feat: implement Docker-based production deployment pipeline with automated Ansible provisioning, CI/CD workflows, and Caddy server configuration.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,28 +1,21 @@
-# Stage 1: Build the React application
-FROM node:22-alpine as build
+FROM node:24-alpine AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy package files and install dependencies
-COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm install
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm ci
 
-# Copy the rest of the application files
 COPY . .
 
-# Build the Vite project for production
-RUN npm run build
+ARG BUILD_MODE=development
+RUN npm run build -- --mode $BUILD_MODE
 
-# Stage 2: Serve the application with Nginx
-FROM nginx:alpine
+FROM caddy:2-alpine
 
-# Copy custom Nginx configuration
-COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist /srv
+COPY Caddyfile /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
 
-# Copy the build output to Nginx's html directory
-COPY --from=build /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+EXPOSE 80 443
 
-# Expose port 80
-EXPOSE 80
-
-CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost/ || exit 1