closuresandcoffee / docker-local-node

Quick and dirty local Node.js development environment in Docker

Local Node.js Docker Development Environment

Prerequisites

You will need to have Docker Desktop installed. You will need to copy .env.example to .env. Please see the Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml files for more information on how those settings are used.

To bring up the container

While in the directory for this repository, run the following command:

docker compose up -d

To bring down the container

While in the directory for this repository, run the following command:

docker compose down

To log into container

docker ps # Will list the docker containers; grab the name or id
docker exec -it <id_or_name_of_container> bash