Accessible Mcroservices with Node.js and Docker
An example microservices implementation with Node.js and Docker
Requirements
Make sure you have the latest Docker and docker-compose installed. You may also want to have PM2 installed globally via npm i -g pm2.
Setup
Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:dashersw/microservices-workshop.git
Quickstart
Start the application
cd microservices-workshop
docker-compose up
This runs the app in development mode and any changes to the microservices will live-reload.
Test example request
node test.js
Starting with PM2
Another approach for development is to use PM2 as a process monitor. You can start the app with;
pm2 start food
Production builds
Run the following for a production setup. The main difference with the test version is live-reloading — The production version doesn't live-reload any changes and will require you to re-build your images.
docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up