Serve static files via Apache, not Docker

- deploy.sh copies static/ to /var/www/html/solventum-image-metadata/
- Apache Alias serves CSS/JS directly from disk
- ProxyPass exclusion prevents static requests going to Docker
- Updated apache config with full working example

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

deploy.sh

@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ if [ "$HEALTHY" = false ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# 6. Deploy static files for Apache to serve directly
+WEB_DIR="/var/www/html/solventum-image-metadata"
+echo ">>> Deploying static files to $WEB_DIR..."
+sudo rm -rf "$WEB_DIR/static"
+sudo mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR"
+sudo cp -r "$SCRIPT_DIR/static" "$WEB_DIR/static"
+sudo chown -R www-data:www-data "$WEB_DIR"
+
 echo ""
 echo "=== Deploy complete ==="
 echo "URL: https://ai-sandbox.oliver.solutions/solventum-image-metadata/"

deploy/apache-solventum-metadata.conf

@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-# Solventum Image Metadata Tool — Apache Config Additions
+# Solventum Image Metadata Tool — Apache Config
 # Add these directives inside your existing <VirtualHost *:443> for ai-sandbox.oliver.solutions
 #
-# The main reverse proxy rule is already configured:
-#   ProxyPass /solventum-image-metadata/ http://localhost:5001/
-#   ProxyPassReverse /solventum-image-metadata/ http://localhost:5001/
+# IMPORTANT: The static files Alias and "ProxyPass ... !" exclusion
+# MUST come BEFORE the main ProxyPass rule.
+
+# Serve static files directly from disk (fast, bypasses Docker)
+Alias /solventum-image-metadata/static /var/www/html/solventum-image-metadata/static
+<Directory /var/www/html/solventum-image-metadata/static>
+    Require all granted
+    Options -Indexes
+</Directory>
+
+# Exclude static from proxy (Apache serves them directly)
+ProxyPass /solventum-image-metadata/static !
+
+# Proxy everything else to Docker container
+ProxyPass /solventum-image-metadata/ http://localhost:5001/
+ProxyPassReverse /solventum-image-metadata/ http://localhost:5001/
 
 # SSE support (disable buffering for realtime AI progress events)
 <LocationMatch "^/solventum-image-metadata/events/">