# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image FROM python:3.11-slim # Set environment variables ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 # Set the working directory in the container WORKDIR /app # Install system dependencies required for packages like psycopg2, pillow, and pycairo # Install system dependencies required for building Python packages like pycairo RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ build-essential \ pkg-config \ python3-dev \ libcairo2-dev \ libpq-dev \ libpangocairo-1.0-0 \ libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 \ libffi-dev \ shared-mime-info \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Copy the requirements file into the container COPY requirements.txt /app/ # Install Python dependencies RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Copy the rest of the backend application code COPY . /app/ # Create a non-privileged user to run the app (required by some hosting environments) RUN useradd -m myuser USER myuser # Expose the port the app runs on (Hugging Face Spaces typically use 7860) EXPOSE 7860 # Command to run the application using Gunicorn (included in your requirements) # Note: Using 0.0.0.0 is essential for container accessibility CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7860", "respirex_backend.wsgi:application"]