Dockerfile

# Use a lightweight Python base image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install system dependencies required for the application
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    build-essential \
    git && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy the application files into the container
COPY . /app

# Install Python dependencies
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Expose the application port
EXPOSE 7860

# Command to run the application using Gunicorn with Eventlet
CMD ["gunicorn", "--worker-class", "eventlet", "-w", "1", "app:app", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860"]