From 037439c3431000ee0eb04fb7b4879e07b98dcfe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chaz <chaz@plaidpotion.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:32:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add brief section to readme about building docker images

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 README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
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@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ You can build Docker images by yourself or buy prebuilt Docker images for **$50*
 
 If you want to see how Ambar works w/o installing it, try our [live demo](https://app.ambar.cloud/). No signup required.
 
+## Building the images yourself
+
+All of the images required to run ambar can be built by the user. In general, each image can be built by navigating into the directory of the component in question, performing any compilation steps required, then building the image like so:
+
+```
+# From project root
+$ cd FrontEnd
+$ docker build . -t <image_name>
+```
+
+The resulting image can be referred to by the name specified, and run by the containerization tooling of your choice.
+
+Note that some of the components require compilation or other build steps before the docker images can be built. For example, `FrontEnd`:
+
+```
+# Assuming a suitable version of node.js is installed (docker uses 8.10)
+$ npm install
+$ npm run compile
+```
+
 ## FAQ
 ### Is it open-source?
 Yes, it's fully open-source.