Docker image roughly based on the offical node images, but with support for projects with mixed node versions via Volta

volta.docker

FROM debian:buster

# curl and ca-certificates are needed for volta installation
# git, python and build-essential are needed for legacy package dependencies
RUN apt-get update \
  && apt-get install -y \
  curl \
  ca-certificates \
  git \
  python \
  build-essential \
  --no-install-recommends

RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node

# bash will load volta() function via .bashrc
# using $VOLTA_HOME/load.sh
SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]

# since we're starting non-interactive shell,
# we wil need to tell bash to load .bashrc manually
ENV BASH_ENV ~/.bashrc
# needed by volta() function
ENV VOLTA_HOME /node/.volta
# make sure packages managed by volta will be in PATH
ENV PATH $VOLTA_HOME/bin:$PATH

# install volta
RUN curl https://get.volta.sh | bash
RUN volta install node
RUN volta install yarn

CMD [ "node" ]