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 # Introduction
 
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 Or in a docker run it would (once this version is pushed into docker hub) look like:
 ```Shell
 docker run -d -p 80:8888 -p 8080:8080 -p 9090:9090 -e TZ=Europe/Amsterdam -e EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES="CLIENT_SIDE,GENERAL,CHALLENGE" -e EXCLUDE_LESSONS="SqlInjectionAdvanced,SqlInjectionMitigations" webgoat/goatandwolf
-```
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