diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
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+name: Docker
+
+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+
+on:
+  #schedule:
+  #  - cron: '16 19 * * *'
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+    # Publish semver tags as releases.
+    tags: [ 'v*.*.*' ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+env:
+  # Use docker.io for Docker Hub if empty
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  # github.repository as <account>/<repo>
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      # This is used to complete the identity challenge
+      # with sigstore/fulcio when running outside of PRs.
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Print tool versions
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          pwd
+          ls
+          find .
+
+      # Install the cosign tool except on PR
+      # https://github.com/sigstore/cosign-installer
+      - name: Install cosign
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@59acb6260d9c0ba8f4a2f9d9b48431a222b68e20 #v3.5.0
+        with:
+          cosign-release: 'v2.2.4'
+
+      # Set up BuildKit Docker container builder to be able to build
+      # multi-platform images and export cache
+      # https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f95db51fddba0c2d1ec667646a06c2ce06100226 # v3.0.0
+
+      # Login against a Docker registry except on PR
+      # https://github.com/docker/login-action
+      - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action
+      - name: Extract Docker metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
+      # Build and push Docker image with Buildx (don't push on PR)
+      # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        id: build-and-push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@0565240e2d4ab88bba5387d719585280857ece09 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      # Sign the resulting Docker image digest except on PRs.
+      # This will only write to the public Rekor transparency log when the Docker
+      # repository is public to avoid leaking data.  If you would like to publish
+      # transparency data even for private images, pass --force to cosign below.
+      # https://github.com/sigstore/cosign
+      - name: Sign the published Docker image
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+        env:
+          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-an-intermediate-environment-variable
+          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build-and-push.outputs.digest }}
+        # This step uses the identity token to provision an ephemeral certificate
+        # against the sigstore community Fulcio instance.
+        run: echo "${TAGS}" | xargs -I {} cosign sign --yes {}@${DIGEST}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV MAMBA_NO_BANNER=1
+
+ARG MINIFORGE_VERSION="24.3.0-0"
+
+# base packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    tini \
+    gosu \
+    curl \
+    ca-certificates \
+    tar \
+    unzip \
+    gzip \
+    time \
+    htop \
+    less \
+    lsof \
+    strace \
+    procps \
+    neovim \
+    micro \
+    ninja-build \
+    texlive-latex-base \
+    texlive-latex-extra \
+    texlive-fonts-extra \
+    && echo "apt-get done" \
+#    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    ;
+
+
+# create base conda environment using mambaforge
+RUN set -x && \
+    pwd && \
+    MINIFORGE_FILENAME="Mambaforge-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh" && \
+    MINIFORGE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MINIFORGE_VERSION}/${MINIFORGE_FILENAME}" && \
+    curl -L -o "Miniforge3.sh" "$MINIFORGE_DOWNLOAD_URL" && \
+    bash "./Miniforge3.sh" -b -p /opt/mambaforge && \
+    /opt/mambaforge/bin/python --version && \
+    /opt/mambaforge/condabin/mamba clean --all && \
+    rm "./Miniforge3.sh" && \
+    echo "done";
+
+
+# add base conda utils to path
+ENV PATH="/opt/mambaforge/condabin:$PATH"
+
+RUN set -x && \
+    conda config --file /opt/mambaforge/.condarc --add envs_dirs /opt/envs;
+
+RUN set -x && \
+    mamba install conda-tree -n base && \
+    mamba clean --all && \
+    echo "done";
+
+##
+
+RUN mkdir /app-build
+RUN mkdir /app
+
+##
+
+COPY environment.yml /app-build
+#COPY environment-pinned-linux.yml /app-build/environment.yml
+
+# create new conda environment named "main"
+RUN set -x && \
+    mamba env create -n main --file=/app-build/environment.yml && \
+    /opt/envs/main/bin/python --version && \
+    mamba clean --all && \
+    echo "done";
+
+RUN set -x && \
+    conda env export -n main && \
+    echo "done";
+
+
+
+
+# "activate" "main" conda environment
+ENV CONDA_PREFIX="/opt/envs/main"
+ENV PATH="$CONDA_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
+
+
+RUN set -x && \
+    conda env export -n main > /app-build/environment-final.yml && \
+    cat /app-build/environment-final.yml && \
+    echo "done";
+
+RUN set -x && \
+    /opt/mambaforge/bin/conda-tree -n main deptree --small > /app-build/deptree.txt && \
+    cat /app-build/deptree.txt && \
+    echo "done";
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["tini", "-g", "--"]
+
+#CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+CMD ["bash"]
+#CMD ["/app/run_app.sh"]
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
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+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.12
+  - fastapi
+  - uvicorn
+  - sqlalchemy
+  - zstandard
+  - zstd
+  - jinja2
+  - tabulate
+  - importlib_resources
+  - click
+  - libblas=*=*openblas
+  # linux-only
+  - _openmp_mutex=*=*_llvm
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