diff --git a/radicale/README.rst b/radicale/README.rst
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diff --git a/radicale/build/Dockerfile b/radicale/build/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:jessie
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip --no-install-recommends && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade radicale
+
+## XXXvlab: TO REMOVE, Ugh, git is needed only to install radicale_auth_ldap
+## XXXvlab: This should be installed only if we link to ldap
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y git --no-install-recommends && \
+    cd /tmp && git clone https://github.com/marcoh00/radicale-auth-ldap && \
+    cd radicale-auth-ldap && python3 setup.py install && \
+    cd .. && rm -rf radicale-auth-ldap && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "radicale" ]
diff --git a/radicale/build/README b/radicale/build/README
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+To use nix for building this image:
+
+nix-build .
+
+it'll give a file "result" that you can load in docker:
+
+docker load < result
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diff --git a/radicale/build/default.nix b/radicale/build/default.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+with pkgs;
+let
+  # entrypoint = writeScript "entrypoint.sh" ''
+  #   #!${stdenv.shell}
+  #   set -e
+  #   exec "$@"
+  # '';
+in
+dockerTools.buildImage {
+  name = "radicale";
+  runAsRoot = ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    ${dockerTools.shadowSetup}
+  '';
+
+  contents = [ radicale ];
+
+  config = {
+    # Cmd = [ "radicale" ];
+    Entrypoint = [ "radicale" ];
+    ExposedPorts = {
+      "6379/tcp" = {};
+    };
+    WorkingDir = "/data";
+  };
+}
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diff --git a/radicale/hooks/init b/radicale/hooks/init
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## Init is run on host
+## For now it is run every time the script is launched, but
+## it should be launched only once after build.
+
+## Accessible variables are:
+## - SERVICE_NAME        Name of current service
+## - DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE   Base image from which this service might be built if any
+## - SERVICE_DATASTORE           Location on host of the DATASTORE of this service
+## - SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE         Location on host of the CONFIGSTORE of this service
+
+
+set -u
+
+service_def=$(get_compose_service_def "$SERVICE_NAME")
+
+CONF="$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE/etc/radicale/config"
+
+config=$(echo "$service_def" | shyaml get-value options.config 2>/dev/null) || {
+    die "Missing ${WHITE}config${NORMAL} option."
+}
+
+file_put "$CONF" <<EOF
+$config
+
+[server]
+hosts = 0.0.0.0:5232
+
+EOF
+
+init-config-add "\
+$SERVICE_NAME:
+  environment:
+    RADICALE_CONFIG: \"$CONF\"
+"
+
+
diff --git a/radicale/metadata.yml b/radicale/metadata.yml
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+description: "Radicale CalDAV Server"
+maintainer: "Valentin Lab <valentin.lab@kalysto.org>"
+## XXXvlab: currently only used when building LXC along with hooks/install
+## XXXvlab: docker uses the 'build' directory or the 'image:' option here.
+inherit: base-0k
+compatiblity: ## 'hooks/install' script was run on a these images without issues
+  # - ubuntu/15.10
+docker-compose:
+  ## Note: we want apache to make the SSL part and authentication
+  ## XXXvlab: should move to global lxc/docker compatible option
+  # ports:
+  #   - "5232:5232"
+data-resources:
+  - /var/lib/radicale
+config-resources:
+  ## Actually, we should/could probably have the config in YAML
+  - /etc/radicale