docker-nodemon-forever

node:6.1.0 image with nodemon & forever for livereload-like experience. For more info please check this blog post.

How to use

Edit your package.json, add the following to the scripts.start property:

forever -l log.txt -o out.txt -e err.txt --spinSleepTime 10000 --minUptime 5000 -c 'nodemon --exitcrash ' FILENAME_HERE"

Replace FILENAME_HERE with your nodejs app executable. Use the -v (volume) flag to mount your app directory to /usr/src/app.

Example:

docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/usr/src/app francolaiuppa/docker-nodemon-forever