FROM node:6.10.0-slim 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@1.17.3 COPY package.json /usr/src/app/ COPY . /usr/src/app RUN npm install # Use nodemon to start app, note this will break if main file no longer named server.js. CMD [ "nodemon", "server.js" ]