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+# Move this file to the root of the repo and drop the sample from the name to use it as the default compose file for development and testing.
+
+services:
+  sample-cli:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: final
+      args:
+        PUBLISHED_PROJECT: SampleCli
+        RUNTIME_BASE: app
+    restart: no
+
+  sample-api:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: final
+      args:
+        PUBLISHED_PROJECT: SampleApi
+        RUNTIME_BASE: web
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      - ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080
+      - ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
+
+  sample-api-self-contained:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: final
+      args:
+        PUBLISHED_PROJECT: SampleApi
+        RUNTIME_BASE: self-contained
+    depends_on:
+      sample-api-migrate:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    ports:
+      - "8081:8080"
+    environment:
+      - ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080
+      - ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
+
+  sample-api-migrate-database:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: migrations
+      args:
+        PUBLISHED_PROJECT: SampleApi
+        EFPROJECT: Sample.Data
+    restart: no
+    ports:
+      - "8081:8080"
+
+  sample-api-pack:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: pack
+      args:
+        CONFIGURATION: Release
+        DOTNET_VERSION: "10.0"
+    volumes:
+      - ../artifacts/nuget/:/packages/
+    entrypoint: [ "sh", "-c", "cp /app/publish/*.nupkg /packages/ 2>/dev/null; echo 'Packages copied to ./packages/'" ]
+
+  sample-api-publish:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: publish
+      args:
+        PUBLISHED_PROJECT: SampleApi
+        RUNTIME_BASE: web
+    volumes:
+      - ../artifacts/upload/:/output/
+    entrypoint: [ "sh", "-c", "cp -r /app/publish/* /output/ && echo 'Published output copied to ./upload/'" ]