Static files server build for NodeJS→GitLab CI→Docker→Nginx pipeline

.gitlab-ci.yml

image: alpine

cache:
  paths:
  - node_modules/

before_script:
  - DIST_DIR=$([ "$DIST_DIR" ] || echo "./dist")

stages:
  - build
  - deploy

build:
  image: node:lts
  stage: build
  script:
   - npm install
   - npm run build
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - "$DIST_DIR"

deploy:
  stage: deploy
  only:
    - master
  dependencies:
    - build
  cache: {}
  script:
    - REGISTRY_URL=$([ "$REGISTRY_URL" ] || echo "registry.gitlab.com")
    - REGISTRY_USER=$([ "$REGISTRY_USER" ] || echo "gitlab-ci-token")
    - REGISTRY_PROJECT_URL="$REGISTRY_URL/$CI_PROJECT_PATH"
    - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $REGISTRY_TOKEN $REGISTRY_URL
    - docker build --build-arg DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} -t $REGISTRY_PROJECT_URL .
    - docker push $REGISTRY_PROJECT_URL

README.md

Define following CI variables:

• REGISTRY_TOKEN- registry password
• REGISTRY_USER (optional, default: gitlab-ci-token)
• REGISTRY_URL (optional, default: registry.gitlab.com)
• DIST_DIR (optional, default: ./dist) - npm build output directory

Dockerfile

FROM nginx:alpine

ARG DIST_DIR=./dist
WORKDIR /usr/share/nginx/html

RUN rm -rf ./*
COPY ${DIST_DIR}/* ./

EXPOSE 80