# Containerize a Django application — Create a production Dockerfile

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Docker Hardened Images are production-ready base images maintained by Docker that minimize attack surface. For more details, see Docker Hardened Images.

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

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```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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