AI Agent Docker Deployment 2026

The dev environment runs perfectly, but it crashes once deployed to the server. Docker solves this problem—consistent environment, complete dependencies, and ready to use out of the box.

💡 What You Will Learn

The dev environment runs perfectly, but it crashes once deployed to the server. Docker solves this problem—consistent environment, complete dependencies, and ready to use out of the box.

📜 Table of Contents

• Dockerfile
• docker-compose.yml
• Summary

Dockerfile

FROM python:3.12-slim
WORKDIR /app
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
COPY . .
EXPOSE 8000
CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0"]

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.8'
services:
  agent:
    build: .
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    env_file: .env
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
  chroma:
    image: chromadb/chroma:latest
    ports:
      - "8001:8000"

Summary