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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+#Stage 1
+# initialize build and set base image for first stage
+FROM maven:3.8.8-eclipse-temurin-17 as stage1
+# speed up Maven JVM a bit
+ENV MAVEN_OPTS="-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+# copy just pom.xml
+COPY pom.xml .
+# copy the subdirectories
+COPY ./src ./src
+COPY owlcms/pom.xml owlcms/
+COPY ./owlcms/src ./owlcms/src
+COPY ./owlcms/frontend ./owlcms/frontend
+COPY shared/pom.xml shared/
+COPY ./shared/src ./shared/src
+COPY ./publicresults/pom.xml ./publicresults/
+COPY ./publicresults/src ./publicresults/src
+COPY ./owlcms-docker/pom.xml ./owlcms-docker/
+COPY ./owlcms-docker/src ./owlcms-docker/src
+COPY ./owlcms-windows/pom.xml ./owlcms-windows/
+COPY ./owlcms-windows/src ./owlcms-windows/src
+COPY ./publicresults-windows/pom.xml ./publicresults-windows/
+COPY ./publicresults-windows/src ./publicresults-windows/src
+COPY ./playwright/pom.xml ./playwright/
+COPY ./playwright/src ./playwright/src
+COPY ./installtools/pom.xml ./installtools/
+
+# go-offline using the pom.xml
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline package -P production -am -pl owlcms -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
+# compile the source code and package it in a jar file
+RUN mvn clean package -P production -am -pl owlcms -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-jammy
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=stage1 /app/owlcms/target/owlcms/owlcms.jar /app
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java", "-jar", "owlcms.jar"]
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+#!/bin/bash -
+fly deploy . --app owlcms-next --config owlcms-next.toml --ha=false --image-label $1
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