Devcontainer

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+{
+  "name": "talawa api dev environment",
+  "dockerComposeFile": ["../docker-compose.yaml"],
+  "service": "devcontainer",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/talawa-api/content",
+  // Settings to apply to the workspace.
+  "customizations": {
+    // Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+    "vscode": {
+      "settings": {
+        "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash",
+        "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
+        "database.host": "mongodb",
+        "redis.host": "redis-stack-server"
+      },
+      // List of extensions to install inside the container
+      "extensions": [
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  // Set up forward ports
+  "forwardPorts": [
+    4000, // Server port
+    27017, // MongoDB port
+    6379 // Redis port
+  ],
+  // Post-create commands to run after creating the container
+  "postCreateCommand": "npm install",
+
+  // Volumes from docker-compose are already included
+  "shutdownAction": "stopCompose"
+}

Dockerfile

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+# Stage 1: Install Dependencies
+FROM ubuntu:latest as builder
+
+# Set a non-interactive shell
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install Node.js and npm
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && \
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+# Copy package.json and install dependencies
+RUN ls -la
+COPY package.json ./
+RUN npm install
+
+# Copy the rest of your application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Stage 2: Final image
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install Git, Node.js, and cleanup in one layer to keep the image slim
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y git curl && \
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y nodejs && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy built application from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app ./
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on
+EXPOSE 4000
+
+# Set the frontend back to dialog
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog
+
+# Command to run the application
+CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]

Dockerfile.dev

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 EXPOSE 4000
 
-CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]
+CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]

docker-compose.dev.yaml

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 volumes:
   mongodb-data:
-  redis-data:
+  redis-data:

docker-compose.yaml

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+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo:latest
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
+    volumes:
+      - mongodb-data:/data/db
+
+  redis-stack-server:
+    image: redis/redis-stack-server:latest
+    ports:
+      - 6379:6379
+    volumes:
+      - redis-data:/data
+
+  devcontainer:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "${SERVER_PORT:-4000}:4000"
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/workspaces:cached
+      - /usr/src/app/node_modules
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
+      - redis-stack-server
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_DB_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis-stack-server
+      - REDIS_PORT=6379
+
+volumes:
+  mongodb-data:
+  redis-data: