strapi (v4+) containerized

Docker image for strapi version 4 (latest version)

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Example

Using Docker Compose, create docker-compose.yml file with the following content:

version: "3"
services:
  strapi:
    image: codebunny/strapi
    environment:
      NODE_ENV: development # or production
    ports:
      - "1337:1337"
    # volumes:
    #   - ./app:/srv/app # mount an existing strapi project

or using Docker:

docker run -d -p 1337:1337 codebunny/strapi --env NODE_ENV=development

You can find more example on GitHub.

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How to use ?

This image allows you to create a new strapi project or run an existing strapi project.

• for $NODE_ENV = development: The command that will run in your project is strapi develop.
• for $NODE_ENV = production: The command that will run in your project is strapi start.

The Content-Type Builder plugin is disabled WHEN $NODE_ENV = production.

Creating a new strapi project

When running this image, strapi will check if there is a project in the /srv/app folder of the container. If there is nothing then it will run the strapi new command in the container /srv/app folder.

This command creates a project with an SQLite database. Then starts it on port 1337.

Environment variables

When creating a new project with this image you can pass database configurations to the strapi new command.

• DATABASE_CLIENT a database provider supported by Strapi: (sqlite, postgres, mysql ,mongo).
• DATABASE_HOST database host.
• DATABASE_PORT database port.
• DATABASE_NAME database name.
• DATABASE_USERNAME database username.
• DATABASE_PASSWORD database password.
• DATABASE_SSL boolean for SSL.
• EXTRA_ARGS pass extra args to the strapi new.

Running an existing strapi project

To run an existing project, you can mount the project folder in the container at /srv/app.

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Recommended way to deploy an existing strapi project to production using Docker

To deploy an existing strapi project to production using Docker, it is recommended to build an image for your project based on node v18.

Example of Dockerfile:

FROM node:18
# alternatively you can use FROM strapi/base:latest

# Set up working directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy package.json to root directory
COPY package.json .

# Copy yarn.lock to root directory
COPY yarn.lock .

# Install dependencies, but not generate a yarn.lock file and fail if an update is needed
RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile

# Copy strapi project files
COPY favicon.ico ./favicon.ico
COPY src/ src/
COPY public/ public/
COPY database/ database/
COPY config/ config/
# ...

# Build admin panel
RUN yarn build

# Run on port 1337
EXPOSE 1337

# Start strapi server
CMD ["yarn", "start"]

Official Documentation

• The official documentation of strapi is available on https://docs.strapi.io/.

• The official strapi docker image is available on GitHub (not yet upgraded to v4).