Angular 2 GIT Deployment Dockerized
And this time, I needed to get an Angular 2 App deployed from a Git repository.
Not a big deal, just a simple git clone, running some npm scripts and voilà: App up and running, eh?
Yes.. but no.
Usually, as you might be aware of, Angular apps have many environments, such as prod, staging and so on. And I needed to get all of then running. Should the whole thing be replicated for each environment?
Plus, this seems to be something that I might be facing anytime soon. And I would have to spend another hour just doing it all over again — thanks to my ̶s̶h̶i̶t̶t̶y̶ memory.
Not good.
One Dockerfile to rule them all
The easiest (and fastest) way that I’ve come up with was to get a simple Dockerfile ready to go so that I didn’t need duplicate anything — nor figure it out again next time. Check this out:
And now, every time that I need an Angular App from a Git Repository up and running quick quick, we'd just run a few commands and we are good to go.
You’re welcome future self.
Is there any easier way of doing this?
Please, don’t be shy, let me know! :)
[Updated at 2017/12/14]: Very special thanks to Mika ANDRIANARIJAONA, who wasn’t shy and opened my eyes to the amazing world of multi-stage builds and alphine. 🙏🏽
