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 FROM node:22-alpine
+
 ARG VERSION=latest
+
+# Create mcp user and group
 RUN addgroup -S mcp && adduser -S mcp -G mcp
+
+# Install the MongoDB MCP server globally
 RUN npm install -g mongodb-mcp-server@${VERSION}
+
+# Install wget for health checks
+RUN apk add --no-cache wget
+
+# Switch to mcp user
 USER mcp
 WORKDIR /home/mcp
+
+# Expose port for Railway health checks
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+# Add health check
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000/health || exit 1
+
+# Set the entrypoint
 ENTRYPOINT ["mongodb-mcp-server"]
+
+# Labels
 LABEL maintainer="MongoDB Inc <info@mongodb.com>"
 LABEL description="MongoDB MCP Server"
 LABEL version=${VERSION}