diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM registry:2
+
+ENV REGISTRY_AUTH="htpasswd"
+ENV REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_REALM="Registry Realm"
+ENV REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_PATH="/auth/htpasswd"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 # Registry
 
 Private container registry to organize self-hosted services.
+
+## Setting up service credentials
+
+The `container-registry_auth` volume is pre-seeded with an empty `htpasswd` file that will hold the credentials for registry users.
+
+See `man htpasswd` for reference. 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+image_name=$(jq .service_name ./service.json -r)
+image_version=0
+
+podman build \
+    -t "$image_name:$image_version" \
+    .
diff --git a/service.json b/service.json
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+++ b/service.json
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+{
+    "service_name": "container-registry"
+}
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
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+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+service_name=$(jq .service_name ./service.json -r)
+image_name=$service_name
+image_version=0
+
+auth_volume="$service_name"_auth
+
+podman volume exists "$auth_volume"
+
+if [[ "$?" != "1" ]]; then
+    echo "Volume $auth_volume already exists."
+else
+    podman volume create "$auth_volume"
+    htpasswd_parent=$(podman volume inspect "$auth_volume" | jq '.[0].Mountpoint' -r)
+    touch "$htpasswd_parent"/htpasswd
+    echo "Created volume $auth_volume and seeded with empty htpasswd."
+fi
+
+podman pod create \
+    --name "$service_name" \
+    --replace \
+    -p 5000:5000 \
+
+podman run \
+    -td \
+    --pod "$service_name" \
+    --name "$service_name"_app \
+    -v "$auth_volume":/auth:ro \
+    "$image_name:$image_version"
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
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+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+podman pod stop "$(jq .service_name ./service.json -r)"