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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/srv/.hf_cache \
+    HF_HUB_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Optional: Systemlibs (meist nicht nötig, aber schadet nicht)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential git wget ca-certificates && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /srv
+
+# 1) CPU-Torch fest aus CPU-Index (kleiner, ohne CUDA)
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu "torch==2.2.2"
+
+# 2) Restliche Pakete (getrennt, damit torch nicht überschrieben wird)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
+    fastapi==0.111.0 \
+    uvicorn[standard]==0.30.1 \
+    "sentence-transformers==3.0.1"
+
+# App-Code in das Image (nur embed_server.py)
+COPY ../app/embed_server.py /srv/embed_server.py
+
+EXPOSE 8990
+CMD ["uvicorn", "embed_server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8990"]