Add dockerfile for CI build
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+FROM maven:3.5.2-jdk-8-alpine
+
+# Install necessary binaries to build brooklyn-library
+RUN apk add --no-cache git procps
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but useful in practice as building blocks, including entities for webapps,
datastores, and more.
+### Building the project
+
+2 methods are available to build this project: within a docker container or directly with maven.
+
+#### Using docker
+
+The project comes with a `Dockerfile` that contains everything you need to build this project.
+First, build the docker image:
+
+```bash
+docker build -t brooklyn:library .
+```
+
+Then run the build:
+
+```bash
+docker run -i --rm --name brooklyn-library -v ${HOME}/.m2:/root/.m2 -v ${PWD}:/usr/build -w /usr/build brooklyn:library mvn clean install
+```
+
+### Using maven
+
+Simply run:
+
+```bash
+mvn clean install
+```
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