diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97e415cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Docker image doesn't need any files that git doesn't track.
+#Therefore the .dockerignore largely follows the structure of .gitignore.
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg*
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+cover/
+.coverage*
+!.coveragerc
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+.testrepository
+.venv
+.stestr/*
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
+
+# Complexity
+output/*.html
+output/*/index.html
+
+# Sphinx
+doc/build
+doc/source/reference/api/
+
+# pbr generates these
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
+
+# Editors
+*~
+.*.swp
+.*sw?
+
+# Files created by releasenotes build
+releasenotes/build
+
+# Ansible specific
+hosts
+*.retry
+
+#Vagrantfiles, since we are using docker
+Vagrantfile.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8980c354..f5269e6c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 FROM centos:latest
 
 LABEL name="VF develoment dockerfile"
-LABEL version="0.2"
+LABEL version="0.3"
 LABEL description="Provides environment for development of new validations."
 
 RUN dnf install -y git python3-pip gcc python3-devel jq
 
+#We copy contents of the local validations-libs repo with all of our changes
 COPY . /root/validations-libs
+#validations-common repo is cloned
 RUN git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/validations-common /root/validations-common
 
 RUN python3 -m pip install cryptography==3.3
@@ -19,7 +21,11 @@ RUN cd /root/validations-common && \
     python3 -m pip install . && \
     python3 -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/local/share/ansible  /usr/share/ansible
-RUN mkdir /etc/ansible && \
+#Setting up the default directory structure for both ansible,
+#and the VF
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/share/ansible  /usr/share/ansible && \
+    mkdir -p /var/log/validations
+#Simplified ansible inventory is created, containing only localhost,
+#and defining the connection as local.
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/ansible && \
     echo "localhost ansible_connection=local" > /etc/ansible/hosts
-RUN mkdir -p /var/log/validations
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1d804a1b..45533851 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ Docker Quickstart
 =================
 
 A Dockerfile is provided at the root of the Validations Library project in
-order to quickly set and hack the Validation Framework.
+order to quickly set and hack the Validation Framework, on a equivalent of a single machine.
 Build the container from the Dockerfile by running::
 
     docker build -t "vf:dockerfile" .
 
+From the validations-libs repo directory.
+
+.. note::
+    More complex images are available in the dockerfiles directory
+    and require explicit specification of both build context and the Dockerfile.
+
 Then you can run the container and start to run some builtin Validations::
 
     docker run -ti vf:dockerfile /bin/bash
diff --git a/dockerfiles/localvalidations/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/localvalidations/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5269e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/localvalidations/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+FROM centos:latest
+
+LABEL name="VF develoment dockerfile"
+LABEL version="0.3"
+LABEL description="Provides environment for development of new validations."
+
+RUN dnf install -y git python3-pip gcc python3-devel jq
+
+#We copy contents of the local validations-libs repo with all of our changes
+COPY . /root/validations-libs
+#validations-common repo is cloned
+RUN git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/validations-common /root/validations-common
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install cryptography==3.3
+
+RUN cd /root/validations-libs && \
+    python3 -m pip install . && \
+    python3 -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+
+RUN cd /root/validations-common && \
+    python3 -m pip install . && \
+    python3 -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+
+#Setting up the default directory structure for both ansible,
+#and the VF
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/share/ansible  /usr/share/ansible && \
+    mkdir -p /var/log/validations
+#Simplified ansible inventory is created, containing only localhost,
+#and defining the connection as local.
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/ansible && \
+    echo "localhost ansible_connection=local" > /etc/ansible/hosts
diff --git a/dockerfiles/localvalidations/README.rst b/dockerfiles/localvalidations/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6c8b355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/localvalidations/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Localhost validations dockerfile
+================================
+
+Default dockerfile for development of new validations.
+Creates a container suitable for running validations requiring only a local machine.
+
+More complex setup, such as Openstack deployment, requires further adjustment.