Local Node.js Docker Development Environment

Prerequisites

You will need to have Docker Desktop installed. You will need to copy .env.example to .env. Please see the Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml files for more information on how those settings are used.

To bring up the container

While in the directory for this repository, run the following command:

docker compose up -d

To bring down the container

While in the directory for this repository, run the following command:

docker compose down

To log into container

docker ps # Will list the docker containers; grab the name or id
docker exec -it <id_or_name_of_container> bash