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+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.14
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION} as builder
+
+ARG IMAGINARY_VERSION=dev
+ARG LIBVIPS_VERSION=8.10.0
+ARG GOLANGCILINT_VERSION=1.29.0
+
+# Installs libvips + required libraries
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+  ca-certificates \
+  automake build-essential curl \
+  gobject-introspection gtk-doc-tools libglib2.0-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev \
+  libwebp-dev libtiff5-dev libgif-dev libexif-dev libxml2-dev libpoppler-glib-dev \
+  swig libmagickwand-dev libpango1.0-dev libmatio-dev libopenslide-dev libcfitsio-dev \
+  libgsf-1-dev fftw3-dev liborc-0.4-dev librsvg2-dev libimagequant-dev libheif-dev && \
+  cd /tmp && \
+  curl -fsSLO https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v${LIBVIPS_VERSION}/vips-${LIBVIPS_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+  tar zvxf vips-${LIBVIPS_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+  cd /tmp/vips-${LIBVIPS_VERSION} && \
+	CFLAGS="-g -O3" CXXFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 -g -O3" \
+    ./configure \
+    --disable-debug \
+    --disable-dependency-tracking \
+    --disable-introspection \
+    --disable-static \
+    --enable-gtk-doc-html=no \
+    --enable-gtk-doc=no \
+    --enable-pyvips8=no && \
+  make && \
+  make install && \
+  ldconfig
+
+# Installing golangci-lint
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "${GOPATH}/bin" v${GOLANGCILINT_VERSION}
+
+WORKDIR ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/h2non/imaginary
+
+# Cache go modules
+ENV GO111MODULE=on
+
+COPY go.mod .
+COPY go.sum .
+
+RUN go mod download
+
+# Copy imaginary sources
+COPY . .
+
+# Run quality control
+RUN go test -test.v -test.race -test.covermode=atomic .
+RUN golangci-lint run .
+
+# Compile imaginary
+RUN go build -a \
+    -o ${GOPATH}/bin/imaginary \
+    -ldflags="-s -w -h -X main.Version=${IMAGINARY_VERSION}" \
+    github.com/h2non/imaginary
+
+FROM debian:buster-slim
+
+ARG IMAGINARY_VERSION
+
+LABEL maintainer="tomas@aparicio.me" \
+      org.label-schema.description="Fast, simple, scalable HTTP microservice for high-level image processing with first-class Docker support" \
+      org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0" \
+      org.label-schema.url="https://github.com/h2non/imaginary" \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/h2non/imaginary" \
+      org.label-schema.version="${IMAGINARY_VERSION}"
+
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib
+COPY --from=builder /go/bin/imaginary /usr/local/bin/imaginary
+COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs /etc/ssl/certs
+
+# Install runtime dependencies
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+  procps libglib2.0-0 libjpeg62-turbo libpng16-16 libopenexr23 \
+  libwebp6 libwebpmux3 libwebpdemux2 libtiff5 libgif7 libexif12 libxml2 libpoppler-glib8 \
+  libmagickwand-6.q16-6 libpango1.0-0 libmatio4 libopenslide0 \
+  libgsf-1-114 fftw3 liborc-0.4-0 librsvg2-2 libcfitsio7 libimagequant0 libheif1 && \
+  apt-get autoremove -y && \
+  apt-get autoclean && \
+  apt-get clean && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+
+# Server port to listen
+ENV PORT 9000
+
+# use jemalloc instead of ptmalloc
+ADD https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.2.1/jemalloc-5.2.1.tar.bz2 /tmp/jemalloc-5.2.1.tar.bz2
+RUN apt-get update && apt install -y bzip2 gcc make autoconf
+RUN cd /tmp \
+    && tar -jxvf jemalloc-5.2.1.tar.bz2 \
+    && cd jemalloc-5.2.1 \
+    && ./configure --enable-prof && make && make install \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/*
+ENV LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libjemalloc.so
+
+
+# Drop privileges for non-UID mapped environments
+USER nobody
+
+# Run the entrypoint command by default when the container starts.
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/imaginary"]
+
+# Expose the server TCP port
+EXPOSE ${PORT}