Dockerization, whitenoise serving static, refactor

app_urls/Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.12
+
+# Prevents Python from writing pyc files to disk
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+#Prevents Python from buffering stdout and stderr
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# User
+RUN useradd -m -r appuser && \
+   mkdir /opt/app && \
+   chown -R appuser /opt/app
+
+WORKDIR /opt/app
+
+# Copy the Django project and install dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt  /opt/app/
+# run this command to install all dependencies 
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser . /opt/app/
+
+RUN chmod -R 755 /opt/app
+RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /opt/app
+USER appuser
+
+# Initialization script
+RUN echo '#!/bin/bash' > /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'if [ "${INITIALIZE_DB}" = false ]; then' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'echo "Initialization not required"' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'else' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'echo "Initializating database"' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'sleep 5' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'python db.py --initialize_tables --initialize_data' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'python manage.py makemigrations fetcher; python manage.py migrate --fake-initial' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'python manage.py collectstatic --no-input' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'python manage.py import --filename scheduled_tasks.json' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   echo 'fi' >> /opt/app/initialize.sh && \
+   chmod +x /opt/app/initialize.sh
+
+# Serving script
+RUN echo '#!/bin/bash' > /opt/app/run.sh && \
+   echo 'gunicorn core.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 & python manage.py rqworker high default low' >> /opt/app/run.sh && \
+   #echo 'python manage.py runserver & python manage.py rqworker high default low' >> /opt/app/run.sh && \
+   chmod +x /opt/app/run.sh
+
+# Run Django’s server & workers
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "/opt/app/initialize.sh && /opt/app/run.sh"]