diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fc32aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.git
+.env
+node_modules
+vendor
+storage/framework/cache/data/*
+storage/framework/sessions/*
+storage/framework/testing/*
+storage/framework/views/*
+storage/logs/*
+public/storage
+.phpunit.result.cache
+.vscode
+.idea
+.devcontainer
+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+Makefile
+k8s/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f6cdc77..f37f0d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 FROM php:8.4-fpm
 
-COPY . /app
-WORKDIR /app
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    curl \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libonig-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    libzip-dev \
+    libicu-dev
 
+# Clear cache
+RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install PHP extensions
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql mbstring exif pcntl bcmath gd zip intl
+
+# Get latest Composer
+COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www
+
+# Copy existing application directory contents
+COPY --chown=www-data:www-data . /var/www
+
+# Change current user to www
+USER www-data
+
+# Expose port 8000 and start php-fpm server
+EXPOSE 8000
 CMD ["php", "artisan", "serve", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=8000"]