Using Docker Compose in Node.js Project

Dockerfile

FROM mhart/alpine-node
# FROM mhart/alpine-node:base
# FROM mhart/alpine-node:base-0.10

WORKDIR /src
ADD . .

# If you have native dependencies, you’ll need extra tools
RUN apk add — update make gcc g++ python

# If you need npm, don’t use a base tag
RUN npm install

# If you had native dependencies you can now remove build tools
RUN apk del make gcc g++ python && \
 rm -rf /tmp/* /var/cache/apk/* /root/.npm /root/.node-gyp

EXPOSE 3000
CMD [“npm”, “start”]