Containerize process for local development setup

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Gemfile.lock
 *.iml
 .jekyll-cache
 .project
+vendor/bundle

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Follow these steps to set up your local copy of the repository:
 
 1. Navigate to your cloned repository.
 
+##### Building with locally-installed packages 
+
 1. Install [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) if you don't already have it. We recommend [RVM](https://rvm.io/), but you can use any method you prefer:
 
    ```
@@ -98,6 +100,14 @@ Follow these steps to set up your local copy of the repository:
    bundle install
    ```
 
+##### Building with containerization
+
+1. Assuming you have `docker-compose` installed, execute
+
+   ```
+   docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up
+   ```
+
 #### Troubleshooting
 
 Try the following troubleshooting steps if you encounter an error when trying to build the documentation website:  

build.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-JEKYLL_LINK_CHECKER=internal bundle exec jekyll serve --host localhost --port 4000 --incremental --livereload --open-url --trace
+host="localhost"
+
+if [[ "$DOCKER_BUILD" == "true" ]]; then
+    host="0.0.0.0"
+fi
+
+JEKYLL_LINK_CHECKER=internal bundle exec jekyll serve --host ${host} --port 4000 --incremental --livereload --open-url --trace

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  doc_builder:
+    image: ruby:3.2.4
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    working_dir: /app
+    ports:
+      - "4000:4000"
+    command: bash -c "bundler install && bash build.sh"
+    environment:
+      BUNDLE_PATH: /app/vendor/bundle  # Avoid installing gems globally.
+      DOCKER_BUILD: true               # Signify build.sh to bind to 0.0.0.0 for effective doc access from host.