host an adonis js app on a laravel forge server via docker compose

deploy script section in forge

cd /home/forge/%whateversitedir%
git pull origin master
chmod a+w storage 
chmod a+w storage/user-uploads
docker-compose stop
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -t app ./ace migration:run --force

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:
  app:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    command: npm run serve
    container_name: app
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=production
    volumes:
      - .:/home/app
      - /home/app/node_modules
    ports:
      - "3333:3333"

  mysql:
    image: mysql:5.7
    container_name: mysql
    ports:
      - "3307:3306" #this exposes the mysql-containter to 3307@host buy it'll remain exposed at 3306 to the app
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE}
      - MYSQL_USER=${DB_USER}
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}

Dockerfile

FROM node:7

RUN useradd --user-group --create-home --shell /bin/false app

ENV HOME=/home/app
COPY package.json $HOME/
RUN chown -R app:app $HOME/*

USER root
WORKDIR $HOME
RUN npm i -g adonis-cli gulp

USER app
RUN npm install

Nginx Configuration file in forge

# this assumes that you're using SSL via let's encrypt. basically just remove all the PHP shizzle and replace it with the `location` chunk to proxy the domain to the node process

# FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
include forge-conf/%whateversitedir%/before/*;

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name %domain%;
    root /home/forge/%whateversitedir%/public;

    # FORGE SSL (DO NOT REMOVE!)
    # Basically just keep the SSL stuff from forge as it is
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/%whateversitedir%/server.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/%whateversitedir%/server.key;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers '%whatevercipher%, just keep this form the original file%';
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparams.pem;
    
    charset utf-8;

    # FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
    include forge-conf/%whateversitedir%/server/*;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3333;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

# FORGE CONFIG (DOT NOT REMOVE!)
include forge-conf/%whateversitedir%/after/*;