nicotroia / docker-node-nginx

Simple containerized node app with nginx

Dockerized node + nginx app

This sample project includes a basic node (express) app, spawned on 2 instances, load-balanced via nginx. Refresh the page to see round-robin in action with a custom message from each container.

Installation

• Install Docker
• cp .env.sample .env and modify if necessary (read on)

Create machine (optional)

• Run docker-machine create -d virtualbox my-project to create a machine on virtualbox
• View the machine docs for specific commands for other drivers
• Run eval $(docker-machine env my-project) to run commands against the new machine
  • If you created a machine on a remote host you'll need to copy files there
    • Find pwd of ssh user: docker-machine ssh my-project pwd (for me, /root)
    • Copy project files to remote host: docker-machine scp -r ./ my-project:/root/
    • Modify .env to specify the project root on host ROOT=/root

Start

• Run docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up to start the containers

Connecting

• (optional) Run docker-machine ip my-project to find the machine ip
• Point your browser to the ip (localhost:80) or use curl