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+FROM node:11
+
+MAINTAINER John Brugge <johnbrugge@benetech.org>
+
+EXPOSE 1337
+
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+
+ENV APP_DIR /usr/src/mmlc-api
+ENV BUILD_PACKAGES curl unzip
+ENV RUNTIME_PACKAGES openjdk-8-jre-headless python netcat-openbsd
+
+RUN mkdir $APP_DIR
+
+WORKDIR $APP_DIR
+
+COPY . $APP_DIR
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y $BUILD_PACKAGES $RUNTIME_PACKAGES && \
+    npm -y install && \
+    curl -O http://www.apache.org/dist/xmlgraphics/batik/binaries/batik-bin-1.10.zip && \
+    unzip batik-bin-1.10.zip && \
+    mv batik-1.10 node_modules/mathjax-node/batik/ && \
+    rm -rf batik* && \
+    chmod -R ugo+rw $APP_DIR && \
+    apt-get purge --yes --auto-remove $BUILD_PACKAGES && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    chmod +x wait_for.sh
+
+CMD ./wait_for.sh mongo 27017 && node app.js