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+---
+'@backstage-community/plugin-redhat-resource-optimization-backend': major
+'@backstage-community/plugin-redhat-resource-optimization-common': major
+'@backstage-community/plugin-redhat-resource-optimization': major
+---
+
+Adds the redhat-resource-optimization plugin
+
+This is the first iteration for this plugin. Your feedback is more than welcome!
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+# This dockerfile builds an image for the backend package.
+# It should be executed with the root of the repo as docker context.
+#
+# Before building this image, be sure to have run the following commands in the repo root:
+#
+# yarn install
+# yarn tsc
+# yarn build:backend
+#
+# Once the commands have been run, you can build the image using `yarn build-image`
+
+FROM node:18-bookworm-slim
+
+# Install isolate-vm dependencies, these are needed by the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend.
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 g++ build-essential && \
+    yarn config set python /usr/bin/python3
+
+# Install sqlite3 dependencies. You can skip this if you don't use sqlite3 in the image,
+# in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev
+
+# From here on we use the least-privileged `node` user to run the backend.
+USER node
+
+# This should create the app dir as `node`.
+# If it is instead created as `root` then the `tar` command below will fail: `can't create directory 'packages/': Permission denied`.
+# If this occurs, then ensure BuildKit is enabled (`DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1`) so the app dir is correctly created as `node`.
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# This switches many Node.js dependencies to production mode.
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+
+# Copy repo skeleton first, to avoid unnecessary docker cache invalidation.
+# The skeleton contains the package.json of each package in the monorepo,
+# and along with yarn.lock and the root package.json, that's enough to run yarn install.
+COPY --chown=node:node yarn.lock package.json packages/backend/dist/skeleton.tar.gz ./
+RUN tar xzf skeleton.tar.gz && rm skeleton.tar.gz
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/home/node/.cache/yarn,sharing=locked,uid=1000,gid=1000 \
+    yarn install --frozen-lockfile --production --network-timeout 300000
+
+# Then copy the rest of the backend bundle, along with any other files we might want.
+COPY --chown=node:node packages/backend/dist/bundle.tar.gz app-config*.yaml ./
+RUN tar xzf bundle.tar.gz && rm bundle.tar.gz
+
+CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml", "--config", "app-config.production.yaml"]