From c2c77445b8c524811f0057f1175c1ba1f9875daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Matei Pintilie <luca@lucamatei.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:00:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Containerfile

---
 Containerfile | 14 ++++++++++++++
 INSTALL.md    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Containerfile

diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a02b860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM docker.io/alpine:3.19
+
+ENV MIX_ENV=prod
+
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache elixir
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN mix deps.get
+RUN mix release
+
+CMD _build/prod/rel/matrix2051/bin/matrix2051 start
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index beb01e8..02348bc 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -59,3 +59,21 @@ This does the following:
 * Create a temporary user to run the process as
 * Makes sure the process can't write any file on the system or gain new capabilities
   (implied by `DynamicUser=true`)
+
+# Running matrix2051 as a container
+
+Alternatively a Containerfile is provided as well for convenience. The
+image can be built with either [podman](https://podman.io/) or
+[docker](https://www.docker.com/).
+
+To build it:
+
+```
+podman build -t matrix2051 .
+```
+
+To run it:
+
+```
+podman run --publish 2051:2051 --interactive matrix2051
+```