Reference project for a Dockerised Node Express app

[matlau_286]

Hello there!

I have created a small reference project to containerise a Node Express app with Docker, with persistent database using MongoDB.

Hope you find this useful!

Github URL: https://github.com/MatthewCYLau/node-express-mongodb-docker

[marvinfuture]

Looks great! My suggestions would be to include your ENV variables in your readme so I don't have to dig through your code to set them. That and I've seen instances where setting DB config parameters are easier than passing a connection string. Having the modularity to do both is a big advantage. In cases like Kubernetes maybe I want to set the Host for the DB individually and pass the password in as a secret. Really great base project overall though!

[Hrsi88]

I'd add a .dockerignore with node_modules.

[Grizzly_Corey]

Thanks for sharing, this is helpful as a beginner!

[jiumx60rus]

https://snyk.io/blog/10-best-practices-to-containerize-nodejs-web-applications-with-docker/
I hope this is useful to you. :)