diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# Stage 1: Build the Rancher UI
+FROM node:17-alpine as build-stage
+
+# Create the app directory
+RUN mkdir -p /rancher-ui
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /rancher-ui
+
+# Copy the package.json and yarn.lock files
+COPY package.json ./
+COPY yarn.lock ./
+
+# Copy the source code
+COPY pkg ./pkg
+COPY shell ./shell
+
+# Copy the configuration files
+COPY .eslint* ./
+COPY babel.config.js ./
+COPY svgTransform.js ./
+COPY tsconfig.json tsconfig.paths.json ./
+COPY vue-shim.d.ts vue.config.js ./
+
+# Install the dependencies
+RUN yarn install
+
+# Build the Rancher UI
+# Make sure we use the proper SSL provider
+RUN NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --max_old_space_size=4096" \
+    ./node_modules/.bin/vue-cli-service build --mode production
+
+# Copy the Nginx configuration
+# We do this last to avoid invalidating the cache
+COPY nginx ./nginx
+
+# Stage 2: Serve the Rancher UI
+FROM nginx:alpine
+
+# Copy the Rancher UI build
+COPY --from=build-stage /rancher-ui/nginx/templates/* /etc/nginx/templates/
+COPY --from=build-stage /rancher-ui/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
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+TEST_RANCHER_INSTANCE=rancher.18.236.138.233.sslip.io
+
+build:
+	docker buildx build -t rancher-nginx .
+
+run: build
+	docker run --name=rancher_nginx -e RANCHER_API=$(API) -d -p 8080:80 rancher-nginx
+
+local-test: stop
+	docker run --name=rancher_nginx -e RANCHER_API=$(TEST_RANCHER_INSTANCE) -d -p 8080:80 rancher-nginx
+	sleep 2
+	docker ps
+
+show-nginx-config:
+	docker exec -it rancher_nginx nginx -T
+
+stop:
+	docker stop rancher_nginx
+	docker rm rancher_nginx
diff --git a/nginx/templates/default.conf.template b/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
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+upstream api {
+    server ${RANCHER_API};
+}
+
+upstream ember {
+    server ${RANCHER_API};
+    # server http://127.0.0.1:8000;
+}
+
+log_format custom '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+		'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+		'"$http_user_agent" "$request_uri"';
+
+server {
+    listen       80;
+    listen  [::]:80;
+    server_name  localhost;
+
+    # access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
+    access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  custom;
+
+    location ~ ^/k8s/|/pp/|/api/|/apis/|/v1/|/v3/|/v3-public/|/api-ui|/meta/|/rancherversion|/healthz {
+        proxy_pass https://api/$request_uri;
+        # proxy_pass https://rancher.18.236.138.233.sslip.io/$request_uri;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+        add_header x-response-header 'this-is-a-test';
+    }
+
+    location ~* ^/v1- {
+        proxy_pass https://api;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
+    location /c/.*/edit {
+        proxy_pass https://ember;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/k/|/g/|/n/|/p/|/assets|/translations|/engines-dist {
+        proxy_pass https://ember;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+        index  index.html;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+
+    #error_page  404              /404.html;
+
+    # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
+    #
+    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+    location = /50x.html {
+        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    }
+
+    # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
+    #
+    #location ~ \.php$ {
+    #    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
+    #}
+
+    # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
+    #
+    #location ~ \.php$ {
+    #    root           html;
+    #    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
+    #    fastcgi_index  index.php;
+    #    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
+    #    include        fastcgi_params;
+    #}
+
+    # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
+    # concurs with nginx's one
+    #
+    #location ~ /\.ht {
+    #    deny  all;
+    #}
+}