diff --git a/search-engine/Dockerfile b/search-engine/Dockerfile
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+FROM rustlang/rust:nightly-alpine AS builder
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    musl-dev \
+    openssl-dev \
+    openssl-libs-static \
+    pkgconfig \
+    postgresql-dev
+
+ENV OPENSSL_STATIC=1
+ENV OPENSSL_DIR=/usr
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY protocol/library ../protocol/library
+COPY search-engine/Cargo.toml ./
+COPY search-engine/src ./src
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+FROM alpine:3.19
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    ca-certificates \
+    postgresql-client \
+    wget
+
+RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S appgroup && \
+    adduser -u 1001 -S appuser -G appgroup
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/gurted-search-engine /app/gurted-search-engine
+COPY search-engine/frontend ./frontend
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/config /app/data /app/search_indexes /app/certs && \
+    chown -R appuser:appgroup /app
+
+USER appuser
+
+EXPOSE 8081
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8081/health || exit 1
+
+# Default command - runs the server subcommand
+CMD ["./gurted-search-engine", "--config", "/app/config/config.toml", "server"]
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diff --git a/search-engine/build.sh b/search-engine/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Building Gurted Search Engine Server..."
+
+echo "Stopping existing container..."
+docker compose down
+
+echo "Building Docker image..."
+docker compose build --no-cache --parallel
+
+echo "Starting services..."
+docker compose up -d
+
+echo "Container logs (press Ctrl+C to stop following):"
+docker compose logs -f search-engine
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diff --git a/search-engine/docker-compose.yml b/search-engine/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  search-engine:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: search-engine/Dockerfile
+    container_name: gurted-search-engine
+    network_mode: host
+    environment:
+      RUST_LOG: info
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.toml:/app/config/config.toml:ro
+      - ./search_indexes:/app/search_indexes
+      - ./certs:/app/certs:ro
+    restart: unless-stopped
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