This Dockerfile provides everything you need to run your Phoenix application in Docker out of the box.
It is based on my alpine-erlang image, and installs Elixir (1.5.x), Node.js (6.2.x), Hex and Rebar. It can handle compiling
your Node and Elixir dependencies as part of it's build.
NOTE: This image is intended to run in unprivileged environments, it sets the home directory to /opt/app, and makes it globally
read/writeable. If run with a random, high-index user account (say 1000001), the user can run an app, and that's about it. If run
with a user of your own creation, this doesn't apply (necessarily, you can of course implement the same behaviour yourself).
It is highly recommended that you add a USER default instruction to the end of your Dockerfile so that your app runs in a non-elevated context.
To boot straight to a prompt in the image:
$ docker run --rm -it --user=1000001 bitwalker/alpine-elixir-phoenix iex
Erlang/OTP 18 [erts-7.3] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [async-threads:10] [kernel-poll:false]
Interactive Elixir (1.2.4) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help)
iex(1)>
BREAK: (a)bort (c)ontinue (p)roc info (i)nfo (l)oaded
(v)ersion (k)ill (D)b-tables (d)istribution
a
Extending for your own application:
FROM bitwalker/alpine-elixir-phoenix:latest
# Set exposed ports
EXPOSE 5000
ENV PORT=5000 MIX_ENV=prod
# Cache elixir deps
ADD mix.exs mix.lock ./
RUN mix do deps.get, deps.compile
# Same with npm deps
ADD package.json package.json
RUN npm install
ADD . .
# Run frontend build, compile, and digest assets
RUN brunch build --production && \
mix do compile, phoenix.digest
USER default
CMD ["mix", "phoenix.server"]It is recommended when using this that you have the following in .dockerignore when running docker build:
_build
deps
node_modules
test
This will keep the payload smaller and will also avoid any issues when compiling dependencies.
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