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+# Base Stage - Buster-Slim is used as a base image
+FROM python:3.8-slim AS base
+
+# Update base image. It might be helpful for security reasons 
+RUN apt-get update -qq && \
+    apt-get upgrade -qq -y && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y -qq && \
+    apt-get autoclean -y -qq
+
+# Build stage
+FROM base AS build-stage
+# Change current directory to build
+WORKDIR /build
+# Copy requirements list from the host
+COPY requirements.txt /build
+# Activate virtual environment. 
+# Download python pacakges and compile some of them
+# Install binaries. and the make things clear 
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+RUN python -m venv /opt/venv && \
+    . /opt/venv/bin/activate && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip wheel && \
+    pip wheel --requirement=requirements.txt --wheel-dir=wheels && \
+    pip install --no-deps wheels/*.whl && \
+    rm -rf wheels *.egg-info
+
+# Runtime stage
+FROM base AS runtime-stage
+# Copy installed libraries from the build stage
+COPY --from=build-stage /opt/venv /opt/venv
+
+COPY retriever_core /retriever_core
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+WORKDIR /retriever_core
+# Create temp path
+VOLUME /tmp
+# create db dir for FAISS index
+RUN mkdir db
+# Expose 9095 port for api 
+EXPOSE 9595
+# Run 
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
+CMD [ "rest-api.py" ] 
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