diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+target
+.git
+.gitignore
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diff --git a/Dockerfile-auth b/Dockerfile-auth
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+FROM rust:1.80.0-alpine3.20 AS chef
+USER root
+# remove the line below when switching to >=rust:1.70.0. sparse mode is planned to be the default in Rust 1.70.0
+# ENV CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL=sparse
+RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev & cargo install cargo-chef
+WORKDIR /microservice-poc
+
+FROM chef AS planner
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+FROM chef AS builder
+COPY --from=planner /microservice-poc/recipe.json recipe.json
+# Build dependencies - this is the caching Docker layer!
+RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
+# Build application
+RUN apk add --no-cache protoc
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo build --release --bin auth
+
+# We do not need the Rust toolchain to run the binary!
+FROM debian:buster-slim AS runtime
+WORKDIR /microservice-poc
+COPY --from=builder /microservice-poc/target/release/auth /usr/local/bin
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/auth"]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile-health b/Dockerfile-health
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+FROM rust:1.80.0-alpine3.20 AS chef
+USER root
+# remove the line below when switching to >=rust:1.70.0. sparse mode is planned to be the default in Rust 1.70.0
+# ENV CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL=sparse
+RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev & cargo install cargo-chef
+WORKDIR /microservice-project
+
+FROM chef AS planner
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+FROM chef AS builder
+COPY --from=planner /microservice-project/recipe.json recipe.json
+# Build dependencies - this is the caching Docker layer!
+RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
+# Build application
+RUN apk add --no-cache protoc
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo build --release --bin health-check
+
+# We do not need the Rust toolchain to run the binary!
+FROM debian:buster-slim AS runtime
+WORKDIR /microservice-project
+COPY --from=builder /microservice-project/target/release/health-check /usr/local/bin
+ENV AUTH_SERVICE_HOST_NAME=auth
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/health-check"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+version: "3.9"
+services:
+  health-check:
+    image: itsscb/health-check
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile-health
+    restart: "always"
+    depends_on:
+      auth:
+        condition: service_started
+  auth:
+    image: itsscb/auth
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile-auth
+    restart: "always"
+    ports:
+      - "50051:50051"