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 # Docker_frappe
+
 Containerizing the frappe bench installation for a development environment
+
+## Getting Started
+
+These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+What things you need to install the software and how to install them
+
+```
+Docker
+docker-compose
+```
+
+### Installing
+
+A step by step series of examples that tell you have to get a development env running
+
+Installing Docker Community Edition 
+
+```
+Follow the steps given in https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/
+
+The Docker version used by us is Docker version 17.06.0-ce, build 02c1d87
+```
+Installing docker-compose 
+
+```
+Follow the steps given in https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
+
+The docker-compose version used by us is docker-compose version 1.14.0, build c7bdf9e
+```
+
+Steps to be followed to build and run the docker image are :
+```
+1. Run the bash script bash_script.sh (Modify it to executable if not already given using the chmod +x command) with the command ./bash_script.sh
+2. After a few minutes the prompt will point to the App container with a root prefix to it (your current location is /home/frappe)
+3. You will be inside /home/frappe/code folder
+4. Make the bash_run_container.sh executable by chmod +x as in step 1 and run it with the command ./bash_run_container.sh
+5. Run the bash_for_container.sh file with the command ./bash_for_container.sh
+6. You will be prompted to enter the Mysql db password it is 123
+7. You will be prompted to choose and enter an administrator password please enter and remember it for future use
+8. Once all the installation steps are complete you can access the Web based GUI by typing localhost:8000 on your browser.
+```
+
+## Deployment
+
+Add additional notes about how to deploy this on a live system
+
+## Built With
+
+* [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
+
+## Contributing
+
+Feel free to contribute to this and make the process better
+
+## Authors
+
+* **Vishal Seshagiri** - *Initial work* - [FrappeBench](https://github.com/frappe/bench)
+
+See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/your/project/contributors) who participated in this project.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+* Hat tip to anyone who's code was used - Pratik Vyas(https://github.com/pdvyas)
+* Inspiration - [Rushabh Mehta](https://github.com/rmehta)
+