# Dockerfile

We provide a <gh-file:Dockerfile> to construct the image for running an OpenAI compatible server with vLLM.
More information about deploying with Docker can be found [here](../../serving/deploying_with_docker.md).

Below is a visual representation of the multi-stage Dockerfile. The build graph contains the following nodes:

- All build stages
- The default build target (highlighted in grey)
- External images (with dashed borders)

The edges of the build graph represent:

- FROM ... dependencies (with a solid line and a full arrow head)

- COPY --from=... dependencies (with a dashed line and an empty arrow head)

- RUN --mount=(.\*)from=... dependencies (with a dotted line and an empty diamond arrow head)

  > ```{figure} ../../assets/dev/dockerfile-stages-dependency.png
  > :align: center
  > :alt: query
  > :width: 100%
  > ```
  >
  > Made using: <https://github.com/patrickhoefler/dockerfilegraph>
  >
  > Commands to regenerate the build graph (make sure to run it **from the \`root\` directory of the vLLM repository** where the dockerfile is present):
  >
  > ```bash
  > dockerfilegraph -o png --legend --dpi 200 --max-label-length 50 --filename Dockerfile
  > ```
  >
  > or in case you want to run it directly with the docker image:
  >
  > ```bash
  > docker run \
  >    --rm \
  >    --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  >    --workdir /workspace \
  >    --volume "$(pwd)":/workspace \
  >    ghcr.io/patrickhoefler/dockerfilegraph:alpine \
  >    --output png \
  >    --dpi 200 \
  >    --max-label-length 50 \
  >    --filename Dockerfile \
  >    --legend
  > ```
  >
  > (To run it for a different file, you can pass in a different argument to the flag `--filename`.)