diff --git a/services/document-updater/.dockerignore b/services/document-updater/.dockerignore
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+compileFolder
+
+Compiled source #
+###################
+*.com
+*.class
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.o
+*.so
+
+# Packages #
+############
+# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
+# git has its own built in compression methods
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# Logs and databases #
+######################
+*.log
+*.sql
+*.sqlite
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store?
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon?
+Thumbs.db
+
+/node_modules/*
+
+app.js
+app/js/*
+
+test/unit/js/*
+test/acceptance/js/*
+
+forever/
+
+**.swp
+
+# Redis cluster
+**/appendonly.aof
+**/dump.rdb
+**/nodes.conf
diff --git a/services/document-updater/Dockerfile b/services/document-updater/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu
+
+COPY ./test/acceptance/docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+RUN apt-get install build-essential redis-server mongodb-server nodejs npm
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+
+RUN mkdir /document-updater
+VOLUME /document-updater
+
+ENTRYPOINT /entrypoint.sh
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diff --git a/services/document-updater/test/acceptance/docker-entrypoint.sh b/services/document-updater/test/acceptance/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+service redis-server start
+service mongodb      start
+
+cd /document-updater
+npm install
+grunt test:acceptance:docker