Dockerfile for scholia server

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Python generated files
+**/*.pyc
+**/__pycache__
+
+# directories
+build
+dist
+scholia.egg-info

Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.5-slim
+
+LABEL version="1.0"
+LABEL description="This container starts the scholia server."
+
+# setup working directory
+WORKDIR /project
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN pip install wheel
+RUN pip install waitress
+
+COPY requirements.txt /project
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# import scholia project
+COPY . .
+
+# build and install scholia
+RUN python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+# run production server
+EXPOSE 8080
+ENTRYPOINT [ "waitress-serve", "--call", "scholia.app:create_app" ]

scholia/app/__init__.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def create_app(text_to_topic_q_text_enabled=True, third_parties_enabled=False):
         Flask app object.
 
     """
-    app = Flask(__name__)
+    app = Flask(__name__, instance_relative_config=True)
 
     Bootstrap(app)
 
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ def create_app(text_to_topic_q_text_enabled=True, third_parties_enabled=False):
 
     app.third_parties_enabled = third_parties_enabled
 
+    app.config.from_pyfile('flask.cfg', silent=True)
+
     return app