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+# Create Dockerfile for Spring-petclinic application using pre-built artifact
+
+# FROM alpine:latest
+# ENV JAR=spring-petclinic-3.0.3.jar
+# RUN apk --no-cache add openjdk17-jre-headless
+# COPY ./target/${JAR} ./
+# EXPOSE 8080
+# CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/usr/bin/java -jar ${JAR}"]
+
+# Create multi-stage Dockerfile for Spring-petclinic application
+
+FROM alpine:latest AS builder
+RUN apk --no-cache add openjdk17
+WORKDIR /tmp
+COPY ./ ./
+RUN ./mvnw clean ; ./mvnw package
+
+FROM alpine:latest
+ENV JAR=spring-petclinic-3.0.3.jar
+RUN apk --no-cache add openjdk17-jre-headless
+WORKDIR /home
+COPY --from=builder /tmp/target/spring-*.jar  ./
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/usr/bin/java -jar /home/spring-*.jar"]
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