diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Modified Brett Fisher's node-docker-good-defaults https://github.com/BretFisher/node-docker-good-defaults/blob/master/Dockerfile
+FROM thegreenhouse/nodejs-dev:0.4.0
+
+# set our node environment, either development or production
+# defaults to production, compose overrides this to development on build and run
+ARG NODE_ENV=production
+ENV NODE_ENV $NODE_ENV
+
+# default to port 8000 for prod, 1981 for dev, and 9876 for testing
+ARG PORT=8000
+ENV PORT $PORT
+EXPOSE $PORT 1981 9876
+
+RUN npm i npm@latest -g
+
+# install dependencies first, in a different location for easier app bind mounting for local development
+WORKDIR /opt
+COPY package.json package-lock.json* ./
+RUN npm install && \
+    npm install --only=dev && \
+    npm cache clean --force
+ENV PATH /opt/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
+
+WORKDIR /opt/app
+COPY . /opt/app
+RUN echo "node_modules" > .eslintignore
+
+RUN npm run build
+
+# use `docker run --init in production`
+# so that signals are passed properly.
+CMD [ "ws" ]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd3b01b..8591670 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -128,4 +128,58 @@ For convenience, Create Evergreen App comes with the dependencies needed to run
 - For information on adding more browsers, see [the Karma docs](http://karma-runner.github.io/3.0/config/browsers.html).
 - For more information on testing in general, see [our wiki!](https://github.com/ProjectEvergreen/create-evergreen-app/wiki).
 
-> Chrome headless is enabled by default since it is the most portable between local and continuous integration environments.
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+> Chrome headless is enabled by default since it is the most portable between local and continuous integration environments.
+
+#### Docker
+
+Create Evergreen App comes Docker-ready with a built in Dockerfile
+
+To build and tag a docker image with any image/release name for your app:
+
+```bash
+$ docker build -t imagename:releasename .
+```
+
+To run the docker image in production:
+
+```bash
+$ docker run --init --name mycontainer imagename:releasename
+```
+
+**Note** Use the `--init` flag so that the exit signals are passed correctly.
+
+Which should display something like:
+
+```
+Serving at http://e899fd0ef42c:8000, http://127.0.0.1:8000, http://172.17.0.2:8000
+```
+
+You will need to access your app using the container's IP and port(yours will be different, but it's the third URL shown above).
+
+Otherwise, you can get your container `IPAddress` with:
+
+```
+docker inspect mycontainer
+```
+
+#### Docker Development
+
+You can run your application's webpack-dev-server within a container by modifiying the webpack.config.develop.js with your container's IP address(yours will be different, see above)
+
+```
+host: '172.17.0.2',
+```
+
+You can mount and run your application's `src` folder so that your changes are immediately reflected within a running container with:
+
+```
+docker run --init --name mycontainer -v "$(pwd)"/src:/opt/app/src imagename:releasename npm run develop
+```
+
+#### Docker Testing
+
+To test the docker image:
+
+```bash
+$ docker run --init imagename:releasename npm test
+```
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a044a3..45858fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     ".editorconfig",
     ".eslintrc",
     ".gitattributes",
+    "Dockerfile",
     "yarn.lock",
     "package-lock.json",
     "babel.config.js",