diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Files specified here are not required for Docker
+# so ignoring them helps to reduce the container size
+# The Docker container MUST have the following files:
+# package.json yarn.lock server.js vue.config.js src/ services/ 
+
+node_modules
+docs
+.git
+.github