From 15039ea8bcc1b9f72acd1011e5db763e6fa80e56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "nicolas.dorier" <nicolas.dorier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:10:32 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for docker noobs

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 README.md  | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11b954d..00f3bfd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -293,4 +293,5 @@ BTCPayServer/wwwroot/bundles/*
 !BTCPayServer/wwwroot/bundles/.gitignore
 
 Production/.env
+.env
 .vscode/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5374ce..0b4e687 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,38 @@ You can use it easily:
 bitcoin-cli.sh getblockcount
 ```
 
+# For docker noobs
+
+If you are a docker noob here is how you would create a HTTPS ready server.
+
+First step is to make sure you have a domain name pointing to your host, and that port `443` and `80` and externally accessible.
+Let's assume it is `btcpay.example.com`.
+
+Then, create a `.env` file in the directory.
+
+Clone the repository:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-docker
+cd btcpayserver-docker
+```
+
+Create an `.env` file with the parameters documented in [Production](Production) or [Production-NoReverseProxy](Production-NoReverseProxy).
+
+```
+NBITCOIN_NETWORK=mainnet
+BTCPAY_HOST=btcpay.example.com
+LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=me@example.com
+ACME_CA_URI=https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
+```
+
+Save, then run it:
+
+```
+docker-compose -f "$(pwd)/Production/docker-compose.btc-ltc.yml" up -d
+```
+
+Wait a little bit, then you can now browse `https://btcpay.example.com/`.
+
 # About generate-docker-compose
 
 The files in `Production` and `Production-NoReverseProxy` are generated by a dotnet program located in `docker-compose-generator`.