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+"""
+Test that nginx-proxy-tester can build successfully
+"""
+import pytest
+import docker
+import re
+
+client = docker.from_env()
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def docker_build(request):
+    # Define Dockerfile path
+    dockerfile_path = "requirements/"
+    dockerfile_name="Dockerfile-nginx-proxy-tester"
+
+    # Build the Docker image
+    image, logs = client.images.build(
+        path=dockerfile_path,
+        dockerfile=dockerfile_name,
+        rm=True,  # Remove intermediate containers
+        tag="nginx-proxy-tester-ci",  # Tag for the built image
+    )
+
+    # Check for build success
+    for log in logs:
+        if "stream" in log:
+            print(log["stream"].strip())
+        if "error" in log:
+            raise Exception(log["error"])
+
+    def teardown():
+        # Clean up after teardown
+        client.images.remove(image.id, force=True)
+
+    request.addfinalizer(teardown)
+
+    # Return the image name
+    return "nginx-proxy-tester-ci"
+
+def test_build_nginx_proxy_tester(docker_build):
+    assert docker_build == "nginx-proxy-tester-ci"
+
+def test_run_nginx_proxy_tester(docker_build):
+    # Run the container with 'pytest -v' command to output version info
+    container = client.containers.run("nginx-proxy-tester-ci",
+    command="pytest -V",
+    detach=True,
+ #   auto_remove=True
+    )
+
+    # Wait for the container to finish and get the exit code
+    result = container.wait()
+    exit_code = result.get("StatusCode", 1)  # Default to 1 (error) if not found
+
+    # Get the output logs from the container
+    output = container.logs().decode("utf-8").strip()
+
+    # Clean up: Remove the container
+    container.remove()
+
+    # Assertions
+    assert exit_code == 0, "Container exited with a non-zero exit code"
+    assert re.search(r"pytest\s\d+\.\d+\.\d+", output)