Dockerfile

Author: data-henrik

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM node:8
+
+# Create app directory
+RUN mkdir /src
+WORKDIR /src
+
+
+
+# If you are building your code for production
+# RUN npm ci --only=production
+
+# Bundle app source
+COPY ./server /src/server
+COPY ./public /src/public
+COPY ./package.json /src/package.json
+COPY ./server.js /src/server.js
+COPY ./.env /src/.env
+
+RUN npm install
+
+
+EXPOSE 6001
+CMD [ "npm", "start" ]

README.md

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 Note that the code assumes a secured connection to MongoDB using SSL and a certificate. This way you can run the app locally but connect to IBM Cloud Databases for MongoDB.
 
+An alternative way of local development is using the provided Dockerfile.
+
 ##### Deploy to IBM Cloud
 
 Option 1 (launch this app directly from this repo):