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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/cmd/__init__.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/cmd/__init__.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/argparse.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/argparse.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/config.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/config.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/log.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/log.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/registry.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/registry.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/rpc.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/rpc.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/common/signer.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/common/signer.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/local/account.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/local/account.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/local/noop.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/local/noop.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/local/transfer.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/local/transfer.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/traffic/traffic.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/traffic/traffic.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_meta/import_meta.js b/apps/data-seeding/cic_meta/import_meta.js
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_meta/import_meta_custom.js b/apps/data-seeding/cic_meta/import_meta_custom.js
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_meta/import_meta_phone.js b/apps/data-seeding/cic_meta/import_meta_phone.js
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_ussd/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_ussd/import_task.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_task.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_ussd/import_users.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_users.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_ussd/import_util.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_util.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/app.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/app.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/celery.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/celery.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/cic.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/cic.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/database.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/database.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/eth.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/eth.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/meta.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/meta.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/pgp.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/pgp.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/redis.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/redis.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/config/traffic.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/traffic.ini
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/create_import_users.py b/apps/data-seeding/create_import_users.py
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diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
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+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.2
+FROM python:3.8.6-slim-buster as compile-image
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git gcc g++ libpq-dev gawk openssl gnupg  bash procps make python2 cargo
+
+WORKDIR /root
+RUN mkdir -vp /usr/local/etc/cic
+
+COPY requirements.txt . 
+
+ARG EXTRA_INDEX_URL https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433
+RUN pip install --extra-index-url $EXTRA_INDEX_URL -r requirements.txt 
+
+# -------------- begin runtime container ---------------- 
+FROM python:3.8.6-slim-buster as runtime-image
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg libpq-dev 
+RUN apt-get install -y jq bash iputils-ping socat telnet dnsutils
+
+COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/bin/ /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/etc/cic/ /usr/local/etc/cic/
+COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ \
+                          /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/
+
+WORKDIR root/
+
+ENV EXTRA_INDEX_URL https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433
+# RUN useradd -u 1001 --create-home grassroots
+# RUN adduser grassroots sudo && \
+#     echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+# WORKDIR /home/grassroots
+
+COPY data-seeding/ . 
+
+# we copied these from the root build container.
+# this is dumb though...I guess the compile image should have the same user
+# RUN chown grassroots:grassroots -R /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ 
+
+# USER grassroots
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ ]
diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/package-lock.json b/apps/data-seeding/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/package.json b/apps/data-seeding/package.json
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/requirements.txt b/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/verify.py b/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
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