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+**/.git
+target/
+docker/
+LICENSE
+readme/
+README.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -4,4 +4,28 @@ This repository contains a slapdash tool to make visualizing the abstract syntax
 ![Screenshot showing the interface to the org-mode abstract syntax tree investigation tool.](readme/screenshot.png?raw=true "Org-mode investigation tool interface")
 
 ## Running
-TODO
+Running in docker is the recommended way to run this. It creates a consistent working environment, without impacting (or requiring you to install) emacs, org-mode, or rust.
+### Docker
+First we need to build the docker container. On the first run, this will pull the emacs and org-mode source code so this build will take a while the first time. After that, subsequent builds should be fast because docker caches the layers.
+
+```bash
+# from the root of this repository:
+make --directory=docker
+```
+
+Next we need to launch the server:
+```bash
+docker run --rm --publish 127.0.0.1:3000:3000/tcp org-investigation
+```
+
+This launches a server listening on port 3000, so pop open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ to access the web interface.
+### No docker
+You will need a fully functional rust setup with nightly installed (due to the use of exit_status_error). Then from the root of this repo you can launch the server by running:
+
+```bash
+cargo run --release
+```
+
+It will use your installed version of emacs and org-mode which may differ from what the docker users are using.
+
+This launches a server listening on port 3000, so pop open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ to access the web interface.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.17 AS build
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base musl-dev git autoconf make texinfo gnutls-dev ncurses-dev gawk
+
+
+FROM build AS build-emacs
+RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch emacs-29.1 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git /root/emacs
+WORKDIR /root/emacs
+RUN mkdir /root/dist
+RUN ./autogen.sh
+RUN ./configure --prefix /usr --without-x --without-sound
+RUN make
+RUN make DESTDIR="/root/dist" install
+
+
+FROM build AS build-org-mode
+COPY --from=build-emacs /root/dist/ /
+RUN mkdir /root/dist
+RUN mkdir /root/org-mode && git -C /root/org-mode init --initial-branch=main && git -C /root/org-mode remote add origin https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git && git -C /root/org-mode fetch origin cc435cba71a99ee7b12676be3b6e1211a9cb7285 && git -C /root/org-mode checkout FETCH_HEAD
+WORKDIR /root/org-mode
+RUN make compile
+RUN make DESTDIR="/root/dist" install
+
+
+FROM rustlang/rust:nightly-alpine3.17 AS build-org-investigation
+RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev
+RUN mkdir /root/org-investigation
+WORKDIR /root/org-investigation
+COPY . .
+RUN CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/target cargo build --release
+
+
+FROM alpine:3.17 AS run
+RUN apk add --no-cache ncurses gnutls
+COPY --from=build-emacs /root/dist/ /
+COPY --from=build-org-mode /root/dist/ /
+COPY --from=build-org-investigation /target/release/org_ownership_investigation /usr/bin/
+COPY static /opt/org-investigation/static
+WORKDIR /opt/org-investigation
+CMD ["/usr/bin/org_ownership_investigation"]
diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
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+IMAGE_NAME:=org-investigation
+# REMOTE_REPO:=harbor.fizz.buzz/private
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: build push
+
+.PHONY: build
+build:
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE_NAME) -f Dockerfile ../
+
+.PHONY: push
+push:
+ifdef REMOTE_REPO
+	docker tag $(IMAGE_NAME) $(REMOTE_REPO)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
+	docker push $(REMOTE_REPO)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
+else
+	@echo "REMOTE_REPO not defined, not pushing to a remote repo."
+endif
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	docker rmi $(IMAGE_NAME)
+ifdef REMOTE_REPO
+	docker rmi $(REMOTE_REPO)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
+else
+	@echo "REMOTE_REPO not defined, not removing from remote repo."
+endif