diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+.git
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+.pytest_cache
+.coverage
+.mypy_cache
+.ruff_cache
+tests/
+docs/
+CHANGELOG.md
+LICENSE
+NOTICE
+.env
+*.log
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN pip install -e .[proxy]
+EXPOSE 8787
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD curl -f http://localhost:8787/health || exit 1
+ENTRYPOINT ["headroom", "proxy"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  headroom-proxy:
+    build: .
+    command: ["--host", "0.0.0.0"]
+    environment:
+      - HEADROOM_HOST=0.0.0.0
+      # if you want to use a custom OpenAI-compatible API endpoint, 
+      # uncomment and set the following line with the desired URL
+      # - OPENAI_TARGET_API_URL=https://api.x.ai
+    ports:
+      - "8787:8787"
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