Dockerfile

# Use a specific Python version as the base image
FROM python:3.9

# Create a user with a specific UID and switch to that user
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user

# Set the PATH environment variable
ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy and install dependencies
COPY --chown=user ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools \
    && pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the application code
COPY --chown=user . /app

# Define the command to run the Flask application
CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=7860"]

# Optional: Expose the port (not required but good practice)
EXPOSE 7860

# Add a HEALTHCHECK to monitor the server's status
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
    CMD curl -f http://localhost:7860/health || exit 1