audricganser / docker-nextjs-dynamodb

Build, seed, and run a fullstack app using Next.js, DynamoDB and Docker Compose locally

Docker + Next.js + Docker

Getting Started

Installations:

REQUIRED

• Docker Docker installation

Running locally

• Once Docker is installed Run the following:

  • Skip this step if you're doing a fresh installation
    • Run docker compose build --no-cache
  • Command in root directory: docker compose up

• Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser

• Shutdown: docker compose down

Environment Variables

Working with Docker Compose causes some networking hurdles. For instance, connecting to the Dynamodb instance is usually done with http://localhost:8000 but within a docker compse you have to connect via the service name http://dynamodb:8000.

I Havent set up any environment variables to detect if this is running within docker compose or both containers running seperately on your local machine.

If you did want to run both containers seperately on you local machine you would have to change the Dynamo endpoint to http://localhost:8000 in order to connect.