diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.settings
+.project
+.idea
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM php:7.4.21-apache
+ENV APP_VERSION=1.0.0
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y less nano tini curl tar git zip unzip && \
+    #echo "**** # To install networking tools for testing purpose ****" && \
+    apt-get install -y iputils-ping dnsutils net-tools procps
+    #echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
+    #apt-get autoremove -y && \
+    #apt-get clean -y
+
+# curl -SL -o app.tar.gz "https://github.com/giandonatoinverso/PHP-Dynamic-Qr-code/archive/${APP_VERSION}.tar.gz"  \
+RUN curl -SL -o app.tar.gz "https://github.com/giandonatoinverso/PHP-Dynamic-Qr-code/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz"  \
+    && mkdir -p /app \
+    && tar xvf app.tar.gz -C /app --strip-components=1 \
+    && cp -r /app/qrcode/** /var/www/html \
+    && rm app.tar.gz
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y libzip-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev
+
+# install composer
+RUN php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
+RUN php composer-setup.php
+RUN rm composer-setup.php
+RUN mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+
+# Install extensions
+RUN docker-php-source extract
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql zip exif pcntl gd
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli && docker-php-ext-enable mysqli
+RUN docker-php-ext-install gettext && docker-php-ext-enable gettext
+RUN docker-php-ext-install sockets && docker-php-ext-enable sockets
+
+RUN mv "/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini-production" "/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini"
+
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
+COPY ./config/docker-entrypoint.sh /bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY ./config/vhost.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
+RUN a2enmod rewrite
+
+ENV APP_USER appuser
+ARG PUID=1000
+ARG PGID=1000
+RUN groupadd -g ${PGID} $APP_USER \
+    && useradd -M -u ${PUID} -g ${PGID} $APP_USER \
+    && chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER /var/run/apache2 \
+    && chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER /var/log \
+    && chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER /etc/apache2 \
+    && chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER /var/lib/apache2 \
+    && chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER /var/www
+USER $APP_USER
+CMD apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# needs to fix install process to create database and then below line can be commented out
+#ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
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+### How to run this image
+- currently this image must be build locally.(in future can be pulled from docker hub)
+- create folder to mount inside docker container
+    - `mkdir -p ./data/mariadb ./data/app/config ./data/app/saved_qrcode`
+- Run and build this image as host machine user
+    - `PUID="$(id -u)" PGID="$(id -g)" docker-compose up --build -d`
+- Run and build this image as specific user
+    - `PUID="1000" PGID="1000" docker-compose up --build -d`
+- Run app installation <IP>:8080/install
+    - Provide Database credentials
+- Default login: <IP>:8080
+    - user: superadmin
+    - password: superadmin
+
+### Roadmap
+- Make install process run via docker-compose.
+    - Work is partially done. docker-entrypoint.sh is created.(currently disabled due to next steps are pending)
+    - qrcode/install/database.php should be adjusted to create database without form submission.
+- Make it possible to set PUID and GUID, from environment variable in docker-compose.yml .
+- Reduce image size by removing unnecessary dependencies.
+- Automate Build image and push to docker hub.
+- Audit security flaws and fix it if needed.
+
+### some debug commands
+- `docker-compose logs`
+- `PUID="$(id -u)" PGID="$(id -g)" docker-compose config`
+- `ps -aef | grep apache2`
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diff --git a/docker/config/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/config/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+++ b/docker/config/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset
+
+APP_PATH=/var/www/html
+
+echo "##### coping config file #####"
+cp $APP_PATH/install/config/database.php $APP_PATH/config/config.php
+
+echo "##### setting database hostname #####"
+sed -i "s/%HOSTNAME%/$DATABASE_HOST/" $APP_PATH/config/config.php
+
+echo "##### setting database username #####"
+sed -i "s/%USERNAME%/$DATABASE_USER/" $APP_PATH/config/config.php
+
+echo "##### setting database password #####"
+sed -i "s/%PASSWORD%/$DATABASE_PASSWORD/" $APP_PATH/config/config.php
+
+echo "##### setting database name #####"
+sed -i "s/%DATABASE%/$DATABASE_NAME/" $APP_PATH/config/config.php
+
+echo "#### Deleting install folder #####"
+rm -r $APP_PATH/install
+
+exec apache2-foreground
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diff --git a/docker/config/info.php b/docker/config/info.php
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+++ b/docker/config/info.php
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+<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
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diff --git a/docker/config/vhost.conf b/docker/config/vhost.conf
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+++ b/docker/config/vhost.conf
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+<VirtualHost *:80>
+    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
+    <Directory “/var/www/html/”>
+        AllowOverride all
+        Require all granted
+    </Directory>
+
+    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
+    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
+
+</VirtualHost>
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diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  qrcode:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        PUID: ${PUID}
+        PGID: ${PGID}
+    image: qrcode:1.0
+    container_name: qrcode
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    networks:
+      - qrcode_network
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+    user: "${PUID}:${PGID}"
+    #environment:
+      #ADMIN_USER: "superadmin" # not supported yet please see road map
+      #ADMIN_PASSWORD: "superadmin" # not supported yet please see road map
+      #DATABASE_HOST: "mariadb" # not supported yet please see road map
+      #DATABASE_NAME: "qrcode" # not supported yet please see road map
+      #DATABASE_USER: "qrcode" # not supported yet please see road map
+      #DATABASE_PASSWORD: "changeme" # not supported yet please see road map
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/app/config:/var/www/html/config
+      - ./data/app/saved_qrcode:/var/www/html/saved_qrcode
+
+  mariadb:
+    image: mariadb:10.5
+    container_name: mariadb
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    environment:
+      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "changeme"
+      MARIADB_DATABASE: "qrcode"
+      MARIADB_USER: "qrcode"
+      MARIADB_PASSWORD: "changeme"
+    networks:
+      - qrcode_network
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
+
+networks:
+  qrcode_network:
+    driver: bridge
+    name: qrcode