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# concrete.ml.deployment.deploy\_to\_docker.md

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## module `concrete.ml.deployment.deploy_to_docker`

Methods to deploy a server using Docker.

It takes as input a folder with: - client.zip - server.zip - processing.json

It builds a Docker image and spawns a Docker container that runs the server.

This module is untested as it would require to first build the release Docker image. FIXME: <https://github.com/zama-ai/concrete-ml-internal/issues/3347>

### **Global Variables**

* **DATE\_FORMAT**

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### function `delete_image`

```python
delete_image(image_name: str)
```

Delete a Docker image.

**Arguments:**

* `image_name` (str): to name of the image to delete.

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### function `stop_container`

```python
stop_container(image_name: str)
```

Kill all containers that use a given image.

**Arguments:**

* `image_name` (str): name of Docker image for which to stop Docker containers.

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### function `build_docker_image`

```python
build_docker_image(path_to_model: Path, image_name: str)
```

Build server Docker image.

**Arguments:**

* `path_to_model` (Path): path to serialized model to serve.
* `image_name` (str): name to give to the image.

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### function `main`

```python
main(path_to_model: Path, image_name: str)
```

Deploy function.

* Builds Docker image.
* Runs Docker server.
* Stop container and delete image.

**Arguments:**

* `path_to_model` (Path): path to model to server
* `image_name` (str): name of the Docker image


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