diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..791e0c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.16
+
+ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
+
+WORKDIR /deployments
+
+COPY target/quarkus-app/lib/ ./lib/
+COPY target/quarkus-app/*.jar ./
+COPY target/quarkus-app/app/ ./app/
+COPY target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ ./quarkus/
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+USER 185
+ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
+ENV JAVA_APP_JAR="quarkus-run.jar"
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/jboss/container/java/run/run-java.sh" ]
diff --git a/api/docker-compose.yaml b/api/docker-compose.yaml
index 5f1d0f7c..b4e0356d 100644
--- a/api/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/api/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   db:
     image: mysql
@@ -20,3 +19,18 @@ services:
     restart: always
     ports:
       - "2525:25"
+
+  api:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL=jdbc:mysql://db:3306/tlc
+      - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=tlc
+      - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=tlc
+      - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_DEVSERVICES_ENABLED=false
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - etherpad
+      - mail
+    restart: on-failure