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+# LEGO Instructions Manager
+# Created by: Jess Rogerson (yelling commands at Claude.AI)
+
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
+    FLASK_APP=run.py \
+    FLASK_ENV=production \
+    UPLOAD_FOLDER=/data/uploads \
+    BACKUP_FOLDER=/data/backups
+
+# libpq for psycopg, and the runtime libs PyMuPDF/Pillow need for
+# PDF thumbnails and image handling.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        libpq5 \
+        libjpeg62-turbo \
+        zlib1g \
+        libfreetype6 \
+        curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements-docker.txt ./
+RUN pip install -r requirements-docker.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+# Non-root. /data is chowned here; the entrypoint fixes up volume
+# ownership at runtime since a fresh volume mounts as root.
+RUN useradd --create-home --uid 1000 lim \
+    && mkdir -p /data/uploads /data/backups \
+    && chown -R lim:lim /app /data \
+    && chmod +x /app/docker/entrypoint.sh
+
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=40s --retries=3 \
+    CMD curl -fsS http://localhost:8000/ >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/docker/entrypoint.sh"]
+# One worker, many threads — on purpose. The backup job registry lives in
+# process memory, so with multiple workers the progress-polling request can
+# land on a worker that has never heard of the job. Threads keep it coherent
+# and are plenty for a household-sized instance.
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers", "1", "--threads", "8", \
+     "--timeout", "600", "--access-logfile", "-", "--error-logfile", "-", \
+     "run:app"]