Containerize a Django application — Create a production Dockerfile
Docker Hardened Images are production-ready base images maintained by Docker that minimize attack surface.
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Sign in to the DHI registry
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker login dhi.io
```
Create a .dockerignore file to exclude local artifacts from the build context
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```texttitle.dockerignore
.venv/
__pycache__/
*.pyc
.git/
```
Create a Dockerfile with the following contents
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```dockerfiletitleDockerfil
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
# Build stage: the -dev image includes tools needed to install packages.
FROM dhi.io/python:3.14-alpine3.23-dev AS builder
# Prevent Python from writing .pyc files to disk.
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
# Prevent Python from buffering stdout/stderr so logs appear immediately.
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
RUN pip install --quiet --root-user-action=ignore uv
# Use copy mode since the cache and build filesystem are on different volumes.
ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
WORKDIR /app
# Install dependencies into a virtual environment using cache and bind mounts
# so neither uv nor the lock files need to be copied into the image.
RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
--mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
--mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
uv sync --frozen --no-insta
```
Create a compose.yaml file
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yamltitlecompose.yaml
services:
web:
build: .
ports:
- "8000:8000"
```
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