docker-sailsjs-example

• This uses wait-for-it.sh
  Run the following commands to get wait-for-it repository. (Added wait-for-it as git submodule.)

git pull && git submodule init && git submodule update

• Control startup order in Compose

Container and Images

FROM node:8.11.3

• container
  
• image
  

FROM node:8.11.3-alpine

• container
  
• image
  

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todo-server

• Environment Variables for todo-server

Name	Description
PORT	application port
DB_HOST	MySQL host
DB_USER	MySQL username (must have alter permission)
DB_PASSWORD	MySQL password
DB_DATABASE	Database name
NODE_ENV	sails js environment mode (production, development , alterdb). 'alterdb' by default to create tables. )O- O)\

• Ports
  • 1350 - api server

# build the containers, start it in de-attached mode. (runs in background).
docker-compose up --build -d

# list all (including stopped) containers, it should contain
# `todo-nodejs` and `todo-nodejs-mariadb`
docker container ls -a

# list running containers
docker ps

# destroy container and volume
docker-compose down -v

# destroy image
docker image rm <SHA>

# start or stop a container
docker container start <CONTAINER_NAME>
docker container stop <CONTAINER_NAME>

mariadb: storage of your database data

• Create a data directory in your host system. example: /my/database/data
  It can also be /var/lib/mysql.
  Then /my/database/data will be mounted to the container as /var/lib/mysql

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/44949611

• https://hub.docker.com/_/mariadb/ (Caveats, Where to Store Data Section)