dockerize-node-app

CLI tool to generate a Dockerfile for running a NodeJS application, and starting a Docker container from it.

Installation

npm install -g dockerize-app

Useage

# creates dockerfile, builds image and runs container
cd /path/to/node/app
dockerize

Dockerfile generation

• Sets node:x.x.x as the base image, where x.x.x is the latest version (using https://semver.io), which satisifies:
  • .nvmrc file
  • OR engines.node property from package.json
• Adds source code into docker image
• Runs npm install
• Sets start command as npm start or node [entrypoint.js] depending on package.json settings

See issues for upcoming features.

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[2.0.2] - 2015-12-20

• Dependency updates
• Fix error output

[2.0.1] - 2015-11-29

• Change to development scripts and linting fixes
• No functional change

[2.0.0] - 2015-11-29

• Automatically builds docker image based on app name in package.json
• Automatically runs docker container

[1.1.0] - 2015-11-26

• Source code location in container changed to /usr/local/[app-name]

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