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+FROM python:3.9.7-bullseye
+LABEL maintainer="Stefano Pigozzi <me@steffo.eu>"
+
+# Set the base workdir as seen in https://hub.docker.com/_/python/
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install Poetry
+RUN pip install 'poetry==1.1.11'
+
+# Copy the environment requirements into the docker image
+COPY pyproject.toml ./pyproject.toml
+COPY poetry.lock    ./poetry.lock
+
+# Install the dependencies using Poetry
+RUN poetry install --no-root
+
+# Copy the rest of the project into the container
+COPY . .
+
+# Install the project using Poetry
+RUN poetry install
+
+# Disable buffering as it may cause problems in logs
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Tell Django where the settings module is
+# I have no idea why this is needed
+ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="sophon.settings"
+
+# Start the uvicorn server
+ENTRYPOINT ["poetry", "run", "gunicorn", "sophon.asgi:application", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"]