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@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ For easy visualization use OpenAPI at:
 - [http://fda-container-managing-service/swagger-ui/](http://localhost:9091/swagger-ui/)
 - [http://fda-database-managing-service/swagger-ui/](http://localhost:9092/swagger-ui/)
 
+Local development minimum requirements:
+
+- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
+- Apache Maven 3.0.0
+- OpenJDK 11.0.0
+
+Local deployment minimum versions:
+
+- Docker Engine 20.10.0
+- Docker Compose 1.28.0
+
 ## Deployment
 
 The pipeline is set-up to build and test all commits. A commit to dev or master branch triggers additional jobs.