twnel/nodejs repository overview

⁠Google Cloud Platform Node.js Docker Image

This repository contains the source for the gcr.io/google_appengine/nodejs docker⁠ image. This image can be used as the base image for running applications on Google App Engine Managed VMs⁠, Google Container Engine⁠, or any other Docker host.

This image is based on Debian Jessie and includes nodejs⁠ and npm⁠ installed from nodejs.org⁠.

⁠App Engine

To generate a Dockerfile that uses this image as a base, use the Cloud SDK⁠:

gcloud preview app gen-config --custom 

You can then modify the Dockerfile and .dockerignore as needed for you application.

⁠Container Engine & other Docker hosts.

For other docker hosts, you'll need to create a Dockerfile based on this image that copies your application code and installs dependencies. For example:

    FROM gcr.io/google_appengine/nodejs

    # Copy application code.
    COPY . /app/

    # Install dependencies.
    RUN npm --unsafe-perm install

By default, the CMD is set to npm start. You can change this by specifying your own CMD or ENTRYPOINT⁠.

⁠Installing a different Node.js version

The image includes the install_node script that can be used to install a particular Node.js version. For example:

    FROM gcr.io/google_appengine/nodejs

    # Install node.js 0.12.7
    RUN install_node v0.12.7

    # Copy application code.
    COPY . /app/

    # Install dependencies.
    RUN npm --unsafe-perm install

Node.js is installed with binary packages hosted on a Google-provided mirror.