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deploy/Dockerfile.backend

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
-# Create data directory
+# Create data directory for assets / uploads
 RUN mkdir -p /app/data/assets
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Default: run uvicorn; in dev override with `npm run dev` equivalent
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
+# Default: run uvicorn. In dev override via docker-compose volumes for hot reload.
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

deploy/Dockerfile.frontend

@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
 # Build stage
 FROM node:20-alpine AS build
 WORKDIR /app
+
+# Bake the API base URL into the Vite bundle at build time.
+# Default is the relative "/api" — works when the app is served from the same
+# origin as the /api reverse proxy (nginx in front of the backend).
+ARG VITE_API_BASE_URL=/api
+ENV VITE_API_BASE_URL=$VITE_API_BASE_URL
+
+# Copy frontend manifest first for better layer caching
 COPY frontend/package*.json ./
 RUN npm install
+
+# Copy the rest of the frontend source and build
 COPY frontend/ .
 RUN npm run build
 
-# Serve stage
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Serve stage — nginx
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
 FROM nginx:1.24-alpine
+
+# Copy built static assets from the build stage
 COPY --from=build /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+# Copy nginx config (path is relative to the build context, which is the project root)
 COPY deploy/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
 EXPOSE 80
+
 CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

deploy/nginx.conf

@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ server {
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
 
-    # SPA fallback
+    # Gzip for text assets
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/javascript application/json image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_min_length 1024;
+
+    # SPA fallback — must be before /api/ location
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
     }
 
-    # API + SSE
+    # API + SSE — proxy to backend container
     location /api/ {
         proxy_pass http://backend:8000;
         proxy_http_version 1.1;
@@ -19,14 +24,27 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
 
-        # SSE: disable buffering
+        # SSE: disable buffering, extend timeouts for long-running streams
         proxy_buffering off;
         proxy_cache off;
-        proxy_read_timeout 300s;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600s;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600s;
+
+        # WebSocket support (in case of future upgrade)
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
     }
 
-    # Static assets (icons, uploads)
+    # Static assets (icons, uploads) served by backend
     location /static/ {
         proxy_pass http://backend:8000;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+    }
+
+    # Health-check passthrough
+    location = /health {
+        proxy_pass http://backend:8000/api/health;
     }
 }