Dockerfile

FROM python:3.9

# Create a user with UID 1000
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user

# Set the working directory and user environment variables
ENV HOME=/ \
    PATH=/bin:$PATH

# Copy the requirements file to the /code directory
COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt

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

# Create a directory for cache and set permissions
RUN mkdir -p /.cache && chmod 777 /.cache && chown user:user /.cache

RUN pwd && ls -l

# Create the database file and set permissions
RUN touch /app/users.db && chmod 777 /app/users.db && chown user:user /app/users.db

# Change ownership of mentor.txt and temp_mentor.txt
RUN chown user:user /app/mentor.txt /app/temp_mentor.txt

# Change ownership of the 'app' directory
RUN chown user:user /app

# Switch back to the user
USER user

# Set the working directory for the application
WORKDIR /app

# Start the application using gunicorn
CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--timeout", "300", "main:app"]