slowly getting there
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# This is a WIP
-Will likely form the basis of the official jenkins-ci image. Still working on it.
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+Will likely form the basis of the official jenkins-ci image. Still working on it.
+
+To run:
+
+```
+docker run -it -p 8080:8080 jenkins
+```
+
+To use a persistent volume
+
+```
+docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -v /your/home:/var/lib/jenkins/home jenkins
+```
+
+You can also specify that it will run under the jenkins user:
+
+```
+docker run -it -u jenkins -p 8080:8080 -v /your/home:/var/lib/jenkins/home jenkins
+```
+
+Ensure that /your/home is accessible by the jenkins user in container (jenkins user - uid 102 normally)