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+FROM rust:1.57
+
+# Create a new user comm and use it to run subsequent commands
+RUN useradd -m comm
+USER comm
+
+WORKDIR /app/identity
+RUN cargo init --bin
+
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+
+# Cache build dependencies in a new layer
+RUN cargo build --release
+RUN rm src/*.rs
+
+COPY . .
+
+# Remove the previously-built binary so that only the application itself is
+# rebuilt
+RUN rm ./target/release/deps/identity*
+
+# The build.rs script depends on rustfmt
+RUN rustup component add rustfmt
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+CMD ["./target/release/identity"]