FROM node:4.1.2 EXPOSE 3000 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app WORKDIR /usr/src/app RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app/db VOLUME ["/usr/src/app/db"] RUN npm install -g nodemon RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim git COPY .vimrc /root/.vimrc COPY package.json /usr/src/app/ RUN npm install COPY . /usr/src/app # Use nodemon to start app, note this will break if main file no longer named server.js. CMD [ "nodemon", "server.js" ]