add Dockerfile

.dockerignore

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+.git*
+node_modules

Dockerfile

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+FROM node:12
+LABEL maintainer="[email protected]"
+
+ENV dbhost 0.0.0.0
+ENV dbport 1984
+ENV dbname histvv
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/histvv
+COPY . .
+RUN npm install
+
+# add wait-for-it.sh so it can be used with docker-compose
+RUN wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vishnubob/wait-for-it/master/wait-for-it.sh \
+      -O /usr/local/bin/wait-for-it.sh \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wait-for-it.sh
+
+EXPOSE 3000/tcp
+
+# override node:12 ENTRYPOINT
+ENTRYPOINT []
+
+CMD /usr/src/histvv/bin/www --db $dbname --dbhost $dbhost --dbport $dbport

README.md

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 Now the server can be accessed under http://localhost:3000/. It can be stopped
 with the `Ctrl-C` key combination.
 
+## Docker
+
+The `Dockerfile` in this repo allows to build and run a docker container like this:
+
+```bash
+docker build  -t histvv/server .
+docker run -ti -p 3000:3000 -e dbhost=10.1.2.3 histvv/server
+```
+
+This would run a containerized histvv-server connecting to a BaseX database hosted at `10.1.2.3` (with the default port `1984` and database name `histvv`).
+It would be available at http://localhost:3000/.
+
+The exposed port of the histvv-server and the database it connects to can be
+overridden from the command line:
+
+```bash
+docker run -ti \
+  -p 3003:3000 \
+  -e dbhost=10.1.2.3 \
+  -e dbport=1999 \
+  -e dbname=histvv_leipzig \
+  histvv/server
+```
+
 ## Development
 
 With `npm start` you can run an instance of the histvv server that reloads