cinaq/mendix-docker repository overview

⁠Docker image for running Mendix applications

A simple docker image you can use as base to build your own docker images to run a Mendix app.

As of this writing this image should not be used in a production environment. I hope to mark it as production ready before the end of 2020.

For now this image is only suitable for testing Mendix apps.

⁠Philosophy

This docker image came to life because there's no solution that is:

• very simple to extend
• easy to configure
• designed for the docker mindset: clear separation between build and run stages
• lightweight
• fast to build
• fast to run
• logs to STDOUT

⁠Disclaimer

This image is not endorsed or supported officially by Mendix. This was forked from pommie/mendix-docker and adjusted to improve usability.

⁠Usage

The proper usage your application with Docker is to package your application model into a Docker image. There are 2 ways to do this.

⁠Package from project source (not MDA)

Create a Dockerfile with the following contents:

FROM cinaq/mxbuild-docker AS builder
COPY . /srv/mendix/package
RUN mendix-build

FROM cinaq/mendix-docker
# runtime is always needed to run
RUN mendix-download 8.5.0.64176
COPY --from=builder /srv/mendix/data/model-upload/app.mda /srv/mendix/data/model-upload/app.mda
RUN mendix-unpack

⁠Package from MDA

Create a Dockerfile with the following contents:

FROM cinaq/mendix-docker
# runtime is always needed to run
RUN mendix-download 8.5.0.64176
COPY ./releases/myapp.mda /srv/mendix/data/model-upload/app.mda
RUN mendix-unpack

⁠Run the stack with docker-compose

Create a docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.3'

services:
   db:
     image: postgres:12
     restart: always
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: mendix
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mendix
       POSTGRES_DB: mendix

   app:
     restart: always
     depends_on:
       - db
     build: .
     image: app
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"

Build and run the stack:

docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
docker-compose logs -f

Your app should be running at http://localhost:8000⁠