diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-ping-pub.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-ping-pub.yml
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+version: "3.2"
+
+services:
+  ping-pub:
+    image: cerc/ping-pub:local
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "5173:5173"
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-ping-pub/build.sh b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-ping-pub/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the ping pub image
+source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
+
+docker build -t cerc/ping-pub:local ${build_command_args} -f $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR/explorer/Dockerfile $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR/explorer
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/ping-pub/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/ping-pub/README.md
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+# ping-pub
+Experimental block explorer for laconic
+
+```
+laconic-so --stack ping-pub setup-repositories
+laconic-so --stack ping-pub build-containers
+laconic-so --stack ping-pub deploy init --output ping-pub-spec.yml --map-ports-to-host localhost-same
+laconic-so --stack ping-pub deploy create --spec-file ping-pub-spec.yml --deployment-dir pp-deployment
+laconic-so deployment --dir pp-deployment start
+```
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/ping-pub/stack.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/ping-pub/stack.yml
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+version: "0.1"
+name: ping-pub
+repos:
+  # fork, but only for config & Dockerfile reasonsb
+  - github.com/LaconicNetwork/explorer@laconic
+containers:
+  - cerc/ping-pub
+pods:
+  - ping-pub