fred-lab / docker_mern

A ligthweight Docker environment to run NodeJS application with ExpressJS and MongoDB. The ExpressJS server is in "server" folder, you can add a React app at the root and start the server with a npm command (like : npm run dev --prefix server).

Docker environment for a Nodejs application

A ligthweight Docker environment to run NodeJS application with ExpressJS and MongoDB. The ExpressJS server is in "server" folder, you can add a React app at the root and start the server with a npm command (like : npm run dev --prefix server).

Quick Start

• Clone this repo : git clone https://github.com/fred-lab/docker_mern.git

• Create a .env file : cp .env.dist .env
  Edit the values as you see fit

• Install server dependencies : npm install --prefix server

• Start a server : For production environment, use the NodeJS server : npm run prod --prefix server
  For development environment, use the Nodemon (to automatically reload the NodeJS server when a change is done on the server): npm run dev --prefix server
  The NodeJS server provide the application on http://localhost:3000 by default.

• You can, now, create a project at the root of this folder