README.md

Dockerizing and Running the Application

Prerequisites

• Docker installed on your machine.
• Docker CLI

1. Build the Docker Image
   Open a terminal and navigate to the project directory. Run the following command to build the Docker image:

docker build -t myapp:latest .

2. Run the Docker Container
   After building the image, run the container using the following command:

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name myapp_container myapp:latest

This command will start the container in detached mode and map port 5000 of the container to port 5000 on your host machine.

3. Access the Application
   Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access the application.

4. Stopping the Application
   Docker CLI: To stop the container, run:

docker stop myapp_container