You Me and Docker 🐳
A simple basic introduction to Docker in node.js w express.js and redis
Creating a Node Image
In the project directory create a file name Dockerfile. This file will contain independent image layers.
FROM node:15
WORKDIR /app
COPY package.json .
RUN npm install
COPY . ./
EXPOSE 5000
CMD [ "node", "index.js"]
Here every step is called image layer, in this image we have 5 layers.
FROM node:15
=> Here node is the image and :15 is the version
WORKDIR /app
=> Setting up the working directory => /app
=> /app exists in Node container
=> Hold all the application code
=> Run commads from this directory
COPY package.json .
=> Copy package.json to the image
=> the . reletively refering to the /app directory
RUN npm install
=> Installing dependencies from package.json
COPY . ./
=> Coping source codes and files to the image
=> The first . refers everyfile of our app
=> And the 2nd part ./ refers, everything will be copied to /app directory
Port and initial command
EXPOSE 5000
=> Refering our app will run on port 5000
CMD [ "node", "index.js"]
=> The initial command that will run our container
=> Here, node index.js runs our app
Building the Docker Container
docker build -t <Image Name> .
At the first build, It will run all the layers independently and install required dependencies but from the next build docker will use the cashed result of the layers, if the layers are unchanged. This provides better optimization.
At the first build
Ruuning all the 5 layers
At the second build
Using cashed results of the 5 layers
List of all images
docker image ls
Deleting an Image
docker image rm <IMAGE ID>
Running an Image
docker run -p 4000:5000 -d --name <Container Name> <IMAGE Name>
=> -d for detouching our container from the CLI
=> --name <Container Name> for giving this container a name
=> <IMAGE Name> is the name of the image, we want to run
=> -p 4000:5000, the 5000 refering that our app is running on port
5000 and the 4000 (Can be any valid port number) means, if any
request comes to the port 4000, the request will be forwarded to
the Docker container
List of running containers
docker ps
Deleting a container
docker rm <Container Name> -f
