examples for a blog post

.dockerignore

node_modules
.git

.gitignore

node_modules

readme.md

https://chiefy.github.io

docker-compose-patched.yml

code:
  build: .
app:
  image: quay.io/oddnetworks/alpine-nodejs:4.2.3
  volumes_from:
    - code
  ports:
    - "8080:3000"
  working_dir: /app
  command: /bin/ash -c "npm install --production && npm run start"

docker-compose.yml

code:
  build: .
app:
  image: quay.io/oddnetworks/alpine-nodejs:4.2.2
  volumes_from:
    - code
  ports:
    - "8080:3000"
  working_dir: /app
  command: /bin/ash -c "npm install --production && npm run start"

Dockerfile

FROM tianon/true
ADD . /app
VOLUME /app

index.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('I am running nodejs version: ' + process.versions.node );
});
app.listen(3000, function () {
  console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!');
});

package.json

{
  "name": "sample",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node /app/index.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.13.3"
  }
}