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Creating a Dockerfile

In this hands-on lab, you are part of a development team that is working on a next-gen product for XYZ Company. The team needs you to Dockerize the application. To do this, you need to create a Dockerfile that will copy the code to `/var/node` where the application will live.

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Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Published
Clock icon Jul 30, 2018

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Clone the Application from GitHub

    Clone the repo:

    git clone https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-express-demo-app.git

  2. Challenge

    Build the Docker Image

    Create a Dockerfile:

    vi Dockerfile

    Dockerfile:

    FROM node

RUN mkdir -p /var/node
ADD content-express-demo-app/ /var/node
WORKDIR /var/node
RUN npm install

CMD bin/www

    Build the image:

    docker build -t la/app-ndoe -f Dockerfile .
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