.Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.9-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install system dependencies required for mysqlclient
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y default-libmysqlclient-dev gcc pkg-config && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
COPY . /app

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

# Make port 8080 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 8085


# Run gunicorn when the container launches
CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "gunicorn_config.py", "wsgi:app"]