A docker chain of Nginx, NodeBB, MongoDB, Redis based on Alpine Linux for mainly developments and small standalone service.

I haven't checked yet how mongod and redis-server manage SIGTERM which docker send. This means that in worst case one can loose data ! Does any body know about this?

Checked.

You will get error of a nginx docker if you already have any web server with 80 port.

git clone https://github.com/qgp9/nodebb-docker-dev.git nodebb-docker-dev
cd nodebb-docker-dev
git clone -b v1.x.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
./bin/com-nodebb npm install
./bin/com-nodebb npm install socket.io-redis connect
./bin/com-nodebb npm setup
./bin/utils jq -M -s add nodebb/config.json conf/example/redis.josn > tmp.json && mv tmp.json nodebb/config.json
./bin/docker-compose up 

• DB: mongo , DB address: mongodb , DB user: admin , no DB password

./bin/com-nodebb ./nodebb setup
./bin/com-nodebb ./nodebb upgrade
./bin/com-nodebb npm install <package>

• You DONOT npm <install|update|whatever> on a host directory( nodebb-docker-dev/nodebb ) out of a docker container.
• But editings are fine

nodebb-docker-dev
├── bin   
│   ├── com-nodebb      # Helper to control NodeBB docker
│   └── docker-compose  # Docker version of docker-compose for portable
├── conf                # All Dockerfile and configuration.
│   ├── nginx
│   │   ├── Dockerfile
│   │   └── nginx.conf
│   ├── nodebb-dev
│   │   └── Dockerfile
│   └── redis
│       ├── Dockerfile
│       └── redis.conf
├── data
│   ├── nginx
│   │   └── logs         # nginx, site logs
│   ├── nodebb           # Empty. reserved for future plans.
│   └── redis            # dump.rgb ( db data ) , redis.log ( log file ) 
├── docker-compose.yml
└── nodebb               # NodeBB source will be here 

• All configuration, data( log file ), NodeBB codes are mounted to dockers ( not copied ). So you can just edit them on a host directory.
• All configurations are in a conf directory. All data files genereated by nginx, redis are in a data directory.
  • Exceptionally config.json and a logfile of NodeBB are in nodebb directory for easy management.
• This desigin is aimed to archive best development/management of small standalone service.
  • Every improtant files are just under a main directory on a host and dockers are just like applications,
  • so you can remove/rebuild docker containers/images freely without any effect to data.
  • Also you can easily migrate this chain to new server. What you need is just copy the main directory to new server and rebuild dockers.
  • But large distributing/scaling can meet some side effects.

When you build a system by ./bin/docker-compose up, you will see a wired long name of images/container like nodebbdockerdev_nginx by docker images or docker ps -a. This is because docker-compose use a directory name as a project nam. To get a short/readable name , you have recommontable 2 options.

1. Change the directory name
2. Shell variables ( RECOMMENDED but easilly one can make mistakes. smartcd can help )
   • export COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=qgp9
   • or you can embed this variable to ./bin/com-nodebb and ./bin/docker-compose Then you will see qgp9_nginx.