In those cases, you can use the **official Docker image** that includes **Gunicorn** as a process manager running multiple **Uvicorn worker processes**, and some default settings to adjust the number of workers based on the current CPU cores automatically. I'll tell you more about it below in [Official Docker Image with Gunicorn - Uvicorn](#official-docker-image-with-gunicorn-uvicorn).

!!! tip
    Don't worry if some of these items about **containers**, Docker, or Kubernetes don't make a lot of sense yet.

    I'll tell you more about container images, Docker, Kubernetes, etc. in a future chapter: [FastAPI in Containers - Docker](docker.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

## Previous Steps Before Starting

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.PHONY: push

# for now docker is limited to Linux compiles - why ?
include tools/istio-docker.mk

push: docker.push ## Build and push docker images to registry defined by $HUB and $TAG