diff --git a/dockerfiles/salsa/1.1.6/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/salsa/1.1.6/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+# DO NOT EXPOSE ANY PORTS IN THIS FILE
+
+# Install necessary packages (Java and curl)
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y openjdk-17-jdk curl --no-install-recommends \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/salsa
+ENV SALSA_JAR_SHA256=821fe5ec2922ff32f09fa55280afd023aa9852c7cc074f90cd086a4691e327af
+
+# Download the Salsa compiler jar file
+RUN curl -SL -o /usr/local/lib/salsa/salsa1.1.6.jar http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/salsa/releases/salsa1.1.6.jar \
+    && echo "$SALSA_JAR_SHA256  /usr/local/lib/salsa/salsa1.1.6.jar" | sha256sum -c -
+
+RUN apt-get remove curl -y && apt autoremove -y && apt clean -y
+
+# Set environment variable for the Salsa compiler jar location
+ENV SALSA_COMPILER_JAR=/usr/local/lib/salsa/salsa1.1.6.jar
+ENV SALSAOPTS=""
+
+# Write aliases to a separate file
+RUN echo "alias salsac='java -cp $SALSA_COMPILER_JAR:. salsac.SalsaCompiler *.salsa; javac -classpath $SALSA_COMPILER_JAR:. *.java'" >> /usr/src/app/salsa_aliases.sh && \
+    echo "alias salsa='java -cp $SALSA_COMPILER_JAR:. $SALSAOPTS'" >> /usr/src/app/salsa_aliases.sh && \
+    echo "alias wwcns='java -cp $SALSA_COMPILER_JAR:. wwc.naming.WWCNamingServer'" >> /usr/src/app/salsa_aliases.sh && \
+    echo "alias wwctheater='java -cp $SALSA_COMPILER_JAR:. $SALSAOPTS wwc.messaging.Theater'" >> /usr/src/app/salsa_aliases.sh
+
+# make sure the aliases script gets sourced on container start
+RUN echo "source /usr/src/app/salsa_aliases.sh" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
+
+CMD ["bash"]
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diff --git a/dockerfiles/salsa/metadata.json b/dockerfiles/salsa/metadata.json
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+{
+    "pushLatest": false
+}