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+version: 2.1
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: account-id.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/org/repo:0.1
+        aws_auth:
+          aws_access_key_id: AKIAQWERVA  # can specify string literal values
+          aws_secret_access_key: $ECR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY  # or project UI envar reference
+          jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: buildpack-deps:trusty # primary container
+        auth:
+          username: mydockerhub-user
+          password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
+        environment:
+          ENV: CI
+
+      - image: mongo:2.6.8
+        auth:
+          username: mydockerhub-user
+          password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
+        command: [--smallfiles]
+
+      - image: postgres:9.4.1
+        auth:
+          username: mydockerhub-user
+          password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
+        environment:
+          POSTGRES_USER: root
+
+      - image: redis@sha256:54057dd7e125ca41afe526a877e8bd35ec2cdd33b9217e022ed37bdcf7d09673
+        auth:
+          username: mydockerhub-user
+          password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
+
+      - image: acme-private/private-image:321
+        auth:
+          username: mydockerhub-user
+          password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference