Application demo designed to show how Node.js and MongoDB can be run in Docker containers. The app uses Mongoose to create a simple database that stores Docker commands and examples.
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Install Docker Desktop
Open a command prompt.
Run the commands listed in node.dockerfile
(see the comments at the top of the file).
Navigate to http://localhost:3000.
Install Docker Desktop
Open a command prompt at the root of the application's folder.
Run docker compose build
Run docker compose up
Open another command prompt and run docker compose ps -a
and note the ID of the Node container
Run docker exec -it <nodeContainerID> sh
(replace with the proper ID) to sh into the container
Run node dbSeeder.js
to seed the MongoDB database
Type exit
to leave the sh session
Navigate to http://localhost:3000 (http://192.168.99.100:3000 if using Docker Toolbox) in your browser to view the site. This assumes that's the IP assigned to VirtualBox - change if needed.
Run docker-compose down
to stop the containers and remove them.
Install and start MongoDB (https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/).
Install the LTS version of Node.js (http://nodejs.org).
Open config/config.development.json
and adjust the host name to your MongoDB server name (localhost
normally works if you're running locally).
Run npm install
.
Run node dbSeeder.js
to get the sample data loaded into MongoDB. Exit the command prompt.
Run npm start
to start the server.
Navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your browser.