slyg/docker-nodejs-example

🐳 Small example of files watched and linked docker containers

docker-nodejs-example

Showcase of two docker containers :

• linked containers : 1 nginx and 1 nodejs application
• file-wached : a modification on source code will trigger a restart of containers

     ----------       -------------
--> | nginx:80 | --> | nodejs:9000 |
     ----------       -------------

Prerequisites

• OSX (/Linux)
• boot2docker installed (if OSX)
• docker-compose
• nodejs and nodemon globally installed (npm install -g nodemon)

Instalation steps

1/ clone current repo :

git clone https://github.com/slyg/docker-nodejs-example

2/ install webapp's volume dependencies (mainly express 4) :

cd webapp && npm install

3/ create and run stack

cd .. && sh startup.sh