# OCR Service Development Environment

Unit 5 uses the repository-local virtual environment `ocr-service/.venv`. It is intentionally retained between runs and ignored by Git. Do not install these dependencies globally.

## Install

From the repository root:

```bash
ocr-service/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r ocr-service/requirements.txt
```

Activate it with `source ocr-service/.venv/bin/activate`.

## Test

```bash
ocr-service/.venv/bin/python -m pytest ocr-service/tests
```

The container build downloads the pinned PaddleOCR models. Runtime startup loads those baked models before readiness can report healthy. Deploy one replica with a maximum of 3 CPU and 5 GiB RAM; Docker image labels document these platform-enforced limits.

Build from the repository root so the Dockerfile can use the service-scoped paths:

```bash
docker build -f ocr-service/Dockerfile -t rag-ocr-service .
```