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+node_modules
+.env
+coverage
+coverage.json
+typechain
+typechain-types
+
+*.log
+
+# Circuits
+packages/circuits/build
+packages/circuits/inputs
+packages/circuits/*.ptau
+*.r1cs
+*.sym
+*.wasm
+*.c
+
+# Contracts
+packages/contracts/broadcast
+packages/contracts/cache
+packages/contracts/out
+packages/contracts/cache
+packages/contracts/test/build_integration/*.json
+packages/contracts/test/build_integration/*.zkey
+packages/contracts/test/build_integration/*.wasm
+packages/contracts/test/build_integration/*.txt
+
+# Relayer
+packages/relayer/sendgrid.env
+target
+packages/relayer/db/*
+packages/relayer/*.db
+packages/relayer/received_eml/*.eml
+packages/relayer/received_eml/*.json
+packages/relayer/proofs
+sql_database.db
+.sqlx
+
+# Prover
+packages/prover/build/*
+packages/prover/params/*
+packages/prover/__pycache__/*
+
+# Subgraphs
+packages/subgraph/build
+
+# Subgraphs
+packages/subgraph/build
+
+# Subgraphs
+packages/subgraph/build
+
+# Mac
+.DS_Store
+
+# mdbook
+book
+
+# Vs code settings
+.vscode
diff --git a/Relayer.Dockerfile b/Relayer.Dockerfile
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+# ------------------ Chef stage -------------------
+# Use cargo chef to cache dependencies
+FROM rustlang/rust:nightly AS chef
+
+# Install cargo chef
+RUN cargo install cargo-chef 
+
+# Work in app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# ------------------ Planner stage -------------------
+FROM chef as planner
+
+# Copy files into container
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+COPY packages/relayer ./packages/relayer
+COPY packages/utils ./packages/utils
+COPY packages/scripts ./packages/scripts
+
+# Create a lockfile for cargo chef
+RUN cargo +nightly chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+# ------------------ Builder stage -------------------
+FROM chef AS builder
+WORKDIR /relayer
+
+# Copy over our lock file
+COPY --from=planner  /app /relayer
+
+# Build for any AWS machine. Same as cargo build but caches dependencies with the chef to make builds faster.
+RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+### Above this all dependencies should be cached as long as our lock file stays the same
+
+# Build binary
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+# ------------------ Runtime stage -------------------
+
+# Using super lightweight debian image to reduce overhead
+FROM ubuntu:latest AS runtime
+
+# Copy prebuild bin from the Builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /relayer/target/release/relayer /relayer/target/release/relayer
+COPY --from=builder /relayer/Cargo.toml /relayer/Cargo.toml
+COPY --from=builder /relayer/Cargo.lock /relayer/Cargo.lock
+
+EXPOSE 4500
+
+CMD ["relayer/target/release/relayer"]
+
+# This cargo chef logic comes from https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef
+# Inspired by Huff: https://github.com/huff-language/huff-rs/blob/main/Dockerfile