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+Dockerfile and docker-compose-build.yml files have been provided to make deployment of the server as easy as possible.
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+1. Clone the repo with ```git clone https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server.git```
+2. Change into the gaseous-server directory
+3. Open the docker-compose-{database}-build.yml file and edit the igdbclientid and igdbclientsecret to the values retrieved from your IGDB account
+4. Run the command ```docker-compose --file docker-compose-{database}-build.yml up -d```
+5. Connect to the host on port 5198
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