diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c64e2e0..d622cb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,3 +90,83 @@ Enqueue a download job of a specific archive:
 Check the current status of an enqueued job: 
 
     curl -i -X "GET" http://localhost:8989/api/1.0/status/<job-uuid-returned-from-verify-endpoint>
+
+Docker container
+----------------
+
+For testing purposes, you can also build a Docker container using the resources in the docker/ folder:
+
+    # build and start Docker container
+    docker/up
+
+This will build and start a Docker container that runs a nginx proxy server which will listen to connections on ports 
+9898 and 9899 and forward traffic to the archive-verify service running internally. API calls to port 9898 are done as
+described above, e.g.:
+
+    # interact with archive-verify service on port 9898
+    curl 127.0.0.1:9898/api/1.0/status/1
+
+API calls to port 9899 emulate how calls to the service running on Uppmax is done (i.e., going through a gateway). The
+first path element for these calls should be verify/, e.g.:
+
+    # interact with archive-verify service on port 9899
+    curl 127.0.0.1:9899/verify/api/1.0/status/1
+
+The container log output can be followed:
+
+    # follow the container log output (Ctrl+C to stop)
+    docker/log
+
+In addition, the archive-verify service in the container is running with the MockPdcClient enabled. In the container,
+there are two folders that can be used for testing with the mock client, `test_1_archive` and `test_2_archive`, e.g.:
+
+    # enque a download job of the test archive available in the container
+    curl \
+      -X "POST" \
+      -d '{"host": "test_host", "description": "my-descr", "archive": "test_1_archive"}' \
+      http://localhost:9898/api/1.0/download
+
+      # {
+      #   "status": "pending",
+      #   "job_id": "d7a26f2e-d410-4a9b-a308-973821d0a021",
+      #   "link": "http://localhost:9898/api/1.0/status/d7a26f2e-d410-4a9b-a308-973821d0a021",
+      #   "path": "data/test_host/runfolders/test_1_archive",
+      #   "action": "download"
+      # }
+
+    # check the status of the download job
+    curl \
+      http://localhost:9898/api/1.0/status/d7a26f2e-d410-4a9b-a308-973821d0a021
+
+      # {
+      #   "state": "done",
+      #   "msg": "Job d7a26f2e-d410-4a9b-a308-973821d0a021 has returned with result: Successfully verified archive md5sums."
+      # }
+
+    # enque a verify job of the test archive available in the container, emulating a call to the service on Uppmax
+    curl \
+      -X "POST" \
+      -d '{"host": "test_host", "description": "my-descr", "archive": "test_2_archive"}' \
+      http://localhost:9899/verify/api/1.0/verify
+
+      # {
+      #   "status": "pending",
+      #   "job_id": "0124bdcb-7f31-4402-9251-ae766306ad49",
+      #   "link": "http://localhost:9899/api/1.0/status/0124bdcb-7f31-4402-9251-ae766306ad49",
+      #   "path": "data/test_host/runfolders/test_2_archive",
+      #   "action": "verify"
+      # }
+
+    # check the status of the download job
+    curl \
+      http://localhost:9899/verify/api/1.0/status/0124bdcb-7f31-4402-9251-ae766306ad49
+
+      # {
+      #   "state": "done",
+      #   "msg": "Job 0124bdcb-7f31-4402-9251-ae766306ad49 has returned with result: Successfully verified archive md5sums."
+      # }
+
+The docker container can be stopped and removed:
+
+    # stop and remove the running docker container
+    docker/down
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f1717a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+COPY . /archive-verify
+WORKDIR /archive-verify
+
+# install services
+RUN \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y git redis gcc nginx nano && \
+  cp docker/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
+  rm -rf .venv && \
+  python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps .venv && \
+  .venv/bin/pip install -e .[test]
+
+RUN \
+  .venv/bin/nosetests tests/
+  
+# setup test data
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p data/test_host/runfolders && \
+  mkdir -p logs && \
+  mkdir -p data/verify/test_1_archive/test_1_archive && \
+  mkdir -p data/verify/test_2_archive/test_2_archive && \
+  cd data/verify/test_1_archive/test_1_archive && \
+  dd if=/dev/urandom of=test_1_data count=4000 bs=1024 && \
+  md5sum test_1_data > checksums_prior_to_pdc.md5 && \
+  cd ../../test_2_archive/test_2_archive && \
+  dd if=/dev/urandom of=test_2_data count=4000 bs=1024 && \
+  md5sum test_2_data > checksums_prior_to_pdc.md5 && \
+  cd ../../../..
+
+EXPOSE 9898 9899
+
+CMD [ "docker/start.sh" ]
diff --git a/docker/down b/docker/down
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b34450e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/down
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+
+# get the container hash from file or error out if it doesn't exist
+ID="$(cat docker/id.txt)"
+rm -f docker/id.txt
+
+docker stop \
+    "${ID}"
+
+docker rm \
+    "${ID}"
diff --git a/docker/log b/docker/log
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fa900a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/log
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+
+# get the container hash from file or error out if it doesn't exist
+ID="$(cat docker/id.txt)"
+
+docker logs \
+    -f "${ID}"
diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbd779b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+events {}
+http {
+    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+    server {
+        listen 9898;
+        access_log  /var/log/nginx/local_access.log;
+        location / {
+            proxy_pass http://localhost:8989;
+            sub_filter_types application/json;
+            sub_filter 'http://localhost:8989' 'http://$host:$server_port';
+        }
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 9899;
+        access_log  /var/log/nginx/miarka_access.log;
+        location /verify/api/1.0/ {
+            proxy_pass http://localhost:8989/api/1.0/;
+            sub_filter_types application/json;
+            sub_filter 'http://localhost:8989' 'http://$host:$server_port';
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker/start.sh b/docker/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..caf370e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+redis-server &
+/archive-verify/.venv/bin/rq worker &
+/archive-verify/.venv/bin/archive-verify-ws -c=/archive-verify/config/ &
+nginx &
+wait
diff --git a/docker/up b/docker/up
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..edea6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/up
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+
+# build docker container
+docker build \
+  -t archive-verify:latest \
+  -f docker/Dockerfile \
+  .
+
+# start the container and store the container hash
+ID="$(docker run \
+  -d \
+  -p 127.0.0.1:9898:9898 \
+  -p 127.0.0.1:9899:9899 \
+  archive-verify:latest)"
+
+# write the container hash to a file
+echo "$ID" > docker/id.txt