Dockerfile

# Use the official Python 3.9 image
FROM python:3.9

# Set up a new user named "user" with user ID 1000
# Hugging Face requires a non-root user for security
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user

# Switch to the "user" user
USER user

# Set environment variables
ENV HOME=/home/user \
    PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH

# Set the working directory to the user's home directory
WORKDIR $HOME/app

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at $HOME/app
# We use --chown=user to ensure the new user owns the files
COPY --chown=user . $HOME/app

# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt

# Make port 7860 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 7860

# Run app.py when the container launches
CMD ["python", "app.py"]