feat(server): add Dockerfile for switchyard-server container image

[panpan0000]

Summary

• Add a root multi-stage Dockerfile that builds switchyard-server from the workspace (rust:1.96-bookworm builder, debian:bookworm-slim runtime, unprivileged user, port 4000).
• Add target to .dockerignore so local build artifacts stay out of the Docker context.

Test plan

• docker build -t switchyard-server:local . succeeds locally (OrbStack).
• Ran the image with a minimal noop TOML deployment mounted at /etc/switchyard/config.toml and verified POST /v1/chat/completions with model=switchyard/noop returns 200 with the synthetic response.
• CI passes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added Docker support for building and running the Switchyard server.
  • The container uses a lightweight runtime image, includes CA certificates, runs on port 4000, and starts with the configured TOML file.
  • The server runs as an unprivileged user for improved container security.

• Chores

  • Excluded build artifacts from the Docker build context to improve build efficiency.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

The Docker configuration excludes the Rust target directory from the build context. A multi-stage Dockerfile builds switchyard-server and packages it with CA certificates in a Debian slim runtime that runs as switchyard.

Changes

Container packaging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Docker context and image build .dockerignore, Dockerfile	The Docker context excludes target. The Dockerfile performs a locked release build, copies the server binary and CA certificates into a Debian slim runtime, exposes port 4000, runs as switchyard, and uses the specified TOML configuration path.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 75197

The Docker image currently omits the workspace Cargo configuration, so the compiled server may not receive the configured CPU and frame-pointer settings, while unpinned base images and packages can change image contents between builds. These are bounded build-performance and reproducibility risks requiring owner awareness or follow-up, but no release-blocking issue is supported by the supplied evidence.

Poem

I’m a rabbit by the build,
Watching Rust turn binaries bright.
target stays outside,
The slim container holds the flight.
Safe paws run port four-zero-zero-zero.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the addition of a Dockerfile for the switchyard-server container, which is the main change.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

Dockerfile (1)

5-5: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pin the base images and OS packages for reproducible builds.

rust-toolchain.toml and Cargo.toml pin Rust 1.96.1, but Dockerfile uses the patchless rust:1.96-bookworm tag. debian:bookworm-slim and the unversioned ca-certificates package can also change between builds. Pin both base images to approved digests and define a controlled OS-package update policy. Apply the same changes to lines 13–16.

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In `@Dockerfile` at line 5, Update the Dockerfile base images in the builder stage
and the corresponding lines 13–16 to approved immutable digests, matching the
pinned Rust 1.96.1 toolchain. Pin the ca-certificates package to an approved
version and apply the project’s controlled OS-package update policy consistently
in both image stages.

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Inline comments:
In `@Dockerfile`:
- Around line 7-9: Update the Docker build setup around the Cargo manifest
copies and the release build so the workspace .cargo/config.toml configuration
is available inside the image before cargo build runs; preserve the configured
target-cpu and force-frame-pointers settings rather than introducing a separate
configuration.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@Dockerfile`:
- Line 5: Update the Dockerfile base images in the builder stage and the
corresponding lines 13–16 to approved immutable digests, matching the pinned
Rust 1.96.1 toolchain. Pin the ca-certificates package to an approved version
and apply the project’s controlled OS-package update policy consistently in both
image stages.

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[panpan0000]

Re: the base-image pinning nitpick — partially applied in fd3b7c1: the builder tag is now rust:1.96.1-bookworm, matching rust-toolchain.toml. Leaving digests and apt version pinning out for now — this repo has no Dependabot/Renovate automation to keep digests fresh, and Debian removes superseded package versions, so pinned apt-get install versions break the build over time. Worth revisiting if digest-update automation gets added.

[ayushag-nv]

Hi @panpan0000 Thanks for adding this. But we already have this here : https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard/blob/main/benchmark/switchyard-rust-server.Dockerfile

You can use it directly from there or move it to root and make sure update the necessary references under benchmark, so that nothing breaks in there.

[panpan0000]

@ayushag-nv Done in 3146324 — moved to a single root Dockerfile:

• Removed benchmark/switchyard-rust-server.Dockerfile; run-baseline.sh and README.md now use the root one. Benchmark behavior unchanged (same runtime: USER 1000:1000, HOME=/tmp).
• Kept two build fixes from this PR: copy .cargo/ so the workspace rustflags (target-cpu, force-frame-pointers) actually apply — the old benchmark image was silently building without them — and pin the builder tag to rust:1.96.1-bookworm, matching rust-toolchain.toml.

[nachiketb-nvidia]

looks good, will make deployments easier