Why Dockerfile doesn't run multiple commands - docker

Question

I want use Docker run my project(react+nodejs+mongodb),
Dockerfile:
FROM node:8.9-alpine
ENV NODE_ENV production
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY ["package.json", "package-lock.json*", "npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]
RUN npm install --production --silent && mv node_modules ../
COPY . .
CMD nohup sh -c 'npm start && node ./server/server.js'
docker-compose.yml:
version: '2.1'
services:
chat:
image: chat
container_name: chat
build: .
environment:
NODE_ENV: production
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "8080:8080"
volumes:
- ./:/usr/src/app
links:
- mongo
mongo:
container_name: mongo
image: mongo
ports:
- "27017:27017"
run docker-compose up --build, the 3000 port is worked, but the 8080 port dies
localhost:3000
localhost:8080

Answer 1

I would suggest create a container for the server and have it seperate from the "chat" container. Its best to have each container do one thing and one thing only (almost like the philosophy behind unix commands)
In any case here is some modifications that I would make to the compose file.
version: '2.1'
services:
chat:
image: chat
container_name: chat
build: .
environment:
NODE_ENV: production
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "8080:8080"
volumes:
- ./:/usr/src/app
links:
- mongo
mongo:
container_name: mongo
image: mongo
# You don't need to expose this port to the outside world. Because you linked the two containers the chat app
# will be able to connect to mongodb using hostname mongodb inside the container network.
# ports:
# - "27017:27017"
Btw what happens if you run:
$ docker-compose down
and then
$ docker-compose up
$ docker ps
can you see the ports exposed in docker ps output?

Answer 2

your chat service depends on mongo so you also need to have this in your chat
depends_on:
- mongo
This docker-compose file works for me. Note that i am saving the data from the database to a local directory. You should add this directory to gitignore.
version: "3.2"
services:
mongo:
container_name: mongo
image: mongo:latest
environment:
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
- NODE_ENV=production
ports:
- "28017:27017"
expose:
- 28017 # you can connect to this mongodb with studio3t
volumes:
- ./mongodb-data:/data/db
restart: always
networks:
- docker-network
express:
container_name: express
environment:
- NODE_ENV=development
restart: always
build:
context: .
args:
buildno: 1
expose:
- 3000
ports:
- "3000:3000"
links:
- mongo # link this service to the database service
depends_on:
- mongo
command: "npm start" # override the default command to use nodemon in dev
networks:
- docker-network
networks:
docker-network:
driver: bridge
You may also find that using node you have to wait for the mongodb container to be ready before you can connect to the database.