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+FROM python:2.7
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y install npm
+RUN npm install -g bower
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+RUN bower install --allow-root
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+
+# delete the copy of the database inside the container (if exists)
+RUN rm -f db.sqlite3
+
+RUN python manage.py makemigrations sf_user projecthandler instancehandler vimhandler
+RUN python manage.py migrate
+
+RUN python manage.py shell -c "from projecthandler.osm_model import OsmProject; from sf_user.models import CustomUser; CustomUser.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin'); admin = CustomUser.objects.get(username='admin'); OsmProject.create_project('admin',admin,True, 'project admin','')"
+
+
+EXPOSE 80
+CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:80"]