Dockerfile

# Use lightweight Python image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set up environment
WORKDIR /app
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
    TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/model_cache \
    HF_HOME=/app/model_cache

# Install system dependencies
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    gcc \
    python3-dev \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Create cache directory with write permissions
RUN mkdir -p /app/model_cache && chmod 777 /app/model_cache

# Copy only necessary files
COPY requirements.txt .
COPY app.py .

# Install Python packages
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
    python -c "from transformers import pipeline; pipeline('question-answering', model='distilbert-base-uncased-distilled-squad')"

# Expose and run
EXPOSE 8501
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=30s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
    CMD curl -f http://localhost:8501/_stcore/health || exit 1

CMD ["streamlit", "run", "app.py", "--server.port=8501", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]