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+FROM rust:1.57
+
+ARG COMM_TEST_TARGET
+
+ENV COMM_TEST_TARGET=${COMM_TEST_TARGET}
+
+# Create a new user comm and use it to run subsequent commands
+RUN useradd -m comm
+USER comm
+
+# The build.rs script depends on rustfmt
+RUN rustup component add rustfmt
+
+RUN mkdir -p /home/comm/app/commtest
+WORKDIR /home/comm/app/commtest
+RUN cargo init --bin
+
+COPY services/commtest/Cargo.toml services/commtest/Cargo.lock ./
+
+# Cache build dependencies in a new layer
+RUN cargo build --release
+RUN rm src/*.rs
+
+COPY services/commtest .
+COPY native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc/protos/*.proto protos/
+
+# Remove the previously-built binary so that only the application itself is
+# rebuilt
+RUN rm ./target/release/deps/commtest*
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+CMD target/release/commtest