Nginx Changes-Over Alpine

Dockerfile

@@ -5,36 +5,34 @@ RUN apk update && apk upgrade && \
     apk add --no-cache nginx python3 python3-dev py3-pip build-base libffi-dev openssl-dev shadow gcc musl-dev ca-certificates
 
 # Create a group and user
-RUN addgroup -S nginx && adduser -S -G nginx appuser
-
-# Create necessary directories and set correct permissions (CRUCIAL FIX)
-RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html /var/log/nginx /run/nginx && \
-    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/lib/nginx /var/log/nginx /run/nginx && \
-    chown -R appuser:nginx /app /var/www/html
+RUN addgroup -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -G appgroup
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy requirements and install
+# Copy requirements and install in ONE combined RUN command
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN python3 -m venv /app/venv && \
     /app/venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \
     /app/venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
-    /app/venv/bin/pip list
+    /app/venv/bin/pip list # Verify installation WITHIN THE SAME RUN COMMAND
 
 # Copy the rest of the application code
 COPY . /app
 
-# Copy Nginx config (default.conf - WITHOUT the http block)
+# Copy Nginx config
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 
-# Remove the user directive from the main nginx.conf
-RUN sed -i '/^user /d' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+# Create necessary directories and set correct permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html /var/log/nginx /run/nginx && \
+    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/lib/nginx /var/log/nginx /run/nginx && \ 
+    # Note the /var/lib/nginx here
+    chown -R appuser:nginx /app /var/www/html /var/log/nginx
 
 # Switch to non-root user
 USER appuser
 
 EXPOSE 7860
 
-# Start Nginx and your application
+# Start Nginx and your application (using exec and the correct Python path)
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "exec /app/venv/bin/python -u -m FileStream & nginx -g 'daemon off;'"]