Assignment 2: Docker

I'm using a Mongoose assignment done in previous to do this docker assignment.

Installing Node modules

Install the required dependencies and test it locally.

npm install

npm run dev

Generate Docker files using this command.

Adding docker files

docker init

This creates Dockerfile, README.DOCKER.md, and compose.yaml for containerization.

Update compose.yaml to include environment variables for MongoDB Atlas, such as MONGO_URI.

Test by running

Verify that the container runs correctly in Docker Desktop.

docker compose up --watch

Build and start the Docker container.

docker compose up --build

Conclusion

Docker watch command worked locally on my device, but the build process encountered issues that prevented successful build command from happening. Additionally, I was unable to deploy the Docker container to Azure and faced problems with MongoDB connections.