···7272You can also build and run the application as a Docker container.
73737474```bash
7575-# Build the container
7676-docker build -pull -t skywatch-automod .
7575+docker compose up --build
7676+```
77777878-# Run the container
7979-docker run -d -p 4101:4101 skywatch-automod
7878+To run it in the background, add the `-d` flag:
7979+8080+```bash
8181+docker compose up --build -d
8082```
81838282-Make sure your `.env` file is present when building the Docker image, as it will be copied into the container.
8484+Make sure your `.env` file is present when building the Docker image, as it will be copied into the container. We recommend creating an empty `cursor.txt` file in the application root directory as well.
83858486#### Configuration Variables
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