diff --git a/extension/cgroupruntimeextension/CONTRIBUTING.md b/extension/cgroupruntimeextension/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contributing to the Cgroup Go runtime extension
+
+In order to contribute to this extension, it might be useful to have a working local setup.
+
+## Testing
+
+To run the integration tests locally for this extension, you can follow theses steps in a Linux environment.
+
+Inside the extension folder, start a privileged docker container and share the code with the container
+
+```bash
+cd extension/cgroupruntimeextension
+docker run -ti --privileged --cgroupns=host -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace debian:bookworm-slim
+```
+
+Install Go and gcc to run the integration test
+
+```bash
+apt update && apt install -y wget sudo gcc && wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin && go version && rm go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+```
+
+Run the integration test
+
+```bash
+CGO_ENABLED=1 go test -v -exec sudo -race -timeout 360s -parallel 4 -tags=integration,""
+```
diff --git a/extension/cgroupruntimeextension/README.md b/extension/cgroupruntimeextension/README.md
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@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ extension:
         enabled: true
         ratio: 0.8
 ```
+
+## Contributing
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information on how to contribute to this extension.