im-meanjs

This is a docker image of MEAN.JS, hence the name im-meanjs. The main goal of this image is to provide an easy way to try out developing MEAN.JS applications.

Have fun using I am MEAN.JS.

Visit dockerhub repository rmukhia/im-meanjs. Visit github repository rmukhia/im-meanjs

Run

~$ docker pull rmukhia/im-meanjs

Pull im-meanjs from dockerhub.

~$ docker run -i -t -p 3000:3000 -p 35729:35729 -v $('pwd'):/home/dev/projects rmukhia/im-meanjs bash

Create a docker container.

• -i interactive
• -t attach to terminal
• -p 3000:3000 map the host port 3000 to the container 3000 port
• -p 35729:35729 map the host port 35729 to the container's 35729 port; this is required for livereload.js
• -v $('pwd'):/home/dev/projects mount the host's present working directory to container's /home/dev/projects directory
• rmukhia/im-meanjs image name
• bash open an interactive shell

If you want to make mongodb database persistent, host db directory should be mounted to container's /data/db directory by adding an option -v ~/db:/data/db.

Start mongod

Inside the container;

~$ mongod --config ~/config/mongod.conf

Start mongod server

~$ cat ~/logs/mongod.log

Check if mongod is running an a deamon.

~/config/mongod.conf is a mongod configuration file, which can be edited.

Create a new MEAN.JS application.

Inside the container;

$ cd projects

Change the present working directory to mounted /home/dev/projects.

projects$ mkdir myapp && cd myapp

Create a new MEAN.JS application directory and change the present working directory.

projects$ yo meanjs

Use yomean to generate a MEAN.JS application. Create a new project myapp in myapp folder. This will take some time.

myapp$ grunt

Start MEAN.JS application.

View and Edit

From any browser of the host, view the MEAN.JS application

http://localhost:3000

Edit files of the MEAN.JS application from the host directory which you have mounted to the container using your favourite editor or IDE.

Reopen MEAN.JS application

After starting a new container start mongod, change the present working directory to the application directory and start grunt.

Features

im-meanjs is debian based and has the following features:

• Node.js and mongodb-org-server pre-installed,
• yo, grunt and generator-meanjs@0.1.12 pre-installed,
• non root dev user pre-created, login in as dev,
• global npm packages installed under /home/dev/.npm_global,
• configurable ~/config/mongod.conf,
• mount projects from host in /home/dev/projects,
• turn on, turn off presistent database by optionally mounting the container's /data/db directory