Dockerfile

FROM python:3.9-slim

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

# Create a user to avoid running as root
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user
ENV HOME=/home/user \
    PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH

EXPOSE 7860

CMD ["gunicorn", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "app:app"]