Use uv for dependency installation in Dockerfile

Install uv from distroless image (pinned), set UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON and UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE, and replace pip with uv pip install for requirements.

Author: strickvl

Dockerfile

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 FROM python:3.12-slim AS base
 
+# Install uv (pinned) from official distroless image so it's on PATH
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8.15 /uv /uvx /bin/
+
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8 \
     PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
     LOGLEVEL=WARNING \
     NO_COLOR=1 \
     ZENML_LOGGING_COLORS_DISABLED=true \
-    ZENML_ENABLE_RICH_TRACEBACK=false
+    ZENML_ENABLE_RICH_TRACEBACK=false \
+    UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON=1 \
+    UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
 
 # Optional but helpful: fresh CA certs for TLS reliability
 RUN apt-get update \
@@ -19,8 +24,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel \
-    && pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Security: non-root user
 RUN useradd -m -u 10001 appuser