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+# Docker ocmpose file and config for openhab
+
+## Config
+Use `openhab.conf` for configuration.
+At the first start, please execute `./install.sh` to use the correct user ID in the config file.
+After taht you can create the container with:
+```
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+And then you can use openhab at `http://localhost:8080`.
+
+
+## Help
+
+- http://docs.openhab.org/installation/docker.html
+- https://github.com/openhab/openhab-docker