# An example ESP8266 application To build this application, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you have Docker installed 2. Clone whole mongoose repository on your machine: ```sh git clone https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose.git ``` 3. Start command line or terminal, and go into the example's directory: ```sh cd mongoose/examples/esp8266 ``` 4. Run `make`. This invokes a Docker-based build. A firmware will be built in the `src/build/` directory: ```sh make example ```