kaerimichi / alnode

Alnode is a lightweight Docker image for building Node applications based on Alpine Linux (edge).

Alnode

Alnode is a lightweight Docker image for building Node applications based on Alpine Linux (edge).

What is Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution built around musl libc and BusyBox. The image is only 5 MB in size and has access to a package repository that is much more complete than other BusyBox based images. This makes Alpine Linux a great image base for utilities and even production applications.

Usage

Build the image:

$ docker build -t alnode .

Or pull it from Docker Hub:

$ docker pull kaerimichi/alnode

Your application should have an entrypoint command/script.

For production environments, you may also want to make good use of Docker restart policies with the last command above.