Docker-Test

This is my test project for Docker. The stack for this app consists of

• redis
• node:16 backend
• react-ts frontend, ran as a node:16 container
• caddy

How to run

Make sure the following environment variables are set..

SITE_URL | This is the route caddy will listen to for frontend API_URL | This is the route that will reverse_proxy to backend

In a server setting, it is recommended to firewall off everything except port 80 and 443, this prevents redis being modified from external sources. SITE_URL and API_URL are the only entrances into your infrastructure. For dev environment, docker (and you) can take a more lax to the security measures.

Make sure the following volume is created...

docker volume create caddy_data

this is not optional!

Finally, run!

You could, like a loser, run every container manually, but compose is cooler..

docker-compose up or docker-compose start

How to stop the server

If you used docker-compose up

control + c optionally: do docker-compose down to clean up your environment

If you used docker-compose start

docker-compose stop