# Use a smaller base image FROM python:3.9-slim # Set the working directory in the container WORKDIR /app # Copy the requirements file into the container COPY requirements.txt . # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt # Use --no-cache-dir to prevent caching of packages # Use -r to install from requirements.txt RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Copy the application code and the trained model into the container COPY app.py . COPY best_sales_forecasting_model.joblib . # Expose the port that the Flask app will run on EXPOSE 7860 # Define environment variable ENV FLASK_APP=app.py # Run the Flask application using a production-ready WSGI server like Gunicorn # Install gunicorn RUN pip install gunicorn==22.0.0 # Use gunicorn to run the Flask app with specified workers and threads CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "app:superkart_sales_api"]