Dockerfile for MEAN stack
This Dockerfile will create a working Docker environment using Mean.io boilerplate.
Prerequisites
- If you are using Mac, you can use Docker for Mac.
- If you are using Windows, you can use Docker for Windows.
- If you are using Linux, you have to install Docker manually following their guide.
TL;DR
# Pull Mongo image from DockerHub and start it
docker pull mongo
docker run -p 27017:27017 -d --name db mongo
# Build MEAN image and run it
docker build -t mean .
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 35729:35729 --name mean --link db:db mean
Run manually
We have to pull MongoDB Docker container first:
docker pull mongo
Then we can run it using:
docker run -p 27017:27017 -d --name db mongo
This will run MongoDB container from Docker Hub as a background process (-d option) with db name and with port 27017 exposed. Now we have to build our own image:
docker build -t mean .
This will build a Docker image using current repository. After this, we can run our own Docker container:
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 35729:35729 --name mean --link db:db mean
This will run our own container (which will install prerequisites and Node.js), with ports 3000 (Node.js), 27017 (MongoDB) and 35729 (LiveReload) exposed; a link between our image and MongoDB image will be created using --link option.