diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 390dad84..f2e536de 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-SECRET_KEY=djangosecretkey
-CLIENT_ID=407408718192.apps.googleusercontent.com
-APP_ID=facebookoauthid
-APP_SECRET=facebookoauthsecret
-DOWNLOAD=passwordtodownloadleaderboard
-DB_NAME=df
-DB_USER=blahaja
-DB_PASSWORD=notmypass
-DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_PORT=5432
-DEBUG=True
-GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=
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+SECRET_KEY=
+CLIENT_ID=
+APP_ID=
+APP_SECRET=
+DOWNLOAD=
+DB_NAME=
+DB_USER=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+DB_HOST=
+DB_PORT=
+DEBUG=
+GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=
+POSTGRES_USER=
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+POSTGRES_DB=
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diff --git a/Digital_Fortress_Backend/settings.py b/Digital_Fortress_Backend/settings.py
index 8ae05e38..4e3c1742 100644
--- a/Digital_Fortress_Backend/settings.py
+++ b/Digital_Fortress_Backend/settings.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             'NAME': config('DB_NAME'),
             'USER': config('DB_USER'),
             'PASSWORD': config('DB_PASSWORD'),
-            'HOST': 'localhost',
+            'HOST': config('DB_HOST'),
             'PORT': '',
         }
  }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4852762e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM python:3.7-slim-buster
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
+COPY ./requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+# WORKDIR /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "sh", "entrypoint.sh" ]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77186331..d43c0f12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,49 @@ This is the backend repository built on Django framework and utilises Django Res
 2. Then, apply the migrations using `python manange.py migrate`
 3. Run the server using `python manage.py runserver --settings=Digital_Fortress_Backend.dev_settings`
 
+
+## How to deploy 
+
+### Build the docker containers
+
+1. Clone the project
+
+```bash
+  git clone https://github.com/lugnitdgp/Digital_Fortress_Backend.git
+```
+
+2. Install docker
+
+
+
+3. Set-up environment variables
+
+```bash
+    cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+4. Spin-up the docker conatainers
+
+```bash
+    sudo docker-compose up -d --build
+```
+5. Create admin
+
+```bash
+    sudo docker exec -it [django_container_name] python manage.py createsuperuser
+```
+
+### Stopping the conatainers
+
+```bash
+    sudo docker-compose stop
+```
+
+### Removing the volumes and the container
+```bash
+    sudo docker-compose down -v
+```
+
 ### Status Codes:
 
 200 : Success
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb6ed4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  django_gunicorn:
+    volumes:
+      - static:/static
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    build: 
+      context: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:13.0-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
+  nginx:
+    build: ./nginx
+    volumes:
+      - static:/static
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - django_gunicorn
+
+volumes:
+  db_data:
+  static:
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diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07c5c9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+python manage.py makemigrations --no-input
+python manage.py migrate --no-input
+python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+
+gunicorn Digital_Fortress_Backend.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
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diff --git a/nginx/Dockerfile b/nginx/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec370358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM nginx:1.19.0-alpine
+
+COPY ./default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
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diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..517bb9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+upstream django_gunicorn {
+    server django_gunicorn:8000;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name dfapi.nitdgplug.org;
+    
+    location /static/ {
+        alias /static/;
+    }
+    location / {
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_pass http://django_gunicorn;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2ae9919..09b995df 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ six==1.12.0
 sqlparse==0.3.0
 toml==0.10.0
 urllib3==1.25.3
+gunicorn==20.0.4
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