docker-compose.yml

# docker-compose version, 3.8 is the latest version
version: "3.8"
# Services or containers, specifies the services that docker compose will manage and run
services:
  # myapp is the name of the container/service, name can be anything
  myapp:
    # build specifies the build context and Dockerfile location
    build:
      context: . # Build context location, this is the root directory (borkday)
      dockerfile: myapp/Dockerfile # Dockerfile location (borkday/myapp/Dockerfile)
    ports: # Port mapping, we are mapping the container port 6000 to the host port 6000
      - "6000:6000"
    # volumes specifies the volume mapping, we are mapping the host directory myapp to the container directory /app/myapp
    # This is useful for development, as it allows us to make changes to the host directory and see the changes reflected in the container
    volumes:
      - ./myapp:/app/myapp
    # env_file specifies the environment file, we are setting the environment variables in the .env file
    env_file:
      - myapp/.env
    environment:
      # NODE_ENV is set to production to run the app in production mode, this means that the app will run with optimizations and without debug information
      - NODE_ENV=production