hey, I have a simple py file, I wanna create a simple worker to run the py file (all in a docker container) I don't want to create a docker worker, I wanna create a simple worker to run the file inside a docker container, what's the best way to do so?

Hey @Omar Hamad! You could use

flow.serve

as a simpler alternative to running a Docker worker. The first two sections of this guide are a good walkthrough of how to do that.

i know, but i want to run all of that in a docker container

You can build a Docker image that has your script inside and start it as the entrypoint for your image. That will allow you to serve your script so that it will poll for scheduled executions and run your flow when runs are scheduled.

Thank you ❤️

If you use

flow.serve,

you wouldn’t need to create a work pool. Is there something about your use case that requires a work pool?

I want to run the code locally and only want to use prefect UI to watch/handle it, I don't want to use prefect servers to run the code

Gotcha, that’s still valid with

flow.serve

. The Docker container(s) hosting your server script would run in your environment and Prefect won’t have access to the code.

yeah but in that case i don't want to host a prefect cloud UI itself

You can do that with Prefect Cloud too! You just need to make sure you set your

PREFECT_API_URL

and

PREFECT_API_KEY

as environment variables on your Docker container.