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Prerequisites

Development Dockerfile

The following example allows you to run your application for development purpose inside a Docker container.

# Your Python version
FROM python:3.9

# Web port of the application
EXPOSE 5000

# Install your application
WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

# Start up command
CMD python main.py

Note

If you are using a SQL database based on Microsoft SQL Server, you need to add the following commands before installing your application: 

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y lsb-release && apt-get clean all
RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/$(lsb_release -rs)/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
RUN apt update && ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt install -y msodbcsql18 unixodbc-dev

Build the container using the command: 

docker build -t my-taipy-app .

When the container is ready, you can run it in the background with the command: 

docker run -p 5000:5000 -d --name my-taipy-app my-taipy-app
Then go on http://localhost:5000.

Note that the -p option indicates the port number binding the container and the host.

To stop the container, use the command: 

docker stop my-taipy-app
You can remove the container from docker with the command: 
docker rm my-taipy-app
Then you can delete the container imager with the command: 
docker rmi my-taipy-app

Simplify build with docker-compose

You can also wrap your build and run steps with docker-compose.

Create a docker-compose.yml with the following content:

version: "3.9"
services:
  taipy:
    build: ""
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"

You can build and run your application with: 

docker-compose up --build -d
Then go on http://localhost:5000.

You can clean all resources by doing: docker-compose down --remove-orphans.