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+# Set base image to maven image with version 3.6.3 and JDK 8
+FROM maven:3.6.3-jdk-8 AS mvnbuild
+# Set working directory to app
+WORKDIR /app
+# Copy current directory on the host to the current directory in the container (/app)
+COPY pom.xml .
+COPY src ./src
+
+# Use Maven to build the application
+#RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2 mvn -f pom.xml clean package
+RUN mvn -f pom.xml clean package
+
+# Start a new stage from an OpenJDK image for running the application
+FROM openjdk:8-jre
+
+# Set working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+# Copy the wait-for-it script into the container and make it executable
+COPY /script/wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
+RUN chmod +x /wait-for-it.sh
+# Copy only the built JAR from the build stage into this new stage
+COPY --from=mvnbuild /app/target/letterpaw-soap-service-jar-with-dependencies.jar letterpaw-soap-service-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+
+# Set the entrypoint to run the JAR
+ENTRYPOINT ["/wait-for-it.sh", "db:3306", "--timeout=30", "--strict", "--"]
+CMD ["java", "-jar", "letterpaw-soap-service-jar-with-dependencies.jar"]
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+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: mysql
+    container_name: db
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpass
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=letterpaw_soap
+      - MYSQL_USER=soap_user
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=p4ssw0rd
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - ./script:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/:ro
+      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+      - soap-network
+  soap:
+    build: .
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - DB_HOST=db
+      - DB_PORT=3306
+      - DB_NAME=letterpaw_soap
+      - DB_USER=soap_user
+      - DB_PASS=p4ssw0rd
+      - DB_URL=jdbc:mysql://db:3306/letterpaw_soap
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=7000
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    ports:
+      - "7000:7000"
+    networks:
+      - soap-network
+volumes:
+  mysql_data:
+networks:
+  soap-network:
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