Q1: deploy and monitor app

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+"""
+Simple API app for Ghaymah SRE exam - Q1
+Provides:
+  GET /            -> basic info
+  GET /health      -> health check endpoint (used by monitoring)
+  GET /metrics     -> simple JSON metrics (request count, uptime)
+"""
+import time
+from flask import Flask, jsonify
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+START_TIME = time.time()
+REQUEST_COUNT = 0
+
+
+@app.before_request
+def count_requests():
+    global REQUEST_COUNT
+    REQUEST_COUNT += 1
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+def index():
+    return jsonify({
+        "service": "ghaymah-exam-api",
+        "message": "API is running"
+    })
+
+
+@app.route("/health")
+def health():
+    """Used by ghaymah.systems platform + our monitoring script."""
+    return jsonify({
+        "status": "healthy",
+        "uptime_seconds": round(time.time() - START_TIME, 2)
+    }), 200
+
+
+@app.route("/metrics")
+def metrics():
+    return jsonify({
+        "uptime_seconds": round(time.time() - START_TIME, 2),
+        "total_requests": REQUEST_COUNT
+    })
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # 0.0.0.0 required so the container's port is reachable externally
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)
+