📑 Feature Request: include a `.dockerignore` file in the `eos-template`

[miquelduranfrigola]

Include a .dockerignore file in the eos-template

For some models such as eos3ujl it would be convenient to have files that are not strictly necessary to serve and run the model. For example, in that model, we had to fit an extra imputer and we would like to keep the data used for that fitting, although this data is no longer necessary once the imputer is stored as a .joblib file.

It would therefore be very convenient to have the following:

1. In the GitHub repository and S3 bucket, everything can be stored.
2. In the Docker container, only the necessary files are stored.

To allow for this to happen in CI/CD, I suggest the following approach:

1. We include a .dockerignore file that functions exactly like a .gitignore file. That is, paths relative to the root of the directory can be specified there (with wildcard character * allowed).
2. Then, in CI/CD, before building the Docker image, we can remove all files specified in the .dockerignore file.

@DhanshreeA please let me know if this sounds like a good approach.

Subtasks would be:

• [ ] Add a .dockerignore file. By default, for example, that dockerignore file can ignore the README (won't make a huge difference, of course) and the .git folder of the model (in case is incorporated in the image - I am not sure)
• [ ] Write a job in the corresponding action to remove all files specified in the .dockerignore file.
• [ ] Document the .dockerignore file in our GitBook.

[DhanshreeA]

Hey @miquelduranfrigola sounds like a good approach! Although this issue should have technically been created as a Task instead of Feature Request (those are for users and contributors)

[miquelduranfrigola]

Hi @DhanshreeA I have added a .dockerignore file in this repository: https://github.com/ersilia-os/eos3mk2

• [ ] Let's check that, indeed, the ignored files are not inside the Docker image

[DhanshreeA]

I can take this up this week.

[GemmaTuron]

Hi @DhanshreeA !

This task is On Hold. Please update the status/priority if it is something being actively worked on