ExpressJS with PM2

Prerequisites

• docker
• docker-compose
• node
• npm

Setup

To get started, clone the repo and run.

npm install

Then you just need to run the docker container. Follow the basic docker setup below.

Docker

Running in docker

There are 2 preset containers namely dev and stable. The difference is that the dev container will detect all changes made to local files and restart the node server within the container whereas the stable will not.

The images will be built automatically on first spin up of either service. Both services use the same base image.

To run dev

docker-compose up -d dev
docker-compose up -d stable

Monit with PM2

To monitor the current application with PM2.

npm run-script monit_dev
npm run-script monit_stable

Hosting

By default you can access the app via.

http://127.0.0.1:8080/

The boiler plate URI is [GET] /vehicles/1.

http://127.0.0.1:8080/vehicles/1

Environment

You can include the follow in a .env file to change base configuration of the server. The below stated variables are defaulted to if a .env is not present.

APP_NAME='expressjs'
APP_ENV='dev'
PORT=8080