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+# Build stage
+FROM gradle:8.5-jdk17 AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy gradle files
+COPY server/build.gradle server/settings.gradle server/gradlew ./
+COPY server/gradle ./gradle
+
+# Copy source code
+COPY server/src ./src
+
+# Make gradlew executable
+RUN chmod +x ./gradlew
+
+# Build the application
+RUN ./gradlew bootJar --no-daemon
+
+# Runtime stage
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the built jar from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app/build/libs/*.jar app.jar
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]