Meteor Launchpad - Base Docker Image for Meteor Apps

Build

Add the following to a Dockerfile in the root of your app:

FROM jshimko/meteor-launchpad:latest

Then you can build the image with:

docker build -t yourname/app .

Run

Now you can run your container with...

docker run -d \
  -e ROOT_URL=http://example.com \
  -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://url \
  -e MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://oplog_url \
  -e MAIL_URL=smtp://mail_url.com \
  -p 80:80 \
  yourname/app

Development Builds

You can optionally avoid downloading Meteor every time when building regularly in development. Add the following to your Dockerfile instead...

FROM jshimko/meteor-launchpad:devbuild

This isn't recommended for your final production build because it creates a much larger image, but it's a bit of a time saver when you're building often in development. The first build you run will download/install Meteor and then every subsequent build will be able to skip that step and just build the app.

Docker Compose

Add a docker-compose.yml to the root of your project with the following content and edit the app image name to match your build name. Everything else should work as-is.

# docker-compose.yml

app:
  image: yourname/app
  ports:
    - "80:80"
  links:
    - mongo
  environment:
    - ROOT_URL=http://example.com
    - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/meteor

mongo:
  image: mongo:latest --storageEngine=wiredTiger

And then start the app and database containers with...

docker-compose up -d