diff --git a/docker/python-go-perl-php/Dockerfile b/docker/python-go-perl-php/Dockerfile
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+# docker base image for basic programming tools
+
+FROM ubuntu:xenial
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
+    net-tools telnet traceroute openssh-client nano vim-tiny iputils-ping php php-ldap php-json \
+    php-mail php-mcrypt php-mysql php-pgsql php-snmp php-sqlite3 php-ssh2 php-xmlrpc php7.0 \
+    php7.0-ldap php7.0-mysql php7.0-pgsql php7.0-snmp php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-xmlrpc \
+    golang-go golang-github-go-sql-driver-mysql-dev golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3-dev \
+    golang-github-go-ldap-ldap-dev golang-github-kolo-xmlrpc-dev \
+    python python3 python-pymysql python3-pymysql python-pygresql python3-postgresql \
+    python-pysnmp4 python3-pysnmp4 python-ldap3 python3-ldap3 python-paramiko python3-paramiko \
+    python-mailer python-sqlite2 python3-aioxmlrpc \
+    perl perl-modules-5.22 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libsnmp-session-perl \
+    libdbd-ldap-perl libnet-ssh2-perl\ 
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+VOLUME [ "/root" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "-c", "cd; exec bash -i" ]
+
diff --git a/docker/python-go-perl-php/README.md b/docker/python-go-perl-php/README.md
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+# Ubuntu - Programming Toolbox
+
+This appliance contains the following networking tools:
+
+- net-tools (basic network administration tools)
+- ping
+- ssh client
+- telnet
+- Python 2
+- Python 3
+- Perl
+- Go
+- PHP
+
+The /root folder is mounted by default
+
+## Build and publish the Images
+
+First the base image has to be created:
+
+```
+docker build -t gns3/python-go-perl-php:xenial .
+docker push gns3/python-go-perl-php:xenial    (optional)
+```