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 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim git COPY .vimrc /root/.vimrc COPY package.json /usr/src/app/ COPY . /usr/src/app RUN npm install # Use nodemon to start app. CMD [ "nodemon" ]