# Use Python 3.10 Slim image for a smaller footprint FROM python:3.10-slim # Set working directory WORKDIR /app # Install system dependencies (needed for some Python packages like lxml) RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ build-essential \ libxml2-dev \ libxslt-dev \ git-lfs \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Copy requirements first to leverage Docker cache COPY requirements-hf.txt requirements.txt # Install Python dependencies # Use --no-cache-dir to keep image size down RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Copy the application code # We copy the 'backend' and 'brain' folders to the root of the container COPY backend/ backend/ COPY brain/ brain/ COPY models/ models/ # Create a non-root user for security (Required by Hugging Face Spaces) RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user && chown -R user:user /app USER user ENV HOME=/home/user \ PATH=/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH # Set PYTHONPATH so backend/app.py can import 'brain' ENV PYTHONPATH=/app # Expose the port that Hugging Face Spaces uses (7860) EXPOSE 7860 # Run the application using Gunicorn (Production Server) # We need to install gunicorn first if it's not in requirements.txt RUN pip install gunicorn # Command to run the app # -w 1: 1 worker (limited resources on free tier) # -b 0.0.0.0:7860: Bind to all interfaces on port 7860 # --timeout 120: Increase timeout for ML model loading CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "1", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--timeout", "300", "backend.app:app"]