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Eelco Verbrugge
Eelco Verbrugge

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How to Dockerize a React app

#beginners #react #docker #short

A very simple and short guide to dockerize a React app.

Create a new React app 

$ npx create-react-app dockerized-react-app
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Cd into your project 

$ cd dockerized-react-app
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Create a file named Dockerfile 

FROM node:alpine

WORKDIR '/app'

COPY ./package.json ./

RUN npm install

COPY . .

CMD ["npm", "run", "start"]
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Create a docker-compose file docker-compose.yml 

version: '3'

services:

  app:
    container_name: my-dockerized-react-app
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    volumes:
      - '.:/app'
      - '/app/node_modules'
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
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Build your container 

$ docker-compose up -d --build
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Go to http://localhost:3000/

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