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+FROM node:latest as builder
+
+# automatically creates the dir and sets it as the current working dir
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+# this will allow us to run vite and other tools directly
+ENV PATH /usr/src/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
+
+# inject all environment vars we'll need
+ARG VITE_BACKEND_URL
+ENV VITE_BACKEND_URL=$VITE_BACKEND_URL
+
+COPY package.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . ./
+
+FROM builder as prod-builder
+RUN npm run build
+
+# it's a good idea to pin this, but for demo purposes we'll leave it as is
+FROM nginx:latest as prod
+
+COPY --from=prod-builder /usr/src/app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
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