Build location in docker-compose

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# A simple MERN stack application
+
+**Note** - To run this project using `docker compose`, follow the below steps.
+
+Switch to the `compose` branch to learn the
+
+1. Implementation of `Dockerfile` for `client` and `server`.
+2. Run the containers using `Docker Compose`.
+
+## Run it local without Docker
+
+### Prerequisite
+
+- Install `npm`
+
+#### Start Server:
+
+```
+cd mern/server
+npm install
+npm start
+```
+
+#### Start Client
+
+```
+cd mern/client
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+<img width="1790" alt="Screenshot 2024-08-31 at 11 07 58 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f414230b-8bd6-4393-b8de-6a10444a8dfd">

mern/backend/Dockerfile

@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ COPY . .
 
 EXPOSE 5050
 
-CMD ["npm", "start"]
-
+CMD ["npm","start"]

docker-compose.yaml → mern/docker-compose.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   backend:
-    build: ./mern/backend
+    build: C:/Users/Reshma/MERN-docker-compose/mern/backend
     ports:
       - "5050:5050" 
     networks:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - mongodb
 
   frontend:
-    build: ./mern/frontend
+    build: C:/Users/Reshma/MERN-docker-compose/mern/frontend
     ports:
       - "5173:5173"  
     networks:
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ networks:
 
 volumes:
   mongo-data:
-    driver: local  # Persist MongoDB data locally
-
+    driver: local  

mern/frontend/Dockerfile

@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
-# Use the official image as a parent image
-# Description: Dockerfile for the client side of the MERN stack application
-
-# Use the official image as a parent image
 FROM node:18.9.1
 
-# Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the file from your host to your current location
 COPY package.json .
 
-# Run the command inside your image filesystem
 RUN npm install
 
-# Inform Docker that the container is listening on the specified port at runtime
-EXPOSE 5173
-
-# Copy the rest of your app's source code from your host to your image filesystem
 COPY . .
 
-# Run the specified command within the container
-CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+CMD ["npm","run","dev"]