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+FROM ubuntu:20.04 as build
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git build-essential libssl-dev libz-dev
+RUN git clone https://github.com/giltene/wrk2.git /tmp/wrk2 && cd /tmp/wrk2 && make
+
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+RUN set -x \
+        && apt-get update \
+        && apt-get install -y \
+           wget \
+        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY --from=build /tmp/wrk2/wrk /bin/wrk2