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+# Bases the image on Ubuntu 16.04 (since 18.04 is still not available)
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+# Basic update/upgrade mechanism + installs necessary packages
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt upgrade -y && \
+    apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates nodejs npm -y
+
+# Install Bower & Grunt using npm
+RUN npm install -g bower grunt-cli
+
+# Defines the default work directory
+WORKDIR /data
+
+# Copies AMI files to the desired directory
+COPY . /data
+
+# Defines the default command to be run once container is up and running.
+# It will probably make sense to have "run.sh" which will actually define these.
+CMD ["nodejs", "-v"]