Add Docker support for optimized Next.js deployment

Introduces Docker configuration files to enable containerized builds
and streamlined deployment using a multi-stage strategy with
standalone Next.js output. Updates configuration to optimize image
size and leverage production best practices.

.dockerignore

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+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+README.md
+.next
+.git

Dockerfile

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+# syntax=docker.io/docker/dockerfile:1
+
+FROM node:24-alpine AS base
+
+# Install dependencies only when needed
+FROM base AS deps
+# Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install dependencies based on the preferred package manager
+COPY package.json yarn.lock* package-lock.json* pnpm-lock.yaml* .npmrc* ./
+RUN \
+  if [ -f yarn.lock ]; then yarn --frozen-lockfile; \
+  elif [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm ci; \
+  elif [ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ]; then corepack enable pnpm && pnpm i --frozen-lockfile; \
+  else echo "Lockfile not found." && exit 1; \
+  fi
+
+
+# Rebuild the source code only when needed
+FROM base AS builder
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY . .
+
+# Next.js collects completely anonymous telemetry data about general usage.
+# Learn more here: https://nextjs.org/telemetry
+# Uncomment the following line in case you want to disable telemetry during the build.
+# ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+
+RUN \
+  if [ -f yarn.lock ]; then yarn run build; \
+  elif [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm run build; \
+  elif [ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ]; then corepack enable pnpm && pnpm run build; \
+  else echo "Lockfile not found." && exit 1; \
+  fi
+
+# Production image, copy all the files and run next
+FROM base AS runner
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+# Uncomment the following line in case you want to disable telemetry during runtime.
+# ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+
+RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
+RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
+
+# Copy public files. "[c]" as workaround for conditional matching since the folder might not exist.
+COPY --from=builder /app/publi[c] ./public
+
+# Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
+# https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+
+USER nextjs
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+ENV PORT=3000
+
+# server.js is created by next build from the standalone output
+# https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/config/next-config-js/output
+ENV HOSTNAME="0.0.0.0"
+CMD ["node", "server.js"]

next.config.mjs

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 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
-const nextConfig = {};
+const nextConfig = {
+  output: 'standalone',
+};
 
 export default nextConfig;