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+# `cargo-chef` is a cargo-subcommand that provides
+# enhanced Docker layer caching for Rust projects.
+FROM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest AS chef
+WORKDIR /app
+# Force `rustup` to sync the toolchain in the base `chef` layer
+# so that it doesn't happen more than once
+COPY rust-toolchain.toml .
+RUN rustup toolchain install
+
+FROM chef AS planner
+COPY . .
+# Compute a lock-like file for our project
+RUN cargo chef prepare  --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+FROM chef AS builder
+COPY --from=planner /app/recipe.json recipe.json
+# Build our project's dependencies, not our application!
+# this is the caching Docker layer.
+RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
+COPY . .
+# Build our project
+ENV SQLX_OFFLINE=true
+RUN cargo build --release --bin {{project-name}}-web
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/{{project-name}}-web {{project-name}}-web
+
+# Enable backtraces to simplify debugging
+# production panics.
+ENV RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+# We don't want `anyhow` to capture backtraces for
+# "routine" errors. Just panics.
+ENV RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=0
+
+ENV APP_ENVIRONMENT=production
+ENV APP_SERVER__PORT=3000
+ENV APP_SERVER__IP="0.0.0.0"
+ENTRYPOINT ["./{{project-name}}-web"]
+EXPOSE 3000
diff --git a/blueprint/README.md.liquid b/blueprint/README.md.liquid
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@@ -75,3 +75,20 @@ Build the project's documentation with:
 ```
 cargo doc --workspace --all-features
 ```
+
+## Building the project's starter Docker image
+
+The generated project includes a production-ready Dockerfile
+
+In order to build it, follow these steps:
+
+```
+docker compose up
+cargo db migrate
+cargo db prepare
+docker build . --tag {{project-name}}
+```
+
+The db steps are needed to generate query metadata that sqlx will use during compilation.
+
+Note that the first build can take a few minutes, but subsequent ones should be fast thanks to docker layer caching.
diff --git a/blueprint/rust-toolchain.toml b/blueprint/rust-toolchain.toml
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+# If you're making changes here.
+# Change the Dockerfile to also use a matching version.
+[toolchain]
+channel = "1.85"