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+{
+ "schemaVersion" : 2,
+ "templateId" : "node/8.7.0",
+ "dockerfileLines": [
+    "FROM node:12-alpine",
+    "RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app",
+    "COPY ./lifetracker-server /usr/src/app",
+    "RUN npm install && npm cache clean --force",
+    "CMD [ \"npm\", \"start\" ]"
+]
+}