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+# -------------
+# Build stage
+
+FROM golang:1.10-alpine
+
+
+# Install required packages
+RUN apk add --no-cache wget git make build-base protobuf protobuf-dev
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis.git /usr/local/include/googleapis
+
+# Prepare directory structure
+RUN ["mkdir", "-p", "/src", "src/protos"]
+RUN ["mkdir", "-p", "$GOPATH/src", "$GOPATH/pkg", "$GOPATH/bin"]
+RUN ["mkdir", "-p", "$GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha/protos/go"]
+
+# Install golang protobuf
+#RUN go get github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+#RUN go get google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc/status
+#RUN go get google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1
+
+# Copy files
+#ADD rw_core $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/rw_core
+#ADD common $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/common
+#ADD db $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/db
+#ADD kafka $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/kafka
+ADD vendor $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/vendor
+#ADD afrouter $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/afrouter
+
+
+# Copy required proto files
+# ... VOLTHA proos
+ADD protos/*.proto /src/protos/
+ADD protos/scripts/* /src/protos/
+ADD afrouter/arouter.json /src
+
+#
+# Copy generated executables here
+WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go
+
+#RUN ls -ltrR /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go
+
+# Install golang protobuf
+#RUN go get github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+#RUN go get google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc/status
+#RUN go get google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1
+RUN go install ./vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+# Compile protobuf files
+RUN sh /src/protos/build_protos.sh /src/protos
+
+# Build rw_core
+#RUN cd afrouter && go build -o /src/afrouter
+
+
+# -------------
+# Image creation stage
+
+#FROM alpine:3.6
+
+# Set the working directory
+#WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy required files
+#COPY --from=build-env /src/afrouter /app/
+#COPY --from=build-env /src/arouter.json /app/
+#COPY --from=build-env /src/protos/voltha.pb /app/
+#WORKDIR config
+#WORKDIR /app
+
+#CMD cd /app && ./arouter -config config/arouter.voltha2.json
+
+# Set the config volume
+