masonitedoors/node

This Docker container implements a Ubuntu 16.04 Node stack behind a nginx proxy. Includes support for npm package managers and a Postfix service to allow sending emails.

Includes the following components:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus base image.
• Nginx HTTP Server 1.10.3
• MariaDB 10.0
• Postfix 2.11
• Node 8.11.3
• Development tools
  • git
  • npm / nodejs
  • vim
  • tree
  • nano
  • curl
  • htop
  • unzip

Installation from Docker registry hub.

You can download the image using the following command:

docker pull masonitedoors/node

Environment variables

This image uses environment variables to allow the configuration of some parameteres at run time:

• Variable name: LOG_STDOUT
• Default value: Empty string.
• Accepted values: Any string to enable, empty string or not defined to disable.
• Description: Output NGINX access log through STDOUT, so that it can be accessed through the container logs.

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• Variable name: LOG_STDERR
• Default value: Empty string.
• Accepted values: Any string to enable, empty string or not defined to disable.
• Description: Output NGINX error log through STDERR, so that it can be accessed through the container logs.

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• Variable name: LOG_LEVEL
• Default value: warn
• Accepted values: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, alert, emerg
• Description: Value for NGINX.

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• Variable name: DATE_TIMEZONE
• Default value: UTC
• Accepted values: Any of timezones
• Description: Set default timezone and sets MariaDB as well.

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• Variable name: TERM
• Default value: dumb
• Accepted values: dumb
• Description: Allow usage of terminal programs inside the container, such as mysql or nano.

Exposed port and volumes

The image exposes ports 80,443,3306,22,25,143,993,110,995, and exports four volumes:

• /var/log/nginx, containing Nginx log files.
• /var/log/mysql containing MariaDB log files.
• /opt/, used as Node app location.
• /var/lib/mysql, where MariaDB data files are stores.

The user and group owner id for the node directory /opt/ are both 33 (uid=33(node) gid=33(node) groups=33(node)).

The user and group owner id for the MariaDB directory /var/log/mysql are 105 and 108 repectively (uid=105(mysql) gid=108(mysql) groups=108(mysql)).

Use cases

Create a temporary container for testing purposes:

	docker run -i -t --rm masonitedoors/node bash

Create a temporary container to debug a web app:

	docker run --rm -p 8080:80 -e LOG_STDOUT=true -e LOG_STDERR=true -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -v /my/data/directory:/opt masonitedoors/node

Create a container linking to another MySQL container:

	docker run -d --link my-mysql-container:mysql -p 8080:80 -v /my/data/directory:/opt -v /my/logs/directory:/var/log/nginx --name my-node-container masonitedoors/node

Get inside a running container and open a MariaDB console:

	docker exec -i -t my-node-container bash
	mysql -u root

Default Users

SSH: root | root SSH: node | node MySQL: root | root MySQL: node | node