initial creation of Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml

docker/Dockerfile

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+# Use the official Python image with Python 3.10
+FROM python:3.10
+
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the server files and requirements.txt into the container at /app
+COPY ../server/ ../requirements.txt /app/
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --trusted-host pypi.python.org -r requirements.txt
+
+# Expose port 5000 for the Flask app to listen on
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Define environment variable for Flask to run in production mode
+ENV FLASK_ENV=production
+
+# Run the Flask app
+CMD ["python", "server_api.py"]