Example on using Makefiles to build Dockerized projects

Facts

• Have 2 environments
• Use make to shorten docker compose commands
• Have an .env files to configure the project

Disclaimer

Using NodeJS as an example project to demonstrate the building process; so the packages-* and .js can be completely ignored and removed. Also check what the Dockerfile does.

Install

• Clone this repo
• Create .env file from the env.example and tweak it as needed

Commands

All are ran using the environment set in the .env file

• make build
• make up
• make down
• make logs
• make push
• make release

ToDo

• Publish to registry/hub