Dockerfile

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.8-slim

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

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

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

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

# Make port 5000 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 5000

# Define environment variable
ENV NAME World

# Run app.py when the container launches
CMD ["python", "./app.py"]