render.yaml

# Render Blueprint — https://render.com/docs/blueprint-spec
# Deploy: Render Dashboard -> New + -> Blueprint -> pick this repo.
services:
  - type: web
    name: image-classification-pipeline
    runtime: docker
    plan: free                 # free tier (512 MB RAM)
    dockerfilePath: ./Dockerfile
    healthCheckPath: /health
    autoDeploy: true           # redeploy automatically on every git push
    envVars:
      - key: MODEL_NAME
        value: mobilenet_v3_large
      # --- memory tuning for the 512 MB free tier ---
      - key: TORCH_NUM_THREADS   # single-threaded inference = less RAM
        value: "1"
      - key: OMP_NUM_THREADS
        value: "1"
      - key: MKL_NUM_THREADS
        value: "1"
      - key: WARMUP              # 0 = lazy-load model on first request (service goes live faster)
        value: "0"
      # Render automatically provides $PORT — the Dockerfile already binds to it.