diff --git a/examples/build-acserver.sh b/examples/build-acserver.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Building acserver..."
+CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o acserver -a -tags netgo -ldflags '-w' github.com/appc/acserver
+
+acbuild --debug begin
+
+trap "{ export EXT=$?; acbuild --debug end && exit $EXT; }" EXIT
+
+acbuild --debug set-name example.com/acserver
+acbuild --debug copy acserver /bin/acserver
+acbuild --debug copy $GOPATH/src/github.com/appc/acserver/templates /templates
+acbuild --debug set-exec /bin/acserver 
+acbuild --debug port add http tcp 3001
+acbuild --debug mount add acis /acis
+acbuild --debug label add arch amd64
+acbuild --debug label add os linux
+acbuild --debug write --overwrite acserver-latest-linux-amd64.aci
+
+rm acserver
diff --git a/examples/build-nginx.sh b/examples/build-nginx.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+acbuild --debug begin quay.io/listhub/alpine
+
+trap "{ export EXT=$?; acbuild --debug end && exit $EXT; }" EXIT
+
+acbuild --debug set-name example.com/nginx
+acbuild --debug run apk update
+acbuild --debug run apk add nginx
+acbuild --debug set-exec -- /usr/sbin/nginx -g "daemon off;"
+acbuild --debug port add http tcp 80
+acbuild --debug mount add html /usr/share/nginx/html
+acbuild --debug label add arch amd64
+acbuild --debug label add os linux
+acbuild --debug write --overwrite nginx-latest-linux-amd64.aci