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@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@ For example:
 ```bash
 curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer user1:key1" http://localhost:8080/api/generate --data '{"data": "Hello, World!"}'
 ``` 
+### Starting the server using the created Container-Image
+To start the proxy in background with the above created image, you can use either   
+1) docker: `docker run -d --name ollama-proxy-server -p 8080:8080 ollama_proxy_server:latest`
+2) podman: `podman run -d --name ollama-proxy-server -p 8080:8080 ollama_proxy_server:latest`