Vite in Docker

app.js

// The express application

import express from 'express';
import history from 'connect-history-api-fallback';

const app = express();

app.use(history());
// Other middleware
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

Dockerfile

// Dockerfile for the Frontend server
// Image: company/frontend-server
FROM node:lts-alpine

ENV PORT 80

WORKDIR /var/www/html

COPY src/package.json .
COPY src/package-lock.json .

COPY src .

RUN npm install -g pm2

RUN npm install --no-dev

EXPOSE $PORT

CMD ["pm2-runtime", "/var/www/html/bin/www.js"]

DockerfileForVite

// Dockerfile for Vite app
FROM node:lts-alpine as build

COPY package.json .
COPY npm-lock.json .

# Install dependencies
RUN npm install

COPY . /tmp

# Build project
RUN npm run build

FROM company/frontend-server:the-version

// Copy generated Vite App and move it in the node frontend-server
COPY --from=build /tmp/dist /var/www/html/public