diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cc8194a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+docker.sh
+
+.idea
+.vscode
+.git
+.gitignore
+.travis.yml
+
+*/node_modules
+*/_build
+
+**/npm-*.log
+**/yarn-*.log
+**/catapult-*.log
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2baeae191..940297919 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ language: node_js
 
 node_js:
   - "12"
-
+services:
+  - docker
 addons:
   apt:
     sources:
@@ -29,4 +30,17 @@ before_script:
 - sudo systemctl start mongod
 - sh yarn_setup.sh
 
-script: cd ${SUBPROJECT} && yarn run lint && yarn run test:travis
+script: cd ${SUBPROJECT} && yarn run lint && yarn run test:travis && cd ..
+
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - stage: docker alpha deploy
+      env:
+        - SUBPROJECT=rest
+      script: /bin/sh docker.sh
+      if: branch = master AND type != pull_request
+    - stage: docker release deploy
+      env:
+        - SUBPROJECT=rest
+      script: /bin/sh docker.sh --release
+      if: tag IS present
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d941eb6a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM node:12.18.1-alpine
+RUN apk add --update\
+ python \
+ python3 \
+ build-base \
+ zeromq-dev \
+ && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app/catapult-rest
+RUN cd catapult-rest \
+ && ./yarn_setup.sh
+RUN cd catapult-rest/rest \
+ && yarn build
+WORKDIR /app/catapult-rest/rest
diff --git a/docker.sh b/docker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3e8b2b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" = "" ]
+then
+  echo "Docker deployment error. Env DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME has not been provided"
+  exit 128
+fi
+
+if [ "${DOCKER_USERNAME}" = "" ]
+then
+  echo "Docker deployment error. Env DOCKER_USERNAME has not been provided"
+  exit 128
+fi
+
+if [ "${DOCKER_PASSWORD}" = "" ]
+then
+  echo "Docker deployment error. Env DOCKER_PASSWORD has not been provided"
+  exit 128
+fi
+
+echo "Login into docker..."
+echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+
+cd rest
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(npm run version --silent)
+cd ..
+
+if [ "$1" = "--release" ]
+then
+   VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}"
+else
+   VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}-alpha"
+fi
+
+echo "Creating image ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}"
+docker build -t "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}" .
+docker images
+
+# Quick test, the expected error is ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '../resources/rest.json'
+echo "Testing image ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}. NOTE: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '../resources/rest.json is expected"
+docker run --rm "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}" npm start
+
+echo "Pushing image ${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}"
+docker push "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}"
diff --git a/rest/package.json b/rest/package.json
index 6e95483c4..9307861ba 100644
--- a/rest/package.json
+++ b/rest/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf _build && mkdir _build",
     "build": "ncp src/ _build",
     "rebuild": "npm run clean && npm run build",
+    "version": "echo $npm_package_version",
     "start": "node _build/index.js",
     "start:debug": "node src/index.js",
     "test": "mocha --full-trace --recursive",