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 # DALIA's backend Django application server
 
+## Deployment example
+
+[docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) contains a simple example deployment of this Django application server and the [DALIA's Fuseki triplestore](https://git.rwth-aachen.de/dalia/backend/fuseki).
+
+To start the deployment:
+```shell
+docker-compose up
+```
+
+To stop the deployed application:
+```shell
+docker-compose down
+```
+
 ## Development setup
 
 ### Requirements
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+# Example deployment
+
+services:
+  django:
+    image: registry.git.rwth-aachen.de/dalia/backend/django:dev
+    # alternative to pulling the image from the registry: build it
+    #build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    networks:
+      - fuseki_net
+    depends_on:
+      fuseki:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  fuseki:
+    image: registry.git.rwth-aachen.de/dalia/backend/fuseki:dev
+    networks:
+      - fuseki_net
+
+networks:
+  fuseki_net: