diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+
+*.md
+
+*.log
+
+LICENSE
+
+.dockerignore
+
+.git*
+
+.recycle
+
+.trash
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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diff --git a/compose.bash b/compose.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+
+reset
+
+clear
+
+##
+
+set -e
+
+set -x
+
+##
+
+docker compose down --remove-orphans
+
+docker compose up -d
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
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+++ b/compose.yaml
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+services:
+
+    docker-provision-verification:
+
+        container_name: docker-provision-verification
+
+        image: sofwareshinobi/docker-provision-verification
+        
+        restart: unless-stopped
+
+        ports:
+
+            - "80:80"
diff --git a/cover.png b/cover.png
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diff --git a/provision.bash b/provision.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+reset
+
+clear
+
+##
+
+echo
+echo "## "
+echo "## routine / provision-ubuntu-basic / starting"
+echo "## "
+echo
+
+apt-get update;
+
+apt -y install ca-certificates curl;
+
+install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+echo \
+  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+  tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+
+apt update
+
+apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+
+docker run hello-world
+
+echo "finished provision..."