sharma02gaurav/node-app-docker repository overview

⁠Configuring Docker Node project

This is a simple hello world project developed to demonstrate how to create nodeJS images in docker.

⁠Prerequisite installations

• Install docker by following instructions from here https://www.docker.com/get-docker⁠
• Docker hub/ Docker Cloud account
• Cloud service (e.g AWS, DigitalOcean etc.)

⁠How do I get set up?

• Clone this repo using

git clone https://[email protected]/sharma02gaurav/node-app-docker.git

• switch to node-app-docker folder
• Run the following command to build the Image

docker build -t [your-image-name] .

This will build the image for you.

• Now you can run this image locally using

docker run -p [access-port]:[redirect-port] [your-image-name]

• You have to push this image into docker cloud using the following command. Make sure you have the docker account.

docker tags [your-image-name]:[label] [docker-user-name]/[repo-name]
docker push [docker-user-name]/[repo-name]

⁠Deployment Instructions

• Create DigitalOcean account. Use referral account to get 10$ credit. Here is mine Sign up using this to get 10$ credit on Digital Ocean⁠

• Create a Docker droplet.

• Log into Docker from terminal using ssh.

• Run following command to start image in container

docker run -p [incoming-port]:[redirect-port] [docker-user-name]/[repo-name]

for example

docker run -p 80:4300 sharma02gaurav/my-node-app