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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# build the mantis-server-agent fat jar
+../../gradlew clean installDist
+
+# create sample job artifact to include in the image
+../../gradlew :mantis-examples:mantis-examples-sine-function:mantisZipArtifact
+
+mkdir build/distributions
+cp ../../mantis-examples/mantis-examples-sine-function/build/distributions/* build/distributions/
+
+# build the Docker image that packages the mantis-server-agent
+docker build -t netflixoss/mantisagent .
+
+echo "Created Docker image 'netflixoss/mantisagent'"