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# Dockerizing the MCP

The MCP server must be containerized with Docker.

When dockerizing an MCP server, the container should expose a **single, well-defined HTTP endpoint** implementing the MCP protocol over **HTTP + Server-Sent Events (SSE)**.

MCP does not mandate a fixed port, but a Dorg Skill must expose the MCP at **port 8080.**

Dorg will access the MCP server with, for example:

```
http://<containerip>:8080/tools/list
```

The container should be stateless, start deterministically, and require no runtime configuration beyond environment variables (that at the moment are only related to OpenTelemetry exporters).

The resulting Docker image should be portable, self-contained, and suitable for execution in a Linux-based environment without additional sidecars or init logic.


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