% nodejs(1)

% Rado Pitonak \<rpitonak@redhat.com\>

% DATE 07.04.2017

# NAME

nodejs - source to image builder of node.js applications.

# DESCRIPTION

Image for building node.js application as reproducible Docker image using source to image.Image is based on fedora.

# USAGE

To pull the nodejs container run:

    # docker pull modularitycontainers/nodejs:6

To build your node.js application use run:

    # s2i build <SOURCE-REPOSITORY> nodejs:6 <NAME-OF-APP>

To run your application in docker container:

    # docker -d run -p 8080:8080 <NAME-OF-APP>

By default container is running in production mode with exposed port 8080.To change behavior see Enviroment variables section below.

# ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

NODE_ENV=runtime_mode

       	     Node.js runtime mode (default: "production")

DEV_MODE=mode

             When set to "true", `nodemon` will be used to automatically reload the server while you work (default: "false"). Setting `DEV_MODE` to "true" will change the `NODE_ENV` default to "development" (if not explicitly set).

NPM_RUN=value  

            Select an alternate / custom runtime mode, defined in your `package.json` file's [`scripts`](https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts) section (default: npm run "start"). These user-defined run-scripts are unavailable while `DEV_MODE` is in use.

HTTP_PROXY=url

            Use an npm proxy during assembly

HTTPS_PROXY=url

            Use an npm proxy during assembly

NPM_MIRROR=registry

            Use a custom NPM registry mirror to download packages during the build process

# DEVELOPMENT

This image supports development mode. This mode can be switched on and off with the environment variable `DEV_MODE`. `DEV_MODE` can either be set to `true` or `false`.

The debug port can be specified with the environment variable `DEBUG_PORT`. `DEBUG_PORT` is only valid if `DEV_MODE=true`.

By default, `DEV_MODE` is set to `false`, and `DEBUG_PORT` is set to `5858`, however the `DEBUG_PORT` is only relevant if `DEV_MODE=true`.

# HOT DEPLOY

As part of development mode, this image supports hot deploy. If development mode is enabled, any souce code that is changed in the running container will be immediately reflected in the running nodejs application

To change your source code in a running container, use Docker's exec (https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/) command:

    # docker exec -it <CONTAINER_ID> /bin/bash

After you enter into the running container, your current directory is set to /opt/app-root/, where the source code is located.    

# EXAMPLE

To run your application in development mode run:

    # docker run --env DEV_MODE=true -p 8080:8080 <NAME-OF-APP>

To run the container in production mode, run:

    # docker run --env DEV_MODE=false <NAME-OF-APP>

To run the container in development mode with a debug port of 5454, run

    # docker run --env DEV_MODE=true DEBUG_PORT=5454 <NAME-OF-APP>

To build your application with using of npm proxy.

    # s2i build ./test/test-app nodejs:6 my-app --env HTTP_PROXY=url

# SECURITY IMPLICATIONS

-d

     Runs continuously as a daemon process in the background

-p 8080:8080

     Opens  container  port  8080  and  maps it to the same port on the Host.