diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Ignore common files generated during the build process
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+__pycache__/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+
+# Ignore development environment files
+*.env
+*.log
+.env
+.venv/
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+.cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+
+# Ignore scripts
+scripts/
+
+# Ignore non-essential files and directories
+CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+LICENSE.txt
+README.md
+requirements-dev.txt
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# base image for python
+FROM python:3.10-alpine3.16
+
+# working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# set the required dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# copy the content of the local src directory to the working directory
+COPY . .
+
+# run the command to start the bot
+CMD [ "python3", "-m", "bot"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  gongo:
+    container_name: gongo
+    build: .
+    image: python:3.10-alpine3.16
+    env_file:
+      - .env