diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..28675225a7347f8d43507bebca262c0c1b6d78c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM alpine:3.12.3
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache  bash postfix supervisor rsyslog busybox-extras
+
+COPY       /conf/etc/supervisord.conf     /etc/supervisord.conf
+COPY       /scripts/docker/run.sh     /run.sh
+
+EXPOSE     587
+CMD        [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "/run.sh" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c31e4109eff3796b0b2bf54a06b012ed81397b8..56157527e132a16fa2b8c2cec22b93a1e1618bdb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,21 @@
 # FaaS-SMTP
 
+## structure
+`_conf/`_ - directory with configuration files
+`scripts/` - directory with utils and scripts
+
+## build image
+To build `faas-smtp` docker image 
+`
+cd scripts/helpers && ./build.sh
+`
+
+
+## run image
+To run `faas-smtp` docker image
+`
+cd scripts/helpers && ./run.sh
+`
+
+
+
diff --git a/conf/etc/supervisord.conf b/conf/etc/supervisord.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dde262fc696c25be674c922419b6a5f582d6c33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/etc/supervisord.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[supervisord]
+user            = root
+nodaemon        = true
+logfile         = /dev/null
+logfile_maxbytes= 0
+
+[program:rsyslog]
+command         = rsyslogd -n
+autostart       = true
+autorestart     = true
+startsecs       = 2
+stopwaitsecs    = 2
+stdout_logfile  = /dev/stdout
+stderr_logfile  = /dev/stderr
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes = 0
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes = 0
+
+[program:postfix]
+command         = /usr/sbin/postfix -c /etc/postfix start-fg
+autostart       = true
+autorestart     = false
+directory       = /etc/postfix
+startsecs       = 0
diff --git a/conf/faas-smtp.compose.yml b/conf/faas-smtp.compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bbf43fe646a5d0c841a68447f35a3003e4cf611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/faas-smtp.compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3.1'
+
+services:
+  smtp:
+    image: ${FAAS_SMTP_IMAGE}
+    build:
+        context: ../
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+    - FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME=${FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME}
+    - FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES=${FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES}
+    ports:
+        - "${FAAS_SMTP_PORT}:25"
diff --git a/conf/faas-smtp.env b/conf/faas-smtp.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50a3ec69c28101a91687f6c1bdea8c76c0769641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/faas-smtp.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FAAS_SMTP_IMAGE=faas/faas-smtp:1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME=test.faas.geant.net
+FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES=all
+
+FAAS_SMTP_PORT=2025
diff --git a/scripts/docker/run.sh b/scripts/docker/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5c73624d5d3c59497a4420deea97ccbdc7ac96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# set -x
+
+sed -i '/imklog/s/^/#/' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+
+function update_postfix_config_value() {
+    local key=${1}
+    local value=${2}
+    local cfg_file=${3:-/etc/postfix/main.cf}
+    [ "${key}" == "" ] && echo "ERROR: Key is not set" && exit 1
+    [ "${value}" == "" ] && echo "ERROR:value is not set" && exit 1
+
+    echo "Setting configuration option ${key} with value: ${value}"
+    postconf -e "${key} = ${value}"
+}
+
+[ -z "${FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME}" ] && echo "FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME is not set" && exit 1
+[ -z "${FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES}" ] && echo "FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES is not set" && exit 1
+
+update_postfix_config_value "myhostname" ${FAAS_SMTP_MYHOSTNAME}
+update_postfix_config_value "inet_interfaces" ${FAAS_SMTP_INET_INTERFACES}
+
+rm -f /var/spool/postfix/pid/master.pid
+exec supervisord -c /etc/supervisord.conf
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/build.sh b/scripts/helpers/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5865c48ab735b48f8a0523773d2ab36132e61e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helpers/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+docker-compose --env-file ../../conf/faas-smtp.env -f ../../conf/faas-smtp.compose.yml build
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/run.sh b/scripts/helpers/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1ad79678aa340b921e45f73117fd38707e812f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helpers/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+docker-compose --env-file ../../conf/faas-smtp.env -f ../../conf/faas-smtp.compose.yml up