diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..729aa2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+FROM golang:1.19
+
+# Set destination for COPY
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Download Go modules
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+# Copy the source code. Note the slash at the end, as explained in
+# https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#copy
+COPY *.go ./
+
+# Build
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /docker-gs-ping
+
+# Optional:
+# To bind to a TCP port, runtime parameters must be supplied to the docker command.
+# But we can document in the Dockerfile what ports
+# the application is going to listen on by default.
+# https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#expose
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Run
+CMD ["/docker-gs-ping"]
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diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
index f3c157a..824ae49 100644
--- a/backend/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=helse123
       - POSTGRES_USER=admin
       - POSTGRES_DB=helseveileder
+  ginapi:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image: helseveileder
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
diff --git a/backend/nginx/conf/default.conf b/backend/nginx/conf/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d53284e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/nginx/conf/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name status-api.cloudprovider.info;
+
+    #    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/your_domain.crt;
+    #    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/your_domain.key;
+    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/privkey.pem;
+
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://ginapi:8000;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+        if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
+            #
+            # Custom headers and headers various browsers *should* be OK with but aren't
+            #
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
+            #
+            # Tell client that this pre-flight info is valid for 20 days
+            #
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
+            add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain; charset=utf-8';
+            add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
+            return 204;
+        }
+        if ($request_method = 'POST') {
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'Content-Length,Content-Range' always;
+        }
+        if ($request_method = 'GET') {
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'Content-Length,Content-Range' always;
+        }
+    }
+}
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