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Run Node/NPM in a Docker container
# For example, run "npm install"
docker run -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:4 npm install
# This command creates a container (downloading one first if you don't have it locally), runs the command in a current directory and quits the container
# Great Success!
@feload
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feload commented Apr 21, 2017

Nice one!

@willsilvano
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Thanks!!

@paulwellnerbou
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Thanks very much. Based on this I created a build command, using current node container (alpine, because it is smaller) and chaining two npm commands together:

docker run -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:alpine sh -c 'npm install && npm run dist'

@luisincrespo
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👍

@bertalanimre
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bertalanimre commented Jan 10, 2018

With the latest LTS version:
sudo docker run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:8.9.4 npm install

👍 👍

@t3ran13
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t3ran13 commented Apr 22, 2018

for docker in windows

docker run -v c:\path_to_app:/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:8.9.4 bash -c "npm install"

@giansalex
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giansalex commented May 26, 2018

For Windows (CMD)

docker run --rm -v "%cd%":/app -w /app node:alpine npm i

@patoi
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patoi commented Oct 31, 2018

On MacOS/Linux with NodeJS 10 LTS:

docker run --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $PWD:/app -v $PWD/.npm:/.npm -v $PWD/.config:/.config -w /app node:10.12.0-alpine npm install

@Mithrandir0407
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Nice work

@guifcoelho
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Why not create a file named 'npm' in '/usr/local/bin' with:

#!/bin/bash
docker run --rm -i --user=$UID:1000 --name=npm-executable -w /usr/app -v $PWD:/usr/app node:10 npm "$@"

then
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/npm

now you can use npm install, npm run anything, etc.

@clrmahieu
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Hello, I'm new to Docker and lost in your instructions...
What are we supposed to put instead of the c:\path_to_app and the /usr/src/app expressions ?

Thanks for the help !

@jtrancas
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@clrmahieu you only have to replace the c:\path_to_app with the full path for your app root folder, usually it's your current path where you have your package.json file.

@Dzhuneyt
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Dzhuneyt commented Mar 11, 2021

On MacOS/Linux with NodeJS 10 LTS:

docker run --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $PWD:/app -v $PWD/.npm:/.npm -v $PWD/.config:/.config -w /app node:10.12.0-alpine npm install

This creates 2 folders .npm and .config within the current project's directory. I would avoid this since you can easily include them in the next commits by mistake.

A better alternative is to mount these folders from your user's home directory:

docker run --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $PWD:/app -v $HOME/.npm:/.npm -v $HOME/.config:/.config -w /app node:10.12.0-alpine npm install

@MkLHX
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MkLHX commented Mar 22, 2021

Hi there!
There a way to store in VSCode the command line syntaxe to run npm run build from docker container?

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