      depends_on:
+        - postgres
+        - pybossa
+      ports:
+        - "8000:8000"
+    redis-master:
+        image: 'redis:3.0-alpine'
+    redis-sentinel:
+        image: 'jvstein/redis-sentinel:latest'
+        depends_on:
+            - redis-master
+        links:
+            - redis-master
+    postgres:
+        image: 'postgres:9.6-alpine'
+        environment:
+            - POSTGRES_USER=pybossa
+            - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+    # initializes the database
+    db-init:
+        image: 'jvstein/pybossa:latest'
+        depends_on:
+            - postgres
+        environment:
+            - POSTGRES_URL=postgresql://pybossa:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@db/pybossa
+        links:
+            - postgres:db
+        command: sh -c "sleep 5 && python cli.py db_create"
+    # background worker process
+    pybossa-bgworker:
+        image: 'jvstein/pybossa:latest'
+        depends_on:
+            - db-init
+        environment:
+            - POSTGRES_URL=postgresql://pybossa:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@db/pybossa
+        links:
+            - redis-master
+            - redis-sentinel
+            - postgres:db
+        command: rqscheduler --host redis-master
+    # web server
+    pybossa:
+        image: 'jvstein/pybossa:latest'
+        container_name: pybossa
+        depends_on:
+            - db-init
+        environment:
+            - POSTGRES_URL=postgresql://pybossa:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@db/pybossa
+        links:
+            - redis-master
+            - redis-sentinel
+            - postgres:db
+        ports:
+            - "8080:8080"