diff --git a/.github/component_owners.yml b/.github/component_owners.yml
index 45e8f16da3f..84524973621 100644
--- a/.github/component_owners.yml
+++ b/.github/component_owners.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ components:
   detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws:
     - NathanielRN
     - willarmiros
+  detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker:
+    - abhee11
   metapackages/auto-instrumentations-node:
     - obecny
   metapackages/auto-instrumentations-web:
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintignore b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..378eac25d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintrc.js b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..029ade46349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+  env: {
+    mocha: true,
+    node: true,
+  },
+  ...require("../../../eslint.config.js"),
+};
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.npmignore b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9505ba9450f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/bin
+/coverage
+/doc
+/test
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/LICENSE b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/README.md b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56a884cff2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# OpenTelemetry Resource Detector for Docker
+
+[![NPM Published Version][npm-img]][npm-url]
+[![dependencies][dependencies-image]][dependencies-url]
+[![devDependencies][devDependencies-image]][devDependencies-url]
+[![Apache License][license-image]][license-image]
+
+[component owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/blob/main/.github/component_owners.yml): @abhee11
+
+Resource detector for docker.
+
+Compatible with OpenTelemetry JS API and SDK `1.0+`.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install --save @opentelemetry/resource-detector-docker
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { detectResources } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
+import { dockerCGroupV1Detector } from '@opentelemetry/resource-detector-docker'
+const resource = await detectResources({
+   detectors: [dockerCGroupV1Detector],
+})
+
+const tracerProvider = new NodeTracerProvider({ resource });
+```
+
+## Available detectors
+
+- `dockerCGroupV1Detector`: Populates `container.id` for processes running on docker cgroup v1
+
+## Useful links
+
+- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: <https://opentelemetry.io/>
+- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js>
+- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions][discussions-url]
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.
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diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/package.json b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba23367df68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  "name": "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-docker",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Opentelemetry resource detector to get docker resource attributes",
+  "main": "build/src/index.js",
+  "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
+  "repository": "open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib",
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rimraf build/*",
+    "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../../",
+    "compile": "npm run version:update && tsc -p .",
+    "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
+    "precompile": "tsc --version && lerna run version --scope @opentelemetry/resource-detector-docker --include-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile",
+    "prepare": "npm run compile",
+    "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
+    "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
+    "version:update": "node ../../../scripts/version-update.js",
+    "watch": "tsc -w"
+  },
+  "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "files": [
+    "build/src/**/*.js",
+    "build/src/**/*.js.map",
+    "build/src/**/*.d.ts",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "1.0.4",
+    "@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils": "^0.29.0",
+    "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
+    "@types/node": "^17.0.14",
+    "@types/sinon": "10.0.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-header": "^3.1.1",
+    "gts": "^3.1.0",
+    "mocha": "7.2.0",
+    "nock": "12.0.3",
+    "nyc": "15.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
+    "sinon": "^12.0.1",
+    "ts-mocha": "8.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^4.5.5"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.4"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^1.0.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "^1.0.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/DockerCGroupV1Detector.ts b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/DockerCGroupV1Detector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b2ee77fa24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/DockerCGroupV1Detector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import {
+  Detector,
+  Resource,
+  ResourceDetectionConfig,
+} from '@opentelemetry/resources';
+
+import { SemanticResourceAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as util from 'util';
+import { diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+
+export class DockerCGroupV1Detector implements Detector {
+  readonly CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH = 64;
+  readonly DEFAULT_CGROUP_PATH = '/proc/self/cgroup';
+  readonly UTF8_UNICODE = 'utf8';
+
+  private static readFileAsync = util.promisify(fs.readFile);
+
+  async detect(_config?: ResourceDetectionConfig): Promise<Resource> {
+    try {
+      const containerId = await this._getContainerId();
+      return !containerId
+        ? Resource.empty()
+        : new Resource({
+            [SemanticResourceAttributes.CONTAINER_ID]: containerId,
+          });
+    } catch (e) {
+      diag.info(
+        'Docker CGROUP V1 Detector did not identify running inside a supported docker container, no docker attributes will be added to resource: ',
+        e
+      );
+      return Resource.empty();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async _getContainerId(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    try {
+      const rawData = await DockerCGroupV1Detector.readFileAsync(
+        this.DEFAULT_CGROUP_PATH,
+        this.UTF8_UNICODE
+      );
+      const splitData = rawData.trim().split('\n');
+      for (const str of splitData) {
+        if (str.length >= this.CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH) {
+          return str.substring(str.length - this.CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e instanceof Error) {
+        const errorMessage = e.message;
+        diag.info(
+          'Docker CGROUP V1 Detector failed to read the Container ID: ',
+          errorMessage
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export const dockerCGroupV1Detector = new DockerCGroupV1Detector();
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/index.ts b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25aa53ab9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/detectors/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export * from './DockerCGroupV1Detector';
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/index.ts b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bfde8defd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export * from './detectors';
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/test/DockerCGroupv1Detector.test.ts b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/test/DockerCGroupv1Detector.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79115454273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/test/DockerCGroupv1Detector.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
+import { dockerCGroupV1Detector } from '../src';
+import {
+  assertContainerResource,
+  assertEmptyResource,
+} from '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils';
+
+import { DockerCGroupV1Detector } from '../src';
+
+describe('dockerCGroupV1Detector', () => {
+  let readStub;
+  const correctCgroupData =
+    'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm';
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  describe('Supported docker - Container ID ', () => {
+    it('should return a resource attributes without container id - docker cgroup v1 detector', async () => {
+      readStub = sinon
+        .stub(DockerCGroupV1Detector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+        .resolves(undefined);
+
+      const resource: Resource = await dockerCGroupV1Detector.detect();
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(resource.attributes, {});
+      assert.ok(resource);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a resource with container ID with a valid container ID present', async () => {
+      readStub = sinon
+        .stub(DockerCGroupV1Detector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+        .resolves(correctCgroupData);
+
+      const resource: Resource = await dockerCGroupV1Detector.detect();
+
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+
+      assert.ok(resource);
+      assertContainerResource(resource, {
+        id: 'bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return a resource without attribute container.id when cgroup file does not contain valid Container ID', async () => {
+      readStub = sinon
+        .stub(DockerCGroupV1Detector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+        .resolves('');
+
+      const resource: Resource = await dockerCGroupV1Detector.detect();
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(resource.attributes, {});
+
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+      assert.ok(resource);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an empty resource when containerId is not valid', async () => {
+      const errorMsg = {
+        fileNotFoundError: new Error('cannot find file in path'),
+      };
+
+      readStub = sinon
+        .stub(DockerCGroupV1Detector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+        .rejects(errorMsg.fileNotFoundError);
+
+      const resource: Resource = await dockerCGroupV1Detector.detect();
+
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+      assertEmptyResource(resource);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/tsconfig.json b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..505b67a248f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "rootDir": ".",
+      "outDir": "build"
+    },
+    "include": [
+      "src/**/*.ts",
+      "test/**/*.ts"
+    ]
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 46f9c4a9713..4f5898a388e 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws": {},
     "detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-gcp": {},
     "detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-github": {},
+    "detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-docker": {},
     "metapackages/auto-instrumentations-node": {},
     "metapackages/auto-instrumentations-web": {},
     "packages/opentelemetry-browser-extension-autoinjection": {},