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+# Sample Dockerfile that can be use to build heat-translator docker container
+FROM ubuntu
+
+MAINTAINER Heat Translator contributors
+
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y \
+    python-pip
+
+RUN pip install heat-translator
+
+COPY heat_translator_logging.conf /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/translator/conf/
+
+# Have some test TOSCA templates in my_tosca directory to copy to the container as an example.
+# This is an optional step and can be removed.
+COPY my_tosca /tmp/my_tosca
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["heat-translator"]
+