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+# -------------
+# Build stage
+
+FROM golang:1.10.7-alpine AS build-env
+
+# Install required packages
+RUN apk add --no-cache wget git make build-base protobuf protobuf-dev
+
+# Install protobuf requirements
+RUN git clone https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis.git /usr/local/include/googleapis
+RUN go get google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/annotations
+
+# 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"]
+
+WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go
+
+# Copy files
+ADD ro_core ./ro_core
+ADD common ./common
+ADD db ./db
+ADD kafka ./kafka
+ADD vendor ./vendor
+
+# Install the protoc-gen-go
+RUN go install ./vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+# Copy required proto files
+# ... VOLTHA proos
+ADD protos/*.proto /src/protos/
+ADD protos/scripts/* /src/protos/
+
+# Compile protobuf files
+RUN sh /src/protos/build_protos.sh /src/protos
+
+# Build ro_core
+RUN cd ro_core && go build -o /src/ro_core
+
+# -------------
+# Image creation stage
+
+FROM alpine:3.8
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy required files
+COPY --from=build-env /src/ro_core /app/
+