diff --git a/backend.ai-manager.Dockerfile b/backend.ai-manager.Dockerfile
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+ARG PYTHON_VERSION
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} AS builder
+ARG PKGVER
+COPY dist /dist
+RUN pip wheel --wheel-dir=/wheels --no-cache-dir backend.ai-manager==${PKGVER} --find-links=/dist
+
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}
+COPY --from=builder /wheels /wheels
+RUN mkdir -p /root/.ssh
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir /wheels/*.whl
+
+# Create necessary directories
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/backend.ai/ipc /var/log/backend.ai /etc/backend.ai /app/fixtures
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy entrypoint script
+COPY entrypoint.sh /app/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+
+# Expose the manager service port
+EXPOSE 8091
+
+# Set the default command to run the entrypoint script
+CMD ["/app/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "=== Backend.AI Manager Container starting ==="
+
+# fixtures directory creation (default path structure)
+mkdir -p /app/fixtures/manager
+
+# RPC keypair not found. Generating...
+if [ ! -f "/app/fixtures/manager/manager.key" ] || [ ! -f "/app/fixtures/manager/manager.key_secret" ]; then
+    echo "RPC keypair not found. Generating..."
+    python -m ai.backend.manager.cli generate-rpc-keypair /app/fixtures/manager 'manager'
+    echo "RPC keypair generated successfully."
+    echo "   - Public Key: /app/fixtures/manager/manager.key"
+    echo "   - Secret Key: /app/fixtures/manager/manager.key_secret"
+else
+    echo "RPC keypair already exists."
+fi
+
+# Log directory creation
+mkdir -p /var/log/backend.ai
+
+# IPC directory creation
+mkdir -p /tmp/backend.ai/ipc
+
+echo "=== Manager server starting ==="
+exec python -m ai.backend.manager.server --config /etc/backend.ai/manager.toml