The Dev Perspective
Explore the developer perspective on using Docker by cloning a Node.js app, examining its Dockerfile, containerizing the application, and running it as a container. This lesson helps you practice key Docker commands to build and deploy containers effectively.
Containers are all about applications. You’ll complete the following steps in this lesson:
- Clone an app from a GitHub repository. We’ll use this repository to demonstrate the cloning process
- Inspect the app’s Dockerfile.
- Containerize the app.
- Run the app as a container.
Running commands
Run the following command to make a local clone of the repo. This will copy the application code to your machine so you can containerize it in a future step. You’ll need the git ...