diff --git a/CSETWebApi/Dockerfile b/CSETWebApi/Dockerfile
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index 000000000..3bcd34258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CSETWebApi/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
+
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the project files (csproj) and restore dependencies
+COPY ./CSETWeb_Api/CSETWeb_ApiCore/*.csproj ./
+RUN dotnet restore
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the application
+RUN dotnet build CSETWeb_Api/CSETWeb_ApiCore --configuration Debug
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on (default for ASP.NET Core is 5000 for HTTP)
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Set environment variables for development mode
+ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
+ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:5000
+
+
+COPY ./etc/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+
+# Run the application
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/CSETWebApi/etc/entrypoint.sh b/CSETWebApi/etc/entrypoint.sh
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index 000000000..823457d6f
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+++ b/CSETWebApi/etc/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Run the API
+dotnet run --project CSETWeb_Api/CSETWeb_ApiCore
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 049db4318..bde1a900b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 ---
 services:
+  api:
+    container_name: cset-api
+    hostname: api
+    build:
+      context: CSETWebApi
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./CSETWebApi:/app
+    depends_on:
+      - sqlserver
   sqlserver:
     container_name: cset-mssql
     hostname: mssql