Dockerizing a NestJS + MongoDB service

README.md

To dockerize and run this service

Requirements:

• docker;
• docker-compose;
• bash/zsh/fish based terminal.

# script alias for docker-compose up
$ npm run init

---

docker-compose.yml

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

Dockerfile

FROM node:latest
# RafaRochaS91

RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
# wildcard for both package.json and package-lock.json
COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm install

# Bundle app source
COPY . .

EXPOSE 3000
# If running for production uncomment
# CMD [ "npm", "run","init" ]


CMD [ "npm", "run","start:dev" ]

package.json

{
  ...
  "scripts": {
    "init": "docker-compose up",
    "prestart:prod": "rimraf dist && npm run build",
    "start:prod": "node dist/",
    "start:dev": "concurrently --handle-input \"wait-on dist/main.js && nodemon\" \"tsc -w -p tsconfig.build.json\" "
  }
  ...
}