/docker-flask-example

A generic python/Flask app with a Docker file

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docker-flask-example

A generic python/Flask app with a Docker file

How to Use this Repository

  • First, fork the repo
  • Create a dockerhub account at dockerhub.com
  • Click the Add repository button -> Choose automated build
  • Select github as the source
  • Select this newly forked repository
  • Fill out the name, whether the repo is public or private, etc.
  • Now, evertime you push to your fork of this repository, a new Docker image will automatically build for you.

Running your Docker Image in Production

  • Create an AWS account
  • Create an AWS instance in a public facing subnet, Amazon linux image
  • SSH into machine ssh -i aws.pem ec2-user@[public-dns]
  • yum update -y
  • yum install -y docker
  • service docker start
  • usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
  • yum install -y git
  • docker login -e '[email]' -p '[password]' -u '[username]'
  • docker pull [username]/[repo-name]
  • docker run -p [external-facing-port]:[internal-facing-port] "-v /home/ec2-user/keys:/opt/code/keys -e [variable_name]=[variable_value] -d --name [container-name] [username]/[repo-name]

Getting Started with Docker

https://docs.docker.com/mac/started/