Nginx Changes-Over Alpine

Dockerfile

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ RUN apk update && apk upgrade && \
     apk add --no-cache nginx python3 py3-pip build-base libffi-dev openssl-dev shadow
 
 # Install python/pip
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache python3 && ln -sf python3 /usr/bin/python
-RUN python3 -m ensurepip
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache --upgrade pip setuptools
+#ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+#RUN apk add --update --no-cache python3 && ln -sf python3 /usr/bin/python
+#RUN python3 -m ensurepip
+#RUN pip3 install --no-cache --upgrade pip setuptools
 
 # Create a group and user
 RUN addgroup -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -G appgroup
@@ -24,13 +24,18 @@ COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 COPY . /app
 
 # Create a virtual environment within the container
-RUN python3 -m venv /app/venv
+#RUN python3 -m venv /app/venv
+
+# Create and activate the virtual environment AND install requirements in ONE RUN command
+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 /app/requirements.txt
 
 # Activate the virtual environment (important!)
-RUN source /app/venv/bin/activate
+#RUN source /app/venv/bin/activate
 
 # Install Python dependencies from the requirements file within the virtual environment
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+#RUN py3-pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
 #RUN pip install -r requirements.txt