diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM norionomura/swift:421
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y postgresql libpq-dev cmake
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# cmark
+RUN git clone https://github.com/commonmark/cmark
+RUN make -C cmark INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
+RUN make -C cmark install
+
+# javascript deps
+
+RUN apt-get install --yes curl nodejs npm
+
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10
+
+# COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+# RUN npm install
+
+# COPY assets ./assets
+# COPY Package.swift LinuxMain.swift ./
+# RUN swift package update
+
+# COPY Sources ./Sources
+# COPY Tests ./Tests
+
+# RUN swift test && swift build --configuration release
+
+EXPOSE 8765
+
+# CMD [".build/release/swifttalk-server"]
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.7'
+
+# create services
+services:
+  postgres_db:
+    image: postgres:11-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 8760:5432
+    volumes:
+      - ./docker-initdb/create-db.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-user-db.sh
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'secret?wiftT4lk'
+
+  swift_backend:
+    image: swifttalk-dev
+    command: bash -c "npm install && swift package update && swift test && swift build --configuration release && .build/x86_64-unknown-linux/release/swifttalk-server"
+    working_dir: /app
+    # restart: on-failure
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - 8765:8765
+    volumes:
+      - ../package.json:/app/package.json
+      - ../package-lock.json:/app/package-lock.json
+      - ../Package.swift:/app/Package.swift
+      - ../LinuxMain.swift:/app/LinuxMain.swift
+      - ../assets:/app/assets
+      - ../Sources:/app/Sources
+      - ../Tests:/app/Tests
+      - node_modules:/app/node_modules
+      - npm:/root/.npm
+    environment:
+      # RDS_HOSTNAME: "$(ifconfig en0 | awk '/inet /{print $2}')"
+      BASE_URL: ""
+      GITHUB_CLIENT_ID: ""
+      GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: ""
+      GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN: ""
+      RECURLY_SUBDOMAIN: ""
+      RECURLY_PUBLIC_KEY: ""
+      RECURLY_API_KEY: ""
+      CIRCLE_API_KEY: ""
+      MAILCHIMP_API_KEY: ""
+      MAILCHIMP_LIST_ID: ""
+      VIMEO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ""
+      SENDGRID_API_KEY: ""
+
+# create named volumes for reuse over different services
+# and as a caching mechanism for node_modules and npm
+volumes:
+  # when postgres password is changed here
+  # remove of this volume has to be done
+  # see 'docker volume rm <db_postgres_data>'
+  postgres_data:
+  node_modules:
+  npm:
diff --git a/docker/docker-initdb/create-db.sh b/docker/docker-initdb/create-db.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
+	CREATE DATABASE swifttalk_dev;
+EOSQL