Node JS and MongoDB in Docker

README.md

Node JS, MongoDB, and Express JS App

To get going:

docker-compose build

after the build than docker up

docker-compose up

To get started installing:

npm install mongoose --save

after mongoose is done installing docker up

docker-compose up

Helpful CMD

*Get into mongo on MacOS

• Get container id

docker container ls

• access mongo cli You can run the interactive mongo shell by running the following command:

docker run -it -p 28000:27017 --name mongoContainer mongo:latest mongo

Otherwise, if your container is already running, you can use the exec command:

docker exec -it mongoContainer mongo

• Get into mongo on windows

• Get container id

docker container ls

• access mongo cli

winpty docker exec -it <container-id> //bin//sh

Docker

FROM node:latest
RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
COPY package.json package.json
RUN npm install
COPY . .
EXPOSE 3000
RUN npm install -g nodemon
CMD [ "nodemon", "app.js"]

docker-compose.yml

version: "3"
services:
  app:
    container_name: mlp-app
    restart: always
    build: ./
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - .:/app  
    links:
      - mongo
  mongo:
    container_name: mongo
    image: mongo
    volumes:
      - ./data/db
    ports:
      - "27017:27017"