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+# Copyright Contributors to the Open Cluster Management project
+# Licensed under the Apache License 2.0
+
+FROM brew.registry.redhat.io/rh-osbs/openshift-golang-builder:rhel_8_1.20 AS builder
+
+ADD go.mod /opt/go.mod
+ADD go.sum /opt/go.sum
+ADD Makefile /opt/Makefile
+ADD main.go /opt/main.go
+ADD tools.go /opt/tools.go
+ADD sonar-project.properties /opt/sonar-project.properties
+ADD internal /opt/internal
+ADD jsonnet /opt/jsonnet
+ADD rbac /opt/rbac
+ADD test /opt/test
+
+WORKDIR /opt
+
+RUN git update-index --refresh; make observatorium
+
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:latest AS runner
+
+COPY --from=builder /opt/observatorium /bin/observatorium
+
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG VERSION
+ARG VCS_REF
+ARG DOCKERFILE_PATH
+
+RUN microdnf update -y && microdnf clean all
+
+LABEL vendor="Observatorium" \
+    name="observatorium/observatorium" \
+    description="Observatorium API" \
+    io.k8s.display-name="observatorium/observatorium" \
+    io.k8s.description="Observatorium API" \
+    maintainer="Observatorium <team-monitoring@redhat.com>" \
+    version="$VERSION" \
+    org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE \
+    org.label-schema.description="Observatorium API" \
+    org.label-schema.docker.cmd="docker run --rm observatorium/observatorium" \
+    org.label-schema.docker.dockerfile=$DOCKERFILE_PATH \
+    org.label-schema.name="observatorium/observatorium" \
+    org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0" \
+    org.label-schema.vcs-branch=$VCS_BRANCH \
+    org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$VCS_REF \
+    org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/observatorium/observatorium" \
+    org.label-schema.vendor="observatorium/observatorium" \
+    org.label-schema.version=$VERSION
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/observatorium"]