From 245a16fe9b1912b3e7f981c0805cbe8ea6151fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen <owenrees.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 22:37:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] run backend in docker container

---
 Dockerfile         | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 bin/main.ml        |  3 ++-
 docker-compose.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Dockerfile
 create mode 100644 docker-compose.yml

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e6092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# --- STAGE 1: Build the native OCaml binary ---
+FROM ocaml/opam:debian-12-ocaml-5.4 AS builder
+USER opam
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --chown=opam:opam dune-project ./
+RUN opam update && opam install -y dune dream
+COPY --chown=opam:opam . .
+RUN opam exec -- dune build bin/main.exe
+
+# --- STAGE 2: Lightweight runtime environment ---
+FROM debian:12-slim
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install native system dependencies and a minimal TeX Live profile
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    libssl3 \
+    libev4 \
+    ca-certificates \
+    #     texlive-latex-base \
+    #     texlive-latex-recommended \
+    #     texlive-fonts-recommended \
+    #     # tlmgr is the TeX Live package manager; we use it to grab chess assets
+    #     texlive-games \ 
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy the compiled native OCaml binary from Stage 1
+COPY --from=builder /app/_build/default/bin/main.exe ./server
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["./server"]
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diff --git a/bin/main.ml b/bin/main.ml
index 9234fa1..60ad483 100644
--- a/bin/main.ml
+++ b/bin/main.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 let () =
-  Dream.run @@ Dream.logger
+  Dream.run ~interface:"0.0.0.0" ~port:8080
+  @@ Dream.logger
   @@ Dream.router
        [
          Dream.get "/" (fun _ -> Dream.html "API Docs");
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ff9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+services:
+  chess-scribe-api:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: chess-scribe-api
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+
+    environment:
+      - DREAM_ENV=production
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