Simple Mongoose App

This is a simple application that allows a user to post messages to a database (MongoDB instance) and retrieve messages from it.

This repo exists merely as an exercise in NoSQL data persistence and containerization.

Requirements

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Optional (for local development without Docker)

• Node.js 24.12
• MongoDB Community Edition 7.0

Setup & Running

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/rmmsia/simple-mongoose.git
cd simple-mongoose

2. Create the .env file

cp .env.example .env
# Then edit .env to customise the values

3. Build and start the containers

docker compose up -d --build

This:

• Builds the app images
• Starts all services (app, database)

It runs containers in the background, the logs and status of which can be found in the Docker Desktop dashboard.

4. Access the app Open your browser at:

http://localhost:YOUR_APP_PORT

Where YOUR_APP_PORT is the port exposed in docker-compose.yaml/

5. Stop the containers

docker compose down