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-version: 2
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    branches:
-      only:
-       - master
-
-    working_directory: ~/workstation
-
-    environment:
-      - DNAME: "C=US, ST=VA, L=Ashburn, O=Janelia, CN=localhost"
-      - KEYSTORE_PASSWORD: "password"
-
-    docker:
-      - image: circleci/openjdk:8u171-jdk
-
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v1-dependencies-c3-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
-            # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
-            - v1-dependencies-c3-
-
-      # this doesn't work because of internal dependencies in the multimodule project
-      #- run: mvn --batch-mode -Djava.awt.headless=true dependency:go-offline
-
-      - run: >
-            mkdir private && echo $DNAME && 
-            keytool -v -noprompt -genkey -validity 360 -storepass $KEYSTORE_PASSWORD -keypass $KEYSTORE_PASSWORD -alias janeliaws -keystore private/keystore -dname "$DNAME"
-      
-      - run: mvn --batch-mode -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dkeystorepass=$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD clean install -P janeliaws
-
-      - save_cache:
-          paths:
-            - ~/.m2
-          key: v1-dependencies-c3-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
-      
-      - run: cd modules/application && mvn --batch-mode -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dkeystorepass=$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD package -P janeliaws,deployment
-
-