Dockerizing a Node.js Application

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Dockerizing a Node.js Application

### Dockerizing a Node.js Application Welcome back, and great job on migrating the SpaceBones website from NGINX to Apache! President Squawk is very impressed with your skill, and now has another task lined up. As you probably noticed from the current national website, SpaceBones is not only in need of treats, but also in need of a bit of technological advancement. The Radar Board (The official SpaceBones government tech team) has requested your assistance with developing a Node.js web application that can be used for launching a new and improved SpaceBones webspace.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Aug 02, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Github Repository Clone Locally
Student should clone the content-dockerquest-spacebones github repo into the cloud_user home directory.
```
git clone https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-dockerquest-spacebones
```
Challenge

Create Custom Dockerfile for Image Build
Student should create a new Dockerfile under ~/content-dockerquest-spacebones/nodejs-app directory.
```
touch ~/content-dockerquest-spacebones/nodejs-app/Dockerfile
```
Challenge

Successful Creation of 'baconator' Image on Local System
Student should use contents of ~/content-dockerquest-spacebones/nodejs-app to create a new Docker image named baconator:dev
```
build -t baconator:dev .
```

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