diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b6d4fa..7abd22b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ venv_prod: requirements/prod.txt
 	virtualenv --python=python3 $(VAR_DIR)/venv_prod
 	source $(VAR_DIR)/venv_prod/bin/activate && \
 		pip3 install -r ./requirements/prod.txt | tee install.log
+
+venv_dev: requirements/dev.txt
+	virtualenv --python=python3 $(VAR_DIR)/venv_dev
+	source $(VAR_DIR)/venv_dev/bin/activate && \
+		pip3 install -r ./requirements/dev.txt | tee install.log
 ###################################
 
 test:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0655b23..10ff200 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,33 +1,55 @@
 repoapi
-===========
-
-interface to manage our debian repositories metadata
+=======
 
+interface to manage our Debian repositories metadata.
 
 go away! This is on pre-alpha^4 development stage.
 
+Run docker containers
+---------------------
+
+    $ docker run --rm --hostname repoapi-rabbit --name repoapi-rabbit rabbitmq:3
+    $ docker run --rm -i -t --link repoapi-rabbit:rabbit -v $(pwd):/code:rw docker.mgm.sipwise.com/repoapi-stretch:latest bash
+
+Prepare development environment
+===============================
 
-Devel environment
-=================
-$ make venv_dev
-$ source ./venv_dev/bin/activate
+Inside the repoapi-stretch container run:
+
+    $ export VAR_DIR=/tmp/repoapi
+    $ make venv_dev
+    $ source ${VAR_DIR}/venv_dev/bin/activate
 
 Create DB
 =========
-(repoapi)$ ./manage.py migrate
+
+To ensure `db.sqlite3` exists as needed:
+
+    (repoapi)$ ./manage.py migrate --settings="repoapi.settings.dev"
 
 Create superuser
 ================
-(repoapi)$ ./manage.py createsuperuser
+
+    (repoapi)$ ./manage.py createsuperuser --settings="repoapi.settings.dev"
 
 Run test server
 ================
-(repoapi)$ ./manage.py runserver_plus
+
+If you want to run it on a specific IP, use:
+
+    (repoapi)$ IP=172.17.0.3 # adjust as needed
+    (repoapi)$ ./manage.py runserver_plus $IP:8000 --settings="repoapi.settings.dev"
+
+or just:
+
+    (repoapi)$  make run_dev
 
 Tests
 =====
-(repoapi)$ ./manage.py test
+
+    (repoapi)$ ./manage.py test
 
 Reports
 =======
-(repoapi)$ ./manage.py jenkins
+
+    (repoapi)$ ./manage.py jenkins
diff --git a/repoapi/settings/dev.py b/repoapi/settings/dev.py
index ebf0667..f1e70f9 100644
--- a/repoapi/settings/dev.py
+++ b/repoapi/settings/dev.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import os
 # pylint: disable=W0401,W0614,C0413
 from .test import *
 
+# avoid having to hardcode an IP address
+from socket import gethostname, gethostbyname
+
 LOGGING['loggers']['release_dashboard']['level'] = \
     os.getenv('DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL', 'DEBUG')
 
@@ -30,3 +33,8 @@ BROKER_BACKEND = 'amqp'
 CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = False
 BROKER_URL = 'amqp://guest:guest@rabbit'
 JBI_BASEDIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'jbi_files')
+
+# Enable access when not accessing from localhost:
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = [gethostname(), gethostbyname(gethostname()), ]
+# or to manually override:
+# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['172.17.0.3']
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 302659e..47ca3b3 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 django-jenkins==0.19
 flake8==2.6
 pep8
-pylint
+pylint==1.9.3
 coverage
 mock
diff --git a/t/Dockerfile b/t/Dockerfile
index 87867b1..c935fdb 100644
--- a/t/Dockerfile
+++ b/t/Dockerfile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ FROM docker.mgm.sipwise.com/sipwise-stretch:latest
 # is updated with the current date. It will force refresh of all
 # of the base images and things like `apt-get update` won't be using
 # old cached versions when the Dockerfile is built.
-ENV REFRESHED_AT 2017-07-21
+ENV REFRESHED_AT 2018-10-26
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install --assume-yes python3 python3-dev \
-	python3-pip git screen
+	python3-pip python3-virtualenv virtualenv sqlite3 git screen
 
 # Get pip to download and install requirements:
 ADD requirements/*.txt /tmp/