FROM python:3.11-slim WORKDIR /app # Suppress pip root user warnings in Docker ENV PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore # Memory-conserving mode for cloud free tier containers (<= 512MB RAM) ENV ENABLE_VIT_MODEL=false # Install system dependencies for OpenCV and networking RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ libgl1 \ libglib2.0-0 \ curl \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* COPY requirements.txt . RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \ pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Pre-cache lightweight insightface model during image build to prevent request timeouts RUN python -c "from insightface.app import FaceAnalysis; FaceAnalysis(name='buffalo_s', providers=['CPUExecutionProvider']).prepare(ctx_id=0)" COPY . . EXPOSE 8000 CMD ["python", "app.py", "--serve", "--host", "0.0.0.0"]