diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 00000000..98547cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+docs
+data
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM rust:1-stretch
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gettext \
+    postgresql-client \
+    libpq-dev \
+    git \
+    curl \
+    gcc \
+    make \
+    openssl \
+    libssl-dev
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+RUN cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres --version '=1.2.0'
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo build
+RUN rm -rf target/debug/incremental
+CMD ["cargo", "run"]
+EXPOSE 7878
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 19ec3b3f..43301059 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ All the following instructions will need a terminal.
 Here are the commands to install PostgreSQL and GetText on various operating systems.
 Some of them may need root permissions.
 
+You can also install the project using Docker and docker-compose, please refer
+to the `Docker install` section.
+
 On **Debian**:
 
 ```bash
@@ -142,7 +145,35 @@ mkdir media
 
 # Actually start Plume
 cargo run
+
+## Docker install
+
+You can use Docker and docker-compose in order to manage your Plume instance and
+have it isolated from your host:
+
 ```
+git clone git@github.com:Plume-org/Plume.git
+cd Plume
+cp docs/docker-compose.sample.yml docker-compose.yml
+cp docs/docker.sample.env .env
+# build the containers
+docker-compose build
+# launch the database
+docker-compose up -d postgres
+# run the migrations
+docker-compose run --rm plume diesel migration run
+# run interactive setup
+docker-compose run --rm plume bash
+cargo run
+# copy the env file and paste it in your host .env file
+cat .env
+# leave the container
+exit
+# launch your instance for good
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+Then, you can configure your reverse proxy.
 
 ## Configuring Nginx
 
diff --git a/docs/docker-compose.sample.yml b/docs/docker-compose.sample.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:10.5
+    env_file: .env
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - "./data/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
+  plume:
+    build: .
+    env_file: .env
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - "./data/plume/static/media:/app/media"
+      - "./.env:/app/.env"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:7878:7878"
diff --git a/docs/docker.sample.env b/docs/docker.sample.env
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+BASE_URL=yourdomain.com
+# generate one with openssl rand -base64 45
+ROCKET_SECRET_KEY=randomstringhere
+
+# you can safely leave those defaults
+POSTGRES_USER=plume
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=plume
+DB_URL=postgres://plume:plume@postgres:5432/plume
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://plume:plume@postgres:5432/plume
+USE_HTTPS=1
+ROCKET_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
+ROCKET_PORT=7878