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 ## Build Setup
 
+Create the database container image:
+
+    cd fda-container-managing-service/rest-service/src/main/resources
+    docker build --tag rdr-postgres:1.0 .
+
 ```bash
 # First generate jars for discovery,database,container and query services
 $ mvn clean package
@@ -11,4 +16,4 @@ $ docker-compose up --build #(use -d for detach mode)
 
 # stop application
 $ docker-compose down
-```
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+```