docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:
        # Start nginx
        nginx:
                image: nginx:latest
                ports:
                        - "8080:80"
                volumes:
                        - ./default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/defaut.conf
                links:
                        - app
        # Start the standard MongoDB container
        mongodb:
                container_name: "mongodb"
                image: mongo:latest
                environment:
                        - MONGO_DATA_DIR=/data/db
                        - MONGO_LOG_DIR=/dev/log
                # persist the data on the host rather than in the container
                # this makes the container disposable without losing the data
                volumes:
                        - ./data:/data/db
                # forward the standard mongoDB port
                ports:
                        - "27017:27017"
                # start mongodb
                command: mongod --smallfiles
        app:
                container_name: "amt-api"
                build: .
                restart: always
                # link the API to the mongoDB container
                links:
                        - mongodb:mongodb
                # we need that container
                depends_on:
                        - mongodb
                # forward the web port to the server's port
                ports:
                        - "3000:8080"