diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..0556359
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# pull official base image
+FROM python:3.10-slim-buster
+
+# set work directory
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# set environment variable
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# copy project files
+COPY . /usr/src/app/
+
+# install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update 
+#RUN apt-get install -y gcc pkg-config default-libmysqlclient-dev python-dev vim systemd
+RUN apt-get install -y gcc pkg-config default-libmysqlclient-dev python-dev
+RUN apt-get clean
+
+# install python dependencies
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip 
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# collect static files
+# RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+# expose the port
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# command to run
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--workers=3", "--bind=0.0.0.0:8000", "ansible_prj.wsgi:application"]
+
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 626854c..decd3a9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
-ansible==10.7.0
-ansible-core==2.17.7
 asgiref==3.8.1
+certifi==2025.1.31
 cffi==1.17.1
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1
+coreapi==2.3.3
+coreschema==0.0.4
 cryptography==45.0.2
 Django==4.2.14
 django-cors-headers==4.7.0
-djangorestframework==3.15.2
+djangorestframework==3.16.0
 djangorestframework_simplejwt==5.5.0
 drf-yasg==1.21.10
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+idna==3.10
 inflection==0.5.1
+itypes==1.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 MarkupSafe==3.0.2
+mysqlclient==2.2.7
 packaging==25.0
 pycparser==2.22
 PyJWT==2.9.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 pytz==2025.2
 PyYAML==6.0.2
-resolvelib==1.0.1
+requests==2.32.3
 sqlparse==0.5.3
 typing_extensions==4.13.2
 uritemplate==4.1.1
+urllib3==2.4.0