docker file with volume

README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ The `context.py` file helps with importing the apiserver-packages, so that the t
 To build the docker image of the current version, simply run
 
 ```bash
-docker build -t datacatalog-apiserver ./apiserver
+docker build -t datacatalog-apiserver -f ./apiserver/Dockerfile .
 ```
 while in the project root directory.
 
@@ -101,13 +101,18 @@ while in the project root directory.
 
 To run the docker image in a local container, run 
 ```bash
-docker run -d --name <container name> -p 127.0.0.1:<local_port>:8000 datacalog-apiserver
+docker run -d --name <container_name> -p <local_port>:8000 datacatalog-apiserver
 ```
 
-`<container name>` is the name of your container, that can be used to refer to it with other docker commands.
+`<container_name>` is the name of your container, that can be used to refer to it with other docker commands.
 
 `<local_port>` is the port of your local machine, which will be forwarded to the docker container. For example, if it is set to `8080`, you will be able to reach the api-server at http://localhost:8080.
 
+For more production ready deployments consider using `--restart=always` flag, as well as inject path for data:
+```bash
+docker run -d --name <container_name> --restart=always -v /localvol/:/app/data/ -p <local_port>:8000 datacatalog-apiserver
+```
+
 #### Stopping the docker image
 
 To stop the docker image, run

apiserver/Dockerfile

 FROM python:3.9-slim
-
 LABEL maintainer="Christian Böttcher <c.boettcher@fz-juelich.de>"
 EXPOSE 8000
-
-RUN mkdir -p /app/data
-RUN mkdir -p /app/apiserver
-
-RUN pip install "fastapi==0.63.0" \
-"requests==2.25.1" \
-"uvicorn==0.13.4" \
-"python-dotenv==0.17.1" \
-"python-multipart==0.0.5" \
-"python-jose[cryptography]==3.2.0" \
-"passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4"
-
-ADD . /app/apiserver
-
+VOLUME /app/data
+ADD ./apiserver/ /app/apiserver
+ADD ./requirements.txt /app/apiserver/requirements.txt
+RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/apiserver/requirements.txt
 # set data directory properly for the docker container
 RUN sed -i 's_./app/data_/app/data_g' /app/apiserver/config.env && sed -i 's_./app/userdb.json_/app/userdb.json_g' /app/apiserver/config.env
-
 WORKDIR /app
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["uvicorn", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "apiserver:app"]
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