Optimized Docker build process.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
-# FROM python:3.12.9-alpine3.21
 
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Set environment variables
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 # Set the working directory inside the container
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install system dependencies required for MySQL and other libraries
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
+RUN RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git && \
-#     default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-#     build-essential \
-#     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 
-RUN mkdir files/ 
+# Create a new non-root user and switch to it
-COPY files/requirements.txt files/requirements.txt
+RUN groupadd --system appuser && useradd --system --create-home --gid appuser appuser
+
+COPY files/requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 RUN sleep 5
 # Install Python dependencies
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r files/requirements.txt
-
-# Expose port 8080 for the FastAPI application
-# EXPOSE 8080
 
 COPY . .
 
@@ -32,6 +27,11 @@ RUN rm files/db.sqlite -f
 
 RUN /usr/local/bin/alembic -c alembic/alembic.ini upgrade head
 
-# Command to run the FastAPI application
+# Change ownership to the new user
-# CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
+RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+
+# Switch to the new non-root user
+USER appuser
+
+
 CMD ["bash", "/app/scripts/run.sh"]