Dockerfile links0.10.32, 0.10, 0, latest (0.10/Dockerfile)0.10.32-onbuild, 0.10-onbuild, 0-onbuild, onbuild (0.10/onbuild/Dockerfile)0.10.32-slim, 0.10-slim, 0-slim, slim (0.10/slim/Dockerfile)0.11.14, 0.11 (0.11/Dockerfile)0.11.14-onbuild, 0.11-onbuild (0.11/onbuild/Dockerfile)0.11.14-slim, 0.11-slim (0.11/slim/Dockerfile)0.8.28, 0.8 (0.8/Dockerfile)0.8.28-onbuild, 0.8-onbuild (0.8/onbuild/Dockerfile)0.8.28-slim, 0.8-slim (0.8/slim/Dockerfile)For more information about this image and its history, please see the relevant
manifest file
(library/node)
in the docker-library/official-images GitHub
repo.
Node.js is a software platform for scalable server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications are written in JavaScript and can be run within the Node.js runtime on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux without changes.
Node.js applications are designed to maximize throughput and efficiency, using non-blocking I/O and asynchronous events. Node.js applications run single-threaded, although Node.js uses multiple threads for file and network events. Node.js is commonly used for real-time applications due to its asynchronous nature.
Node.js internally uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine to execute code; a large percentage of the basic modules are written in JavaScript. Node.js contains a built-in, asynchronous I/O library for file, socket, and HTTP communication. The HTTP and socket support allows Node.js to act as a web server without additional software such as Apache.
Dockerfile in your Node.js app projectFROM node:0.10-onbuild
# replace this with your application's default port
EXPOSE 8888
You can then build and run the Docker image:
docker build -t my-nodejs-app
docker run -it --rm --name my-running-app my-nodejs-app
The image assumes that your application has a file named
package.json listing its dependencies
and defining its start
script.
For many simple, single file projects, you may find it inconvenient to write a
complete Dockerfile. In such cases, you can run a Node.js script by using the
Node.js Docker image directly:
docker run -it --rm --name my-running-script -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp node:0.10 node your-daemon-or-script.js
View license information for the software contained in this image.
If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us through a GitHub issue.
You can also reach many of the official image maintainers via the
#docker-library IRC channel on Freenode.
You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small; we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them as fast as we can.
Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans through a GitHub issue, especially for more ambitious contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone else is working on the same thing.