# Use an official Python runtime as the base image # This image contains Python 3.9 and is a lightweight slim version to minimize image size FROM python:3.9-slim # Set the working directory inside the container # All subsequent commands will run in this /app directory WORKDIR /app # Copy the local files into the container # Copies everything from the current directory on the host machine to /app in the container COPY . /app # Set environment variable for Hugging Face cache directory # This helps set a custom cache location for Hugging Face models and datasets ENV HF_HOME=/app/.cache # Create the necessary cache directories for Hugging Face # This ensures that Hugging Face has the required directories set up for caching RUN mkdir -p /app/.cache/huggingface/hub && \ chmod -R 777 /app/.cache && \ chmod -R 777 /app/.cache/huggingface # Upgrade pip to the latest version # This ensures you are using the most up-to-date version of pip for installing dependencies RUN pip install --upgrade pip # Install the dependencies listed in requirements.txt # The --no-cache-dir flag ensures pip does not use or store cached versions of packages, saving space RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Copy the requirements.txt file with ownership changes # --chown=user ensures that the requirements.txt file inside the container is owned by a specific user (e.g., user) for security and permissions COPY --chown=user ./requirements.txt requirements.txt # Reinstall dependencies from the requirements.txt # Installing again to ensure the dependencies are properly set with the correct ownership and permissions RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt # Expose the port the app will run on # FastAPI typically runs on port 8000, but we’re using 7860 in this case EXPOSE 7860 # Command to run the application using uvicorn # Uvicorn is an ASGI server that runs the FastAPI app # --host 0.0.0.0 makes the app accessible to any IP address, so it's reachable from outside the container # --port 7860 sets the port number on which the FastAPI app will be available CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]