add Docker configuration files and deployment guide

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+# Use PHP 7.4 with Apache (compatible with Laravel 5.2 and ARM64)
+FROM php:7.4-apache
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    curl \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libonig-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libzip-dev \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    libfreetype6-dev \
+    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+    openssh-client \
+    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd
+
+# Install PHP extensions
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql mbstring exif pcntl bcmath zip
+
+# Enable Apache mod_rewrite
+RUN a2enmod rewrite
+
+# Install Composer
+COPY --from=composer:1.10 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
+# Copy existing application directory contents
+COPY . /var/www/html
+
+# Copy existing application directory permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html \
+    && chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/storage \
+    && chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache
+
+# Create .env file if it doesn't exist
+RUN if [ ! -f .env ]; then cp .env.example .env; fi
+
+# Install PHP dependencies without running post-install scripts
+RUN composer install --no-dev --no-scripts --no-interaction
+
+# Generate application key
+RUN php artisan key:generate
+
+# Optimize autoloader
+RUN composer dump-autoload --optimize --no-dev
+
+# Configure Apache DocumentRoot to point to Laravel's public directory
+ENV APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/html/public
+RUN sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/html!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/*.conf
+RUN sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/*.conf
+
+# Expose port 80
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Start Apache
+CMD ["apache2-foreground"]