Node.js Dockerfile based on ubuntu 14.04. This is a little smaller than dockerfile/nodejs which depends on python

Dockerfile

# Node.js app Docker file

FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Thom Nichols "thom@thomnichols.org"

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -qq update
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs npm
# TODO could uninstall some build dependencies

# fucking debian installs `node` as `nodejs`
RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10

VOLUME ["/data"]

ADD . /data
RUN cd /data && npm install

EXPOSE 8888

WORKDIR /data

CMD ["npm", "start"]