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+# Run NodeODM thorugh docker-compose
+To easily manage NodeODM with docker-compose take a look at these sample `docker-compose.yml` files
+
+## Quickstart
+Edit the `config-default.json` to match your required settings. Make sure you change the value for `token` to secure
+your NodeODM instance if you plan on hosting the server publicly
+
+## GPU acceleration
+To utilize the GPU acceleration of NVIDA graphics cards run: `docker-compose -f docker-compose.gpu.yml up -d`
+
+## CPU only operation
+If there is no GPU acceleration available you can run NodeODM on CPU only with: `docker-compose -f docker-compose.cpu.yml up -d`