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+FROM debian:8
+
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install locales apt-utils
+
+RUN export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 && \
+    export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 && \
+    export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 && \
+    locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure locales
+
+RUN apt-get -y update
+RUN apt-get -y upgrade
+RUN apt-get -y install git python=2.7.9-1
+
+ADD . /PyBitmessage
+
+ENV bm_api_host 0.0.0.0
+ENV bm_api_port 8442
+ENV bm_api_username bm-user
+ENV bm_api_password placeholder
+
+# Initialize keys.dat
+RUN mkdir -p ~/.config/PyBitmessage/; \
+  touch ~/.config/PyBitmessage/keys.dat; \
+  chmod 0600 ~/.config/PyBitmessage/keys.dat; \
+  python /PyBitmessage/src/bitmessagemain.py & sleep 3; \
+  kill $!; \
+  echo "daemon = true\n"\
+"apienabled = true\n"\
+"apiinterface = $bm_api_host\n"\
+"apiport = $bm_api_port\n"\
+"apiusername = $bm_api_username\n"\
+"apipassword = $bm_api_password\n"\
+    >>  ~/.config/PyBitmessage/keys.dat;
+
+EXPOSE $bm_api_port
+EXPOSE 8444
+
+RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/pybitmessage.log
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python","/PyBitmessage/src/bitmessagemain.py", ">> /var/log/pybitmessage.log 2>&1"]