diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e25fcde5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dist
+tmp
+node_modules
+bower_components
+.git
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3068758bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+     - "4200:4200"
+  couchdb:
+    image: "couchdb:1.6"