diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32f695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+variables:
+  DEPLOY_USER: deploy
+  DEPLOY_HOST: acs-os-fein-website
+  DEPLOY_PATH: /var/www/villas/api/web/
+
+stages:
+  - prepare
+  - doc
+  - deploy
+
+# Stage: prepare
+##############################################################################
+
+# Build docker image which is used to build & test VILLASnode
+prepare:redoc:
+  stage: prepare
+  script:
+    - docker build -f doc/api/Dockerfile -t redoc .
+  tags:
+    - shell
+    - linux
+
+# Stage: doc
+##############################################################################
+
+doc:api:
+  stage: doc
+  tags:
+    - docker
+  image: redoc
+  script:
+    - cd doc/api
+    - redoc-cli bundle --cdn --title "VILLASweb Backend API Documentation" --output index.html api.yaml
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - doc/api/index.html
+
+# Stage: deploy
+##############################################################################
+
+deploy:upload:
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - cd doc/api
+    - rsync --copy-links --chown ${DEPLOY_USER}:${DEPLOY_USER} index.html api.yaml ${DEPLOY_USER}@${DEPLOY_HOST}:${DEPLOY_PATH}
+  dependencies:
+    - doc:api
+#  only:
+#    - master
+  tags:
+    - shell
diff --git a/doc/api/Dockerfile b/doc/api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88bfab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM node:8
+
+RUN npm -g install redoc-cli
diff --git a/doc/api/Makefile b/doc/api/Makefile
index 5fffd40..97118b8 100644
--- a/doc/api/Makefile
+++ b/doc/api/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-REDOC := $(shell command -v redoc-cli 2> /dev/null)
+TITLE := "VILLASweb Backend API Documentation"
+
+DEPLOY_USER ?= deploy
+DEPLOY_HOST ?= acs-os-fein-website
+DEPLOY_PATH ?= /var/www/villas/api/web/
+
+RSYNC_OPTS ?= --recursive --ignore-missing-args --copy-links --chown $(DEPLOY_USER):$(DEPLOY_USER)
 
 all: index.html
 
 index.html: api.yaml
-ifndef REDOC
-    $(error "redoc-cli is not available, please install via npm install -g redoc-cli (run as root)")
-endif
-	redoc-cli bundle -o villaswebapi.html api.yaml
+	redoc-cli bundle --cdn --title "$(TITLE)" --output $@ api.yaml
+
+deploy: index.html
+	rsync $(RSYNC_OPTS) index.html api.yaml $(DEPLOY_USER)@$(DEPLOY_HOST):$(DEPLOY_PATH)
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf index.html
 
-.PHONY: docs index.html clean
+.PHONY: docs clean deploy