I'm working with NodeJS and Nodemon on Docker. When I try to run my NodeJS app using nodemon command directly in docker compose file, it runs.
Like this (working): [docker-compose]
command: nodemon source/index.js
But when I use a script from package.json, it doesn't work
Like this (not-working): [docker-compose]
command: npm run dev
Where my package.json file is
"scripts": {
"start": "node source/index.js",
"dev": "nodemon source/index.js"
}
I tried different things, when I simply run start script without nodemon, it works
Like this (working): [docker-compose]
command: npm run start
But when I try to use dev again with nodemon command inside it, it doesn't work. Container won't start. I have also tried the following and it also works
Like this (working): [docker-compose]
command: nodemon --exec npm start
I still don't understand, why nodemon command is not working inside script dev
I'm using Docker in Swarm Mode
Here are my both files
docker-compose
version: '3.7'
services:
node-service:
image: node-img:1.0
ports:
- 4000:4000
working_dir: "/node-dir"
volumes:
- ./node-dir/source:/node-dir/source
networks:
- ness-net
command: npm run dev
networks:
ness-net:
package.json
{
"name": "node-pkg",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "node source/index.js",
"dev": "nodemon source/index.js"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.17.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"nodemon": "^1.19.4"
}
}
Just add the "." to define the path in your package.json like this
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./source/index.js",
"dev": "nodemon ./source/index.js"
}