


Docker Hands-on: Learn Docker Compose File with Nodejs, Flask, PostgreSQL
In the previous post, we mentioned about the Docker tutorial in.
- https://dev.to/omerberatsezer/docker-tutorial-dockerfile-commands-container-images-volume-network-docker-compose-2p9h
This time, we are starting to run sample projects: Focusing on the Docker Compose file with Nodejs, Flask, PostgreSQL images to implement different tiers:
- frontend (nodejs with expressjs),
- backend (flask),
- database (postgresql).
It shows:
- how to run multiple containers
- how to run container in sequential with depends_on
- how to run containers in same network
- how to create volumes in compose file
- how to implement port-forwarding
GitHub Code Repo: https://github.com/omerbsezer/Fast-Docker/tree/main/hands-on-sample-projects/full-stack-app
Project structure:
project-root/ ├── docker-compose.yaml ├── frontend/ │ ├── package.json │ ├── index.js │ ├── index.html │ ├── Dockerfile ├── backend/ │ ├── app.py │ ├── requirements.txt │ ├── Dockerfile
- Create frontend directory, create Dockerfile:
FROM node:18 WORKDIR /home/app COPY . . EXPOSE 3000 RUN npm install CMD ["npm", "start"]
- Create index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Frontend</title> </head> <body> <h1>Frontend is working!</h1> </body> </html>
- Create index.js (express js):
const express = require("express"); const app = express(); const port=3000; app.get("/", (req, res) => { res.sendFile(__dirname + "/index.html"); }) app.listen(port, () => { console.log(`running at port ${port}`); });
- Create package.json:
{ "name": "nodejsapp", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "nodejsapp description", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1", "start": "node index.js" }, "author": "", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "express": "^4.17.3" } }
- Then, create backend directory, and create Dockerfile:
FROM python:3.11 WORKDIR /usr/src/app COPY . . RUN pip install -r requirements.txt EXPOSE 5000 CMD ["python", "app.py"]
- Create backend app with flask:
from flask import Flask, jsonify app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/') def home(): return "Backend is working!" @app.route('/api', methods=['GET']) def api(): return jsonify({"message": "Hello from the backend!"}) if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)
- Create requirements.txt:
flask
- Finally create docker-compose.yaml on top of backend and frontend directories:
services: frontend: build: context: ./frontend container_name: frontend ports: - "3000:3000" volumes: - ./frontend:/usr/src/app depends_on: - backend backend: build: context: ./backend container_name: backend ports: - "5000:5000" volumes: - ./backend:/usr/src/app command: sh -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && python app.py" db: image: postgres:15 container_name: db environment: POSTGRES_USER: user POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password POSTGRES_DB: mydatabase volumes: - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data ports: - "5432:5432" volumes: db_data:
- Then, run command on where the docker-compose.yaml:
user@docker:~$ docker compose up -d [+] Running 4/4 ✔ Network node_default Created 0.1s ✔ Container db Started 0.7s ✔ Container backend Started 0.7s ✔ Container frontend Started
- Then, check frontend, backend with curl:
user@docker:~$ curl http://localhost:3000 <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Frontend</title> </head> <body> <h1>Frontend is working!</h1> </body> user@docker:~$ curl http://localhost:5000/api {"message":"Hello from the backend!"} user@docker:~$ curl http://localhost:5000 Backend is working! </html>
- Finally, stop containers:
user@docker:~$ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 3e51751b546c node-frontend "docker-entrypoint.s…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp, :::3000->3000/tcp frontend d8d28325ce10 postgres:15 "docker-entrypoint.s…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp, :::5432->5432/tcp db 04c1d04a5668 node-backend "sh -c 'pip install …" About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:5000->5000/tcp, :::5000->5000/tcp backend user@docker:~$ docker compose down [+] Running 4/4 ✔ Container frontend Removed 1.0s ✔ Container db Removed 0.5s ✔ Container backend Removed 10.5s ✔ Network node_default Removed 0.2s user@docker:~$ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
Conclusion
This post shows how to create Docker compose file using sample frontend (express.js), backend (flask), database (postgresql) apps. Please have a look below menu for other Docker content, if you haven't seen before.
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