merged with main branch to clear the testing commits

src/api-server/Dockerfile

@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ ENV NODE_ENV = development
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-RUN npm install -g tsx
+RUN npm install -g tsx --ignore-scripts
 
-COPY package.json /usr/src/app/package.json
+COPY package.json ./
+COPY package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm install --ignore-scripts
 
 
-# COPY package-lock.json /usr/src/app/package-lock.json
+RUN addgroup -S appgroup && \
+    adduser -S appuser -G appgroup && \
+    chown -R appuser:appgroup /usr/src/app
 
-
-RUN npm install
-
-# Run the application as a non-root user.
-USER root
-
-# Copy the rest of the source files into the image.
+# Switch to non-root user
+USER appuser
 
 
 COPY . .