diff --git a/cmd/pageship/app/generate.go b/cmd/pageship/app/generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..770d1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pageship/app/generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/oursky/pageship/internal/config"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(generateCmd)
+	generateCmd.AddCommand(generateDockerfileCmd)
+}
+
+var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "generate [command]",
+	Short: "Generate files",
+	Args:  cobra.NoArgs, //if unknown command, will return error just like main pageship command
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		cmd.Help() //show help if no subcommand supplied
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+var Version = ""
+
+type DockerfileTemplate struct {
+	Version    string
+	PublicPath string
+}
+
+var dockerfileTemplateString = `FROM ghcr.io/oursky/pageship:{{if .Version}}v{{.Version}}{{else}}dev{{end}}
+EXPOSE 8000
+COPY ./pageship.toml /var/pageship
+COPY ./{{.PublicPath}} /var/pageship/{{.PublicPath}}
+
+# INSTRUCTIONS:
+# 1. install docker (if it is not installed yet)
+# 2. open a terminal and navigate to folder containing pageship.toml
+# 3. run in terminal:
+#      pageship generate dockerfile
+# 4. build the image:
+#      docker build -t IMAGETAG .
+# 5. run the container:
+#      docker run -d --name CONTAINERNAME -p PORT:8000 IMAGETAG
+# 6. visit in browser (URL):
+#      localhost:PORT`
+
+func generateContent(testfs fs.FS) (string, error) {
+	var cfg config.Config
+	if testfs != nil { //for testing, copied from utils.go
+		loader := config.NewLoader(config.SiteConfigName)
+
+		cfg = config.DefaultConfig()
+		if err := loader.Load(testfs, &cfg); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		cfg.SetDefaults()
+	} else {
+		config, err := loadConfig(".")
+		cfg = *config
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	df := DockerfileTemplate{Version: Version, PublicPath: cfg.Site.Public}
+
+	tmpl, err := template.New("Dockerfile").Parse(dockerfileTemplateString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&b, df)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return b.String(), nil
+}
+
+var generateDockerfileCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "dockerfile",
+	Short: "Generate Dockerfile",
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if Version == "dev" {
+			Version = ""
+		}
+
+		f, err := os.Create("Dockerfile")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		Info("generating Dockerfile...")
+		s, err := generateContent(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, err = f.Write([]byte(s))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	},
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pageship/app/generate_test.go b/cmd/pageship/app/generate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83544d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pageship/app/generate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
+	Version = "1.2.3"
+
+	var testFiles fstest.MapFS = make(map[string]*fstest.MapFile)
+	testFiles["pageship.toml"] = &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte(`[app]
+id = "pageship-test"
+
+team = []
+
+[app.deployments]
+# ttl = "24h"
+# access = []
+
+[[app.sites]]
+name = "main"
+
+# [[app.sites]]
+# name = "dev"
+
+# [[app.sites]]
+# name = "staging"
+
+[site]
+public = "dist"
+
+# access = []
+`)}
+
+	s, err := generateContent(testFiles)
+	assert.Empty(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `FROM ghcr.io/oursky/pageship:v1.2.3
+EXPOSE 8000
+COPY ./pageship.toml /var/pageship
+COPY ./dist /var/pageship/dist
+
+# INSTRUCTIONS:
+# 1. install docker (if it is not installed yet)
+# 2. open a terminal and navigate to folder containing pageship.toml
+# 3. run in terminal:
+#      pageship generate dockerfile
+# 4. build the image:
+#      docker build -t IMAGETAG .
+# 5. run the container:
+#      docker run -d --name CONTAINERNAME -p PORT:8000 IMAGETAG
+# 6. visit in browser (URL):
+#      localhost:PORT`, s)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pageship/main.go b/cmd/pageship/main.go
index 62ee8a0..360a603 100644
--- a/cmd/pageship/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pageship/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/oursky/pageship/cmd/pageship/app"
 )
 
+var version = "dev" //https://goreleaser.com/cookbooks/using-main.version/
+
 func main() {
+	app.Version = version
 	if err := app.Execute(); err != nil {
 		app.Error("%s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3a4e30..45da941 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/MicahParks/keyfunc/v2 v2.1.0
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0
 	github.com/caddyserver/certmagic v0.17.2
 	github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo v0.22.4
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
+	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.0.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.8
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.14.0
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.314 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream v1.4.11 // indirect
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad3070b..d1ba5d6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.14.0 h1:+X90sB94fizKjDmwb4vyl2cTTPXTE5E2G/1mjByb0io=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.14.0/go.mod h1:Tg+OJXh4MB2R/uN61Ko2f6hTZwB/ZYGOtib8J3gBHzA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
-github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20160804104726-4c0e84591b9a/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=