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+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Set environment variables for Python
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Set environment variables for Hugging Face cache
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/cache \
+    HF_HOME=/app/cache
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file into the container at /app
+COPY requirements.txt /app/
+
+# Install dependencies 
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Create and set permissions for the cache directory
+RUN mkdir -p /app/cache /app/VectorDB /app/uploads && \
+    chmod -R 777 /app/cache /app/VectorDB /app/uploads
+
+# Ensure all relevant directories have the correct permissions
+RUN chmod -R 777 /app/VectorDB
+RUN chmod -R 777 /app/uploads
+RUN chmod -R 777 /app
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code to /app
+COPY . /app/
+
+# Set environment variables for Flask
+ENV FLASK_APP=app.py \
+    FLASK_ENV=production
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Command to run the application
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "1", "-b", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--timeout", "120", "app:app"]