Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.11-slim

# Create and switch to a new user
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
USER user
ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"

# Set work directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy requirements
COPY --chown=user ./requirements.txt requirements.txt

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

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

# Expose port for Flask
EXPOSE 7860

# Start the application
CMD ["python", "ai_server.py"]