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+chatui
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+# The builder image, used to build the virtual environment
+FROM python:3.11-buster as builder
+
+RUN pip install poetry==1.4.2
+
+ENV POETRY_NO_INTERACTION=1 \
+    POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_IN_PROJECT=1 \
+    POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=1 \
+    POETRY_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/poetry_cache
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock ./
+
+RUN poetry add psycopg2-binary
+
+RUN poetry install --without dev --no-root -E "postgres server" && rm -rf $POETRY_CACHE_DIR
+
+# The runtime image, used to just run the code provided its virtual environment
+FROM python:3.11-slim-buster as runtime
+
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/.venv \
+    PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+COPY --from=builder ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
+
+COPY memgpt ./memgpt
+
+EXPOSE 8083
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "-m", "uvicorn", "memgpt.server.rest_api.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8083"]