Dockerizing a Node.js Application Example

This is an example project for the following post in the Semaphore CI/CD blog:

Dockerizing a Node.js Web Application

Run uncontained

Setup:

$ cd addressbook
$ npm install

Start a PostgreSQL database and create the tables:

$ docker run -it -e "POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust" -p 5432:5432 postgres
$ npm run migrate

Start application:

$ npm start

Build Docker Image

$ docker build -t addressbook .
$ docker run -it -p 3000:3000 addressbook

Run with Docker Compose: app + database

$ docker compose run addressbook npm run migrate
$ docker compose up --build

Run tests with Docker

Stop all containers and execute:

$ docker compose run addressbook npm test

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