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+FROM python:3.10
+
+RUN pip install poetry
+
+WORKDIR /app 
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+WORKDIR /app/litellm/proxy 
+
+RUN python proxy_cli.py --config -f /app/secrets_template.toml
+
+RUN python proxy_cli.py
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diff --git a/litellm/proxy/start.sh b/litellm/proxy/start.sh
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+python3 proxy_cli.py --config -f ../../secrets_template.toml & 
+python3 proxy_cli.py
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+openai
+python-dotenv
+tiktoken
+importlib-metadata
+tokenizers
+click
+jinja2
+certifi
+appdirs
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rename from litellm/proxy/secrets_template.toml
rename to secrets_template.toml