Nextjs + Prisma DB (query and migrations) in Docker

docker-bootstrap-app.sh

#!/bin/sh
# ENVIRONEMTN from docker-compose.yaml doesn't get through to subprocesses
# Need to explicit pass DATABASE_URL here, otherwise migration doesn't work
# Run migrations
DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/appdb?sslmode=disable" npx prisma migrate deploy
# start app
DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/workler?sslmode=disable" node server.js

docker-compose.yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  app:
    image: nextjsapp:latest
    environment:
      - DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/appdb?sslmode=disable"
    depends_on:
      - db
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - '3000:3000'
  db:
    image: postgres:14-alpine
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
    ports:
      - '5432:5432'
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
      - ./db/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_tables.sql
volumes:
  db:

Dockerfile

# Adapted from https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/with-docker/Dockerfile
# Install dependencies only when needed
FROM node:16-alpine AS deps
# Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
WORKDIR /app
COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
RUN npm ci

# Rebuild the source code only when needed
FROM node:16-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY . .
ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
RUN npx prisma generate                   # <---important to support Prisma query engine in Alpine Linux in final image
RUN npm run build

# Production image, copy all the files and run next
FROM node:16-alpine AS runner
WORKDIR /app
ENV NODE_ENV production
ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
# You only need to copy next.config.js if you are NOT using the default configuration
# COPY --from=builder /app/next.config.js ./
COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
# Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
# https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing
COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
COPY --chown=nextjs:nodejs prisma ./prisma/                # <---important to support Prisma DB migrations in docker-bootstrap-app.sh
COPY --chown=nextjs:nodejs docker-bootstrap-app.sh ./
USER nextjs
EXPOSE 3000
ENV PORT 3000
CMD ["./docker-bootstrap-app.sh"]

schema.prisma

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
  binaryTargets = ["native", "linux-musl"] # <---- important to support Prisma Query engine in Alpine linux, otherwise "PrismaClientInitializationError2 [PrismaClientInitializationError]: Query engine binary for current platform "linux-musl" could not be found."
}

datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}


model User {
  id      Int      @id @default(autoincrement())
  name    String   @db.VarChar(255)
  email   String   @unique @db.VarChar(255)
}

@dassoukhi I can't find it anymore, sry. I long moved away using the Javascript ecosystem for databases; too unreliable, too much hassle.

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