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+# create image to export requirements
+FROM python:3.11-slim AS poetry
+
+# build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+        build-essential \
+        gcc \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && apt-get clean -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# install poetry
+RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade poetry==1.8.2
+
+# copy dependencies
+COPY poetry.lock pyproject.toml ./
+
+# create a requirements file
+RUN poetry export -f requirements.txt --without-hashes -o /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+
+# create batch search image
+FROM python:3.11-slim as batch-search
+
+ENV \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    HOME="/srv/rfam-batch-search"
+
+# create folders and set work directory
+RUN mkdir -p $HOME && mkdir /var/log/gunicorn
+WORKDIR $HOME
+
+# install requirements
+COPY --from=poetry /tmp/requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# copy project
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  # FastAPI
+  web:
+    build: .
+    command: gunicorn -c gunicorn/gunicorn_conf.py -b 0.0.0.0:8000 main:app
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    networks:
+      - nginx-network
+
+  # Nginx server
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:1.26.0-alpine
+    ports:
+      - 80:80
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+    networks:
+      - nginx-network
+
+networks:
+  nginx-network:
+    driver: bridge