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+# Getting Started
+## Docker
+Make sure `icarus_auth` is located in the root of the parent directory if using docker.
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+Create a `.env` file for both projects - `icarus_auth` and `icarus` - in the root of each project.
+
+Build containers
+```
+docker compose build --ssh default api auth_api
+```
+
+Bring it up
+docker compose up -d --force-recreate api auth_api
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