| # Implementation Plan - Phase 17.2: Docker Containerization | |
| ## Goal Description | |
| Containerize the backend application to ensure consistent environments across development and production. We will create a production-ready `Dockerfile` and a `docker-compose.yml` for easy orchestration of the API and services (Redis). | |
| ## User Review Required | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > We will create `backend/Dockerfile`. | |
| > - Base image: `python:3.10-slim` (Small footprint). | |
| > - Multi-stage build (Builder pattern) to keep image small. | |
| > - Install system dependencies (ffmpeg is large, so we might need a specific strategy or just install it). | |
| > - Expose port 8000. | |
| > | |
| > We will also create `docker-compose.yml` at the root. | |
| > - Service `backend`: build context `./backend`. | |
| > - Service `redis`: image `redis:alpine`. | |
| ## Proposed Changes | |
| ### Configuration | |
| #### [NEW] [backend/Dockerfile](file:///c:/Users/kumar/Downloads/Advanced%20Speech-to-Text%20&%20Text-to-Speech/backend/Dockerfile) | |
| - Multi-stage Dockerfile. | |
| #### [NEW] [docker-compose.yml](file:///c:/Users/kumar/Downloads/Advanced%20Speech-to-Text%20&%20Text-to-Speech/docker-compose.yml) | |
| - Define services for local development/deployment. | |
| ## Verification Plan | |
| ### Automated Verification | |
| - Run `docker-compose config` to validate syntax. | |
| - (Optional) Build the image: `docker build -t voiceforge-backend backend/`. | |