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+FROM python:3.6.3-alpine3.6
+
+ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=0.8.1
+
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache jupyterhub==${JUPYTERHUB_VERSION}
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+USER nobody
+CMD ["jupyterhub"]
+
+
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+## What is Dockerfile.alpine
+Dockerfile.alpine  contains base image for jupyterhub. It does not work independently, but only as part of a full jupyterhub cluster
+
+## How to use it?
+
+1. A running configurable-http-proxy, whose API is accessible. 
+2. A jupyterhub_config file.
+3. Authentication and other libraries required by the specific jupyterhub_config file.
+
+
+## Steps to test it outside a cluster
+
+* start configurable-http-proxy in another container
+* specify CONFIGPROXY_AUTH_TOKEN env in both containers
+* put both containers on the same network (e.g. docker create network jupyterhub; docker run ... --net jupyterhub)
+* tell jupyterhub where CHP is (e.g. c.ConfigurableHTTPProxy.api_url = 'http://chp:8001')
+* tell jupyterhub not to start the proxy itself (c.ConfigurableHTTPProxy.should_start = False)
+* Use dummy authenticator for ease of testing. Update following in jupyterhub_config file
+    - c.JupyterHub.authenticator_class = 'dummyauthenticator.DummyAuthenticator'
+    - c.DummyAuthenticator.password = "your strong password"
+