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node-docker

How to use this image

Create a Dockerfile

Using ONBUILD

FROM jameskyburz/node:10.16.1-alpine
EXPOSE 5000

Using devtools (faster because of less cache invalidation)

FROM jameskyburz/node:10.16.1-alpine-devtools as devtools

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY package.json package-lock*.json npm-shrinkwrap*.json /usr/src/app/
RUN npm i

FROM node:10.16.1-alpine

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY . /usr/src/app
COPY --from=devtools /usr/src/app/node_modules /usr/src/app/node_modules

USER node

ENTRYPOINT ["node", "src/index"]
CMD []

Tell npm how to run your project in package.json

"scripts": {
  "start": "node index"
}

Create a docker-compose.yml file

version: '3'
services:
  web:
    build:
      context: ./src/yourapp
    restart: always

Build

ᐅ docker-compose build

Run the container

ᐅ docker-compose up

Debugging with docker-compose

Checkout debug.sh