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+# Multi-stage
+# 1) Node image for building frontend assets
+# 2) nginx stage to serve frontend assets
+
+# Name the node stage "builder"
+FROM docker.io/node:16 AS builder
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV SAFETWITCH_BACKEND_DOMAIN SAFETWITCH_BACKEND_DOMAIN_PLACEHOLDER
+ENV SAFETWITCH_INSTANCE_DOMAIN SAFETWITCH_INSTANCE_DOMAIN_PLACEHOLDER
+ENV SAFETWITCH_HTTPS SAFETWITCH_HTTPS_PLACEHOLDER
+# Copy all files from current directory to working dir in image
+COPY . .
+# install node modules and build assets
+RUN npm i && npm run build
+
+# nginx state for serving content
+FROM docker.io/nginx:alpine
+COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+# Set working directory to nginx asset directory
+RUN mkdir /app
+# Copy static assets from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist /app
+# Containers run nginx with global directives and daemon off
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Overriding the default NGINX container behavior
+COPY ./substitute_environment_variables.sh ./substitute_environment_variables.sh
+RUN chmod +x /substitute_environment_variables.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/substitute_environment_variables.sh"]
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