diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f99697fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# --- Stage 1: Build the application using Maven ---
+FROM maven:3.9.6-eclipse-temurin-17 AS build
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the application while caching Maven dependencies to speed up future builds
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2 \
+    mvn clean package -DENV_VAR=docker -DskipTests -Dgit.skip=true
+
+# --- Stage 2: Run the application with a minimal JRE image ---
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the built WAR file from the build stage
+COPY --from=build /app/target/*.war app.war
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "app.war"]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a083ba5..70859837 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>co.elastic.logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logback-ecs-encoder</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3.2</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<!-- Swagger -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
@@ -425,6 +425,18 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.2.2</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>repackage</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/environment/common_ci.properties b/src/main/environment/common_ci.properties
index 714e33d8..917183ad 100644
--- a/src/main/environment/common_ci.properties
+++ b/src/main/environment/common_ci.properties
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ serverFolder=MMUSync
 getServerCredentialURL=@env.MMU_API@fileSyncController/getServerCredential
 tmReferCheckValue=TM
 ### Redis IP
-spring.redis.host=localhost
+spring.redis.host=@env.REDIS_HOST@
 
 jwt.secret=@env.JWT_SECRET_KEY@
 
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ logging.path=logs
 logging.file.name=@env.MMU_API_LOGGING_FILE_NAME@
 
 springdoc.api-docs.enabled=@env.SWAGGER_DOC_ENABLED@
-springdoc.swagger-ui.enabled=@env.SWAGGER_DOC_ENABLED@
+springdoc.swagger-ui.enabled=@env.SWAGGER_DOC_ENABLED@
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diff --git a/src/main/environment/common_docker.properties b/src/main/environment/common_docker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9faf6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/environment/common_docker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# local env
+# DB Connections
+spring.datasource.url=${DATABASE_URL}
+spring.datasource.username=${DATABASE_USERNAME}
+spring.datasource.password=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
+
+## Carestream URLs, local
+carestreamOrderCreateURL=${COMMON_API}carestream/createOrder
+
+## Identity - Common URLs
+#  Registration
+registrationUrl =${COMMON_API}beneficiary/createBeneficiary
+
+registrarQuickSearchByIdUrl =${COMMON_API}beneficiary/searchUserByID
+
+registrarQuickSearchByPhoneNoUrl =${COMMON_API}beneficiary/searchUserByPhone
+
+getBenImageFromIdentity =${IDENTITY_API_BASE_URL}id/benImageByBenRegID
+
+beneficiaryEditUrl =${COMMON_API}beneficiary/updateBenefciaryDetails
+
+registrarAdvanceSearchUrl =${COMMON_API}beneficiary/searchBeneficiary
+
+## Data Sync API, central
+dataSyncUploadUrl=${MMU_CENTRAL_SERVER}dataSync/van-to-server
+
+## Data download API, central
+dataSyncDownloadUrl=${MMU_CENTRAL_SERVER}dataSync/server-to-van
+
+## TC specialist slot booking, # not required
+tcSpecialistSlotBook=${TM_API}schedule/bookSlot
+
+## TC specialist slot cancelling, # not required
+tcSpecialistSlotCancel=${TM_API}schedule/cancelBookedSlot
+
+## benGenUrl, common, central
+benGenUrlCentral=${COMMON_API_OPEN_SYNC}beneficiary/generateBeneficiaryIDs
+
+## benImportUrl, identity, local
+benImportUrlLocal=${IDENTITY_API_BASE_URL}id/saveGeneratedBenIDToLocalServer
+mmucentralserver = ${MMU_CENTRAL_SERVER}common/get/Case-sheet/centralServerTMCaseSheet
+
+tmCentralServer = ${TM_CENTRAL_SERVER}common/get/Case-sheet/printData
+
+specialistSign=${COMMON_API}signature1/getSignClass
+
+## inventory transaction download URL, central, mmu
+dataSyncTransactionDownloadUrl=${MMU_CENTRAL_SERVER}dataSync/server-to-van-transactional
+
+## inventory transaction processed flag update URL, central, mmu
+dataSyncProcessedFlagUpdate=${MMU_CENTRAL_SERVER}dataSync/updateProcessedFlagPostDownload
+
+
+fileBasePath =${MMU_FILE_BASE_PATH}
+
+## data sync batch size
+BATCH_SIZE=30
+snomedCTPageSize=10
+nurseWL=7
+docWL=7
+pharmaWL=7
+labWL=7
+radioWL=7
+oncoWL=7
+
+## For File Sync
+serverIP=${FILE_SYNC_SERVER_IP}
+serverDomain=${FILE_SYNC_SERVER_DOMAIN}
+serverUserName=${FILE_SYNC_SERVER_USERNAME}
+serverPassword=${FILE_SYNC_SERVER_PASSWORD}
+localFolderToSync=${LOCAL_FOLDER_TO_SYNC}
+serverFolder=MMUSync
+getServerCredentialURL=${MMU_API}fileSyncController/getServerCredential
+tmReferCheckValue=TM
+### Redis IP
+spring.redis.host=${REDIS_HOST}
+
+jwt.secret=${JWT_SECRET_KEY}
+
+
+#ELK logging file name
+logging.path=logs
+logging.file.name=${MMU_API_LOGGING_FILE_NAME}
+
+springdoc.api-docs.enabled=${SWAGGER_DOC_ENABLED}
+springdoc.swagger-ui.enabled=${SWAGGER_DOC_ENABLED}
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