diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
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+ember: &defaults
+  image: danlynn/ember-cli
+  volumes:
+    - .:/myapp
+  command: server --watcher polling
+  ports:
+    - "4200:4200"
+    - "35729:35729"
+
+npm:
+  <<: *defaults
+  entrypoint: ['/usr/local/bin/npm']
+
+bower:
+  <<: *defaults
+  entrypoint: ['/usr/local/bin/bower', '--allow-root']
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+nginx:
+  image: nginx
+  volumes:
+    - nginx.default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+  links:
+    - orion
+    - ember
+  ports:
+    - "80:80"
+
+ember:
+  image: danlynn/ember-cli
+  volumes:
+    - .:/myapp
+  command: server --watcher polling
+
+mongo:
+  image: mongo:2.6
+  command: --smallfiles --nojournal --dbpath=/tmp/
+
+orion:
+  image: fiware/orion
+  links:
+    - mongo
+  command: -dbhost mongo
+
+#playback:
+#  image: playback
+#  volumes:
+#    - /share:/share
+#  links:
+#    - orion
+#  command: orion:1026
+
+
diff --git a/docker.sh b/docker.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Note that this will automagically be ran if you have rvm installed.
+# This shell file sets up the following aliases whenever you cd into
+# the current directory tree:
+#
+# + ember
+# + npm
+# + bower
+#
+# If rvm is not installed then you can simply run:
+#   . setup.sh
+#
+# Note that these aliases revert back to executing the system version
+# of each command whenever you exit the current project dir tree.
+
+PREV_ROOT_DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+
+function npm() {
+	if [[ $PWD/ = $PREV_ROOT_DIR/* ]]; then
+		# echo "docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm npm $@"
+		docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm npm $@
+	else
+		# echo "`which npm` $@"
+		`which npm` $@
+	fi
+}
+
+function bower() {
+	if [[ $PWD/ = $PREV_ROOT_DIR/* ]]; then
+		# echo "docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm bower $@"
+		docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm bower $@
+	else
+		# echo "`which bower` $@"
+		`which bower` $@
+	fi
+}
+
+function ember() {
+	if [[ $PWD/ = $PREV_ROOT_DIR/* ]]; then
+		# echo "docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm ember $@"
+		docker-compose -f $PREV_ROOT_DIR/docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm ember $@
+	else
+		# echo "`which ember` $@"
+		`which ember` $@
+	fi
+}
+
+# manual method of aliasing that persists when outside of current dir (BAD)
+# alias   npm='docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm npm'
+# alias bower='docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm bower'
+# alias ember='docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml run --rm ember'
+
+# echo 'Configured npm, bower, and ember for current project'
diff --git a/nginx.default.conf b/nginx.default.conf
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+server {
+    listen       80 default_server;
+    server_name  labmashup;
+
+    # proxy for ember-cli
+    location ^~ /frontend/ {
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+	
+	proxy_pass http://ember:4200/frontend/;
+    }
+
+    # proxy for orion context broker
+    location ^~ /api/ {
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+        if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
+          add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin '$http_origin' always;
+          add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE' always;
+          add_header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials 'true' always;
+          add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers 'Origin,Content-Type,Accept' always;
+          add_header Content-Length 0;
+          add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+
+          return 204;
+        }
+
+        # rewrite url to exclude /api on context broker side
+        rewrite ^/api/?(.*) /$1 break;
+
+        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*' always;
+        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials 'true' always;
+
+        proxy_pass http://orion:1026;
+    }
+
+    error_page  404 /404.html;
+    location = /404.html {
+      root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    }
+
+    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+    location = /50x.html {
+        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    }
+}