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+# PhonebookService
+A small project I've done as job interview task
+
+It is based on Domain-driven Design principles (aka Clean architecture) and uses Docker for containerization
+
+## Build and run
+1. Clone the repository
+2. Open terminal in the root folder
+3. Run `dotnet build` and `dotnet run`
+
+> Make sure you have .NET 6 SDK installed
+
+## Building a Docker image
+1. Clone the repository
+2. Open terminal in the root folder
+3. Run `docker build -t phonebook-service .` to build the image
+4. Run `docker run -p 8080:80 --name phonebook-service-container phonebook-service` to run the image