Docker environment support

.dockerignore

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+.git
+.gitignore
+README.md
+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile

Dockerfile

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+FROM parity/parity:v1.11.11
+
+WORKDIR /stuff
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN env PARITY=/parity/parity ./prepare-chain.sh
+
+CMD ["--config", "classic_aura.toml", "--jsonrpc-interface", "all"]

README.md

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 ```shell
 parity --config classic_aura.toml
-```
+```
+
+### Run the docker container
+
+The docker container can be used to integrate the local testnet in your testing environmnet. Please refer to example of [the Docker Compose configuration file](docker-compose.yml) for reference.
+
+Prior to running the container, go to the bottom of [the genesis file](classic_aura.json) and add accounts that will have some _ether_ prefunded.  
+
+To try the docker container, invoke:
+```shell
+$ docker-compose up --build
+```
+
+To stop the container:
+```shell
+$ docker-compose down
+```

docker-compose.yml

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+version: "3.3"
+services:
+  parity-classic:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8545:8545"