Intro

This package creates:

1. Ubuntu Server using phusion/baseimage;

2. Nginx - sets up nginx as proxy on port 8888;

3. Nodejs - Install default package, then use nvm to upgrade to 0.12.1;

4. Adds all files from current directoy to the container

5. Runs npm install and gulp build (part of my project - could be removed)

6. Start nginx and run npm start

Docker instructions

Create a new Boot2Docker VM.

$ boot2docker init

This creates a new virtual machine. You only need to run this command once.

Start the boot2docker VM.

$ boot2docker start

Display the environment variables for the Docker client.

$ boot2docker shellinit
Writing /Users/mary/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/ca.pem
Writing /Users/mary/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/cert.pem
Writing /Users/mary/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/key.pem
    export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2376
    export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/Users/mary/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm
    export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1

The specific paths and address on your machine will be different.

To set the environment variables in your shell do the following:

$ eval "$(boot2docker shellinit)"

display the ip of the VM:

$ boot2docker ip

Display your running container with

docker ps

Build a new container wiht

docker build -t TAGHERE .

To start an image with command line and port mapping:

docker run -d -p 80:80 TAGHERE /bin/bash

License

MIT