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+# Contributing to GLPI Docker Images
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to the GLPI Docker images project!
+
+This guide will help you set up your local development environment to test changes.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) installed.
+- [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/) (optional, for the download script).
+
+## Setup Development Environment
+
+To verify that the Docker image builds and runs correctly, you need to populate the `./glpi/sources` directory with the GLPI source code.
+
+### 1. Download GLPI Sources
+
+We provide a helper script to automatically fetch and extract the GLPI source code.
+
+**Download the latest stable version ([jq required](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/)):**
+```bash
+./download_sources.sh
+```
+
+**Download a specific version (e.g. 10.0.16):**
+```bash
+./download_sources.sh 10.0.16
+```
+
+> **Note:** This script downloads the source code archive from GitHub into `glpi/sources`. This is required for the Docker build process (`Dockerfile` copies content from this directory).
+
+### 2. Run the Test Environment
+
+We provide a `docker-compose.test.yml` file designed to test the `glpi` container.
+
+Run the stack (builds the image and starts GLPI + MariaDB):
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up --build
+```
+
+### 3. Verify
+
+Once the containers are up:
+1.  Check the logs to see the installation progress:
+    ```bash
+    docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml logs -f glpi
+    ```
+2.  Wait for the "GLPI installation completed successfully!" message.
+3.  Access GLPI at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).
+    - **User:** `glpi`
+    - **Password:** `glpi`
+
+### 4. Cleanup
+
+To stop and remove the test containers:
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml down -v
+```
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ A few links:
 
 - [Report an issue](https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml)
 - [Documentation](https://glpi-project.org/documentation/)
+- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 
 This repository contains build files for docker images available in [Github Container Registry](https://github.com/orgs/glpi-project/packages?ecosystem=container) and [Docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/glpi/glpi).
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
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+name: glpi_docker_dev
+
+services:
+  glpi:
+    build:
+      context: ./glpi
+    restart: "no"
+    volumes:
+      # Using a named volume avoids permission issues on host (automatically managed by Docker)
+      - glpi_data:/var/glpi
+    environment:
+      - GLPI_DB_HOST=db
+      - GLPI_DB_NAME=glpi
+      - GLPI_DB_USER=glpi
+      - GLPI_DB_PASSWORD=glpi
+      - GLPI_DB_PORT=3306
+      - GLPI_INSTALL_MODE=DOCKER
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:10.11
+    restart: "no"
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: glpi
+      MYSQL_USER: glpi
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: glpi
+    volumes:
+      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
+      start_period: 10s
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+
+volumes:
+  glpi_data:
+  db_data:
diff --git a/download_sources.sh b/download_sources.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -u -o pipefail
+
+# Check for dependencies
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "curl is required but not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "tar is required but not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+
+VERSION="${1:-latest}"
+TARGET_DIR="glpi/sources"
+
+echo "Cleaning target directory $TARGET_DIR..."
+rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIR"
+
+if [ "$VERSION" = "latest" ]; then
+    command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "jq is required but not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+
+    echo "Fetching info for latest version..."
+    # Get tag name from latest release
+    API_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/glpi-project/glpi/releases/latest"
+    TAG_NAME=$(curl -s "$API_URL" | jq -r .tag_name)
+
+    if [ "$TAG_NAME" = "null" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Could not determine latest version from GitHub API."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Latest version is $TAG_NAME"
+    VERSION=$TAG_NAME
+fi
+
+# Construct download URL for source code tarball
+# We use the archive url pattern: https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/archive/refs/tags/{TAG}.tar.gz
+URL="https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/archive/refs/tags/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+echo "Downloading GLPI $VERSION sources from $URL..."
+curl -L --output glpi-sources.tar.gz "$URL"
+
+echo "Extracting to $TARGET_DIR..."
+# Strip 1 component because github archives wrap in a folder like glpi-10.0.10/
+tar --extract --ungzip --strip-components=1 --file glpi-sources.tar.gz --directory "$TARGET_DIR"
+
+echo "Cleaning up..."
+rm glpi-sources.tar.gz
+
+echo "Success! Sources for $VERSION installed in $TARGET_DIR"