Name: Soham Patil
Id: TU4F2223045
Batch: A2
Roll Number: A-41
EXPERIMENT NO: 7
Aim: To create Docker containers of any web application image.
Theory:
What is Docker?
Docker is a virtual machine, but unlike virtual machines that create a
completely separate operating system, Docker allows the applications to use
the Linux kernel of the same machine on which it is installed and by taking this
benefit, it can make the applications ready to ship to other machines that are
running the same Linux OS with somewhat different configurations. In this way,
application size is reduced significantly and at the time of shipping, application
performance also gets improved.
Docker container:
A container is a standard unit of software that packages up code and all its
dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing
environment to another. A Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone,
executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an
application: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings.
Container images become containers at runtime and in the case of Docker
containers - images become containers when they run on Docker Engine.
Available for both Linux and Windows-based applications, containerized
software will always run the same, regardless of the infrastructure. Containers
isolate software from its environment and ensure that it works uniformly
despite differences for instance between development and staging.
Docker containers that run on Docker Engine:
Standard: Docker created the industry standard for containers, so they
could be portable anywhere
Lightweight: Containers share the machine’s OS system kernel and
therefore do not require an OS per application, driving higher server
efficiencies and reducing server and licensing costs
Secure: Applications are safer in containers and Docker provides the
strongest default isolation capabilities in the industry
Steps to create docker containers of any web application image:
1. Clone the repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/docker/getting-started-app.git
0. View the contents of the cloned repository. You should see the following
files and sub-directories.
├── getting-started-app/
│ ├── package.json
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── spec/
│ ├── src/
│ └── yarn.lock
In the Windows Command Prompt, run the following commands.
0. Make sure you're in the getting-started-app directory. Replace \path\to\
getting-started-app with the path to your getting-started-app directory.
cd \path\to\getting-started-app
0. Create an empty file named Dockerfile.
type nul > Dockerfile
0. Using a text editor or code editor, add the following contents to the
Dockerfile:
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
FROM node:18-alpine
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN yarn install --production
CMD ["node", "src/index.js"]
EXPOSE 3000
0. Build the image using the following commands:
In the terminal, make sure you're in the getting-started-app directory.
Replace /path/to/getting-started-app with the path to your getting-started-
app directory.
cd /path/to/getting-started-app
Build the image:
docker build -t getting-started .
0. Run your container using the docker run command and specify the name
of the image you just created:
docker run -dp 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 getting-started
After a few seconds, open your web browser to http://localhost:3000. You
should see your app.
Conclusion: Thus we have studied about how to build an image for a sample
web application using Dockerfile.
