diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Ignore local build outputs
+build
+*.o
+*.so
+*.a
+
+# IDE / editor files
+.vscode
+.devcontainer
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# Git
+.git
+.gitignore
+
+# OS / misc
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# =========================
+#  Build stage
+# =========================
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/deepstream:7.1-triton-multiarch AS builder
+
+# Remove broken Intel Realsense repo + key
+# Install build dependencies (CMake, g++, etc.)
+RUN rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive_uri-https_librealsense_intel_com_debian_apt-repo-jammy.list && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        cmake \
+        git \
+        pkg-config \
+        libmicrohttpd-dev \
+        libgtest-dev \
+        nlohmann-json3-dev \
+        libglib2.0 \
+        libglib2.0-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# =========================
+# Install Google Benchmark
+# =========================
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN git clone https://github.com/google/benchmark.git && \
+    cd benchmark && \
+    cmake -E make_directory "build" && \
+    cmake -E chdir "build" cmake -DBENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES=on -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../ && \
+    cmake --build "build" --config Release -- -j$(nproc) && \
+    #cmake -E chdir "build" ctest --build-config Release && \
+    cmake --build "build" --config Release --target install && \
+    cmake --install build && \
+    ldconfig && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/benchmark
+
+# =========================
+# Install Prometheus C++ client
+# =========================
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN git clone https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp.git && \
+    cd prometheus-cpp && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+    mkdir _build && cd _build && \
+    cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+             -DENABLE_PUSH=OFF \
+             -DENABLE_PULL=ON \
+             -DENABLE_EXPOSER=ON && \
+    cmake --build . --parallel $(nproc) && \
+    cmake --install . && \
+    ldconfig && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/prometheus-cpp
+
+# =========================
+# Install libhiredis
+# =========================
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN git clone https://github.com/redis/hiredis.git && \
+    cd hiredis && \
+    git checkout tags/v1.2.0 && \
+    make USE_SSL=1 && \
+    make install && \
+    cp libhiredis* /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/ && \
+    ln -sf /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libhiredis.so /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libhiredis.so.1.1.0 && \
+    ldconfig && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/hiredis
+
+# =========================
+# Install redis-server
+# =========================
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-6.0.8.tar.gz && \
+    tar xzf redis-6.0.8.tar.gz && \
+    cd redis-6.0.8 && \
+    make && \
+    make install && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/redis-6.0.8 /tmp/redis-6.0.8.tar.gz
+#    src/redis-server --protected-mode no
+#    src/redis-server &
+
+# expose redis default port
+#EXPOSE 6379
+
+# run redis server (no protected mode)
+#CMD ["redis-server", "--protected-mode", "no"]
+
+# Set working dir
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy only cmake configs first (for caching)
+COPY CMakeLists.txt ./
+COPY src ./src
+
+# Copy only required configs from host → container
+COPY data/addresses.txt                             ./data/
+COPY data/configuration.json                        ./data/
+COPY data/inferserver                               ./data/inferserver
+COPY data/nvmsgboker_configs/msgbroker_config.txt   ./data/nvmsgboker_configs/
+COPY data/nvmsgconv_configs/msgconv_config.txt      ./data/nvmsgconv_configs/
+COPY data/tracker_configs                           ./data/tracker_configs
+
+
+# COPY data ./data
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_redis_proto.so                                         ./data/nvmsgboker_configs/libnvds_redis_proto.so
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_msgconv.so                                             ./data/nvmsgconv_configs/libnvds_msgconv.so
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/gst-plugins/libnvdsgst_tracker.so                              ./data/tracker_configs/libnvdsgst_tracker.so
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_nvmultiobjecttracker.so                                ./data/tracker_configs/libnvds_nvmultiobjecttracker.so
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvSORT.yml           ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_NvSORT.yml
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_IOU.yml              ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_IOU.yml
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_accuracy.yml   ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_NvDCF_accuracy.yml
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_max_perf.yml   ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_NvDCF_max_perf.yml
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_perf.yml       ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_NvDCF_perf.yml
+# RUN cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDeepSORT.yml       ./data/tracker_configs/config_tracker_NvDeepSORT.yml
+
+
+# Build project
+RUN mkdir -p build && cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make -j"$(nproc)"
+
+# =========================
+#  Runtime stage
+# =========================
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/deepstream:7.1-triton-multiarch
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy configs from build stage: Copy runtime data/configs
+COPY --from=builder /app/data ./data
+
+# Copy compiled binaries from builder
+COPY --from=builder /app/build /app/build
+
+
+# Copy DeepStream runtime libs/configs (container → image → host at runtime)
+# These files will be available inside the image under /app/data
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data/nvmsgboker_configs && \
+    mkdir -p /app/data/nvmsgconv_configs && \
+    mkdir -p /app/data/tracker_configs && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_redis_proto.so                                          /app/data/nvmsgboker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_msgconv.so                                              /app/data/nvmsgconv_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvSORT.yml            /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_IOU.yml               /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_accuracy.yml    /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_max_perf.yml    /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDCF_perf.yml        /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/samples/configs/deepstream-app/config_tracker_NvDeepSORT.yml        /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/libnvds_nvmultiobjecttracker.so                                 /app/data/tracker_configs/ && \
+    cp /opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream/lib/gst-plugins/libnvdsgst_tracker.so                               /app/data/tracker_configs/
+
+# Default entrypoint (change main binary name if different)
+ENTRYPOINT ["./build/bin/BodyPipeline"]
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