Separate Dockerfile for devcontainer

- Debian based (python3.11-bookworm)
- Install essential system packages

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Dockerfile for the InvenTree devcontainer
+
+# In contrast with the "production" image (which is based on an Alpine image)
+# we use a Debian-based image for the devcontainer
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.11-bookworm
+
+# InvenTree paths
+ENV INVENTREE_HOME="/home/inventree"
+ENV INVENTREE_DATA_DIR="${INVENTREE_HOME}/dev"
+ENV INVENTREE_STATIC_ROOT="${INVENTREE_DATA_DIR}/static"
+ENV INVENTREE_MEDIA_ROOT="${INVENTREE_DATA_DIR}/media"
+ENV INVENTREE_BACKUP_DIR="${INVENTREE_DATA_DIR}/backup"
+ENV INVENTREE_PLUGIN_DIR="${INVENTREE_DATA_DIR}/plugins"
+
+ENV INVENTREE_DOCKER="true"
+
+COPY contrib/container/init.sh ./
+RUN chmod +x init.sh
+
+# Install required base packages
+RUN apt update && apt install -y \
+   python3.11-dev python3.11-venv \
+   libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev \
+   libpango1.0-0 libcairo2 \
+   weasyprint
+
+# Install python database connectors
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "./init.sh"]

.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml

@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ services:
   inventree:
     build:
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: ../InvenTree/contrib/container/Dockerfile
-      target: dev
-      args:
-        base_image: "mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:alpine-3.18"
-        data_dir: "dev"
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
     volumes:
       - ../:/home/inventree:z
 

.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ python3 -m venv /home/inventree/dev/venv --system-site-packages --upgrade-deps
 . /home/inventree/dev/venv/bin/activate
 
 # Ensure the correct invoke is available
-pip3 install invoke --ignore-installed -U
+pip3 install --ignore-installed --upgrade invoke Pillow
+
+# install base level packages
+pip3 install -Ur contrib/container/requirements.txt
 
 # Run initial InvenTree server setup
 invoke update -s
@@ -23,3 +26,8 @@ invoke int.frontend-install
 # so that it gets copied from host to the container to have your global
 # git config in container
 rm -f /home/vscode/.gitconfig
+
+# Fix issue related to CFFI version mismatch
+pip uninstall cffi -y
+sudo apt remove --purge python3-cffi
+pip install --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall --ignore-installed cffi