updating docker

configs/docker/build/Dockerfile

 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM ubuntu:18.04 as base_image
+FROM ubuntu:24.04 as base_image
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 #run mkdir as root
 RUN mkdir -p /storage/app/EWS_prod/regions/EastAfrica/workspace
@@ -10,10 +12,11 @@ WORKDIR /home
 #RUN mkdir /home/ewsmanager/code
 
 #copy resources in
-COPY ./conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml .
+#COPY ./conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml .
+COPY ./requirements.txt .
 
 #install system packages
-RUN apt-get update;apt-get install --assume-yes wget unzip emacs gdal-bin libgdal-dev build-essential gfortran zlib1g zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev apt-utils liblzma-dev libpcre++-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev default-jre lib32readline7 lib32readline6-dev openssh-server libfribidi-dev libfontconfig1-dev libspatialindex-dev git;
+RUN apt-get update;apt-get install --assume-yes python-dev-is-python3 python3-dev python3.11-venv wget unzip emacs gdal-bin libgdal-dev build-essential gfortran zlib1g zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev apt-utils liblzma-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev default-jre openssh-server libfribidi-dev libfontconfig1-dev libspatialindex-dev git;
 RUN echo "alias e='emacs -nw $1'" >> ~/.bashrc;
 RUN alias ll="ls -ltr"
 
@@ -21,18 +24,21 @@ RUN alias ll="ls -ltr"
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
 
 # Install miniconda
-ENV CONDA_DIR /storage/app/miniconda3
-RUN wget --quiet https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda.sh \
-    && /bin/bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $CONDA_DIR \
-    && rm -v ~/miniconda.sh;
+#ENV CONDA_DIR /storage/app/miniconda3
+#RUN wget --quiet https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda.sh \
+#    && /bin/bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $CONDA_DIR \
+#    && rm -v ~/miniconda.sh;
 # Put conda in path so we can use conda activate
-ENV PATH=$CONDA_DIR/bin:$PATH
+#ENV PATH=$CONDA_DIR/bin:$PATH
 
 #build the conda env(s)
-RUN conda env create --file conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml --prefix /storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/conda/py3EWS
+#RUN conda env create --file conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml --prefix /storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/conda/py3EWS
+RUN python3 -m venv ews_prod
+RUN source ews_prod/bin/activate;pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 #tidy
-RUN rm -v conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml;
+#RUN rm -v conda-env-py3EWS-nobuilds.yml;
+#RUN rm -v requirements.txt;
 
 #these usernames and ids match the production server (IaaS), override when building a local image if needed
 ARG GNAME=ews

configs/docker/run/launchDockerRunner_lb584_Local.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-docker run -it -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/code:/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
-  -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/regions:/storage/app/EWS_prod/regions" \
-  -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/envs/credentials:/storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/credentials" \
+docker run -it -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_instructions/code:/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
+  -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_instructionsregions:/storage/app/EWS_prod/regions" \
+  -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_instructions/envs/credentials:/storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/credentials" \
   -w "/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
   --name ews_runner \
   ews_coordinator