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+## Build the Docker image(s)
+To run the example plugins in the way described here, you need to first install [Docker](https://www.docker.com/).
+
+ From the examples/python folder, execute one of the following lines according to which plugin you want to build:
+ 
+
+ 
+
+ - docker build -t qlik-oss/sse-scriptsupport -f Dockerfile.scriptsupport .
+ - docker build -t qlik-oss/sse-helloworld -f Dockerfile.helloworld .
+ - docker build -t qlik-oss/sse-columnoperations -f Dockerfile.columnoperations .
+
+
+
+## Run the Docker container(s)
+Execute one of the following commands to run the plugin of choice in a docker container:
+
+ 
+
+ - docker run --rm -p 50051:50051 qlik-oss/sse-scriptsupport
+ - docker run --rm -p 50052:50052 qlik-oss/sse-helloworld
+ - docker run --rm -p 50053:50053 qlik-oss/sse-columnoperations
diff --git a/examples/python/Dockerfile.columnoperations b/examples/python/Dockerfile.columnoperations
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+FROM grpc/python
+
+ADD . /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
+CMD ["ColumnOperations/ExtensionService_column.py"]
+EXPOSE 50053
+
+
diff --git a/examples/python/Dockerfile.helloworld b/examples/python/Dockerfile.helloworld
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+FROM grpc/python
+
+ADD . /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
+CMD ["HelloWorld/ExtensionService_helloworld.py"]
+EXPOSE 50052
+
+
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+FROM grpc/python
+
+RUN pip install -U pip
+RUN pip install numpy
+
+ADD . /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
+CMD ["FullScriptSupport/ExtensionService_Script.py"]
+EXPOSE 50051
+
+
diff --git a/examples/python/GetStarted.md b/examples/python/GetStarted.md
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 # Getting started with the Python examples
 
+If you want to use [Docker](http://www.docker.com/) to build and run the examples, here's a [quickstart](Docker.md).
+
 We provide several examples at different levels of complexity, each of which is documented separately. All examples support mutual authentication. Note that the examples do **not** necessarily support the same functionality; therefore a function call in one example might not work in another.
 
 The following table includes a short description of each example and the functionality it demonstrates.