Now you have your Kubernetes running on Minikube or on AWS using kops. Lets’ see how to build your own container so that you can run container on Kubernetes using docker image. This will help you to build and run your own app on Kubernetes.

To build containers, you can use Docker Engine. Setup an Ubuntu/Bionic64, I will use Vagrant with Virtualbox.

Docker is available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Hence you can directly install docker on you Laptop/Desktop.

What is Dockerfile?

Dockerfile is use to Dockerizing a simple app. You can dockerize any app you want. Below is example of dockerizing NodeJS app.

Every container you build is need a Dockerfile. Following is a example of Dockerfile dockerizing a simple nodejs app.

Dockerfine example

FROM node:4.6-alpine
WORKDIR /app
ADD . /app
RUN npm install
EXPOSE 3000
CMD npm start

Let’s understand each line in Dockerfile.

Line #1: FROM node:4.6 – You are saying that your docker image will be based on node: 4.6-alpine image. Docker will download node’s tag 4.6-alpine from its official page https://hub.docker.com/_/node

Line #2: Our work directory going to be /app

Line #3: Current directory’s all file and folders are going to be copied in /app directory.

Line #4: Prepare this docker image you need to run some commands. Like we will run npm install to add all dependencies libraries that this app needs. So that when we will bundle this image. It will have all the dependencies.

Line #5: It’s going to expose a port. In this case its 3000

Line #6: When the container will start itself, then it will run a command npm start

Let’s have a look into the other file of this Nodejs application.

index.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/', function (req, res){
  res.send('Hello TimesofCloud!');
});

Var server = app.listen(3000, function(){
  var host = server.address().address;
  var port = server.address().port;

  console.log('Example app listening at http://%s:%s', host, port);
});

package.json

{
  "name": "nodejs-demo",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "script": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": "^4.6.1"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.14.0"
  }
}

Following are the commands to build and run the above docker image.

1. To build above project, docker build can be used.

2. Docker build can be executed manually or by CI/CD software like Jenkins.

3. Change directory to the docker-demo folder –
$ cd docker-demo

4. Do list files inside the docker-demo folder.

$ ls

Dockerfile  index.js	package.json

5. Build the docker image using
$ docker build -t vermanotes/nodejs-express:0.0.1 .

Output:

Sending build context to Docker daemon   2.05MB
Step 1/6 : FROM node:4.6-alpine
4.6-alpine: Pulling from library/node
3690ec4760f9: Pull complete 
625591d51582: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:caad727da7ff74c0710d5da698531347175149acf691855ebf0b7ecb13d05fb9
Status: Downloaded newer image for node:4.6-alpine
 ---> 6c52813cab3f
Step 2/6 : WORKDIR /app
 ---> Running in ea52b038a9bb
Removing intermediate container ea52b038a9bb
 ---> a59a6e10ceb3
Step 3/6 : ADD . /app
 ---> 070369ba7c54
Step 4/6 : RUN npm install
 ---> Running in c19aa231091c
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@2.15.11
npm info using node@v4.6.2
npm info preinstall myapp@0.0.1
npm info build /app
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npm info preinstall accepts@1.3.7
npm info linkStuff accepts@1.3.7
npm info install accepts@1.3.7
npm info postinstall accepts@1.3.7
npm info build /app/node_modules/array-flatten
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npm info linkStuff array-flatten@1.1.1
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npm info postinstall debug@2.6.9
npm info build /app/node_modules/depd
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npm info build /app/node_modules/destroy
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npm info install destroy@1.0.4
npm info postinstall destroy@1.0.4
npm info build /app/node_modules/ee-first
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npm info linkStuff ee-first@1.1.1
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npm info postinstall ee-first@1.1.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/encodeurl
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npm info linkStuff encodeurl@1.0.2
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npm info postinstall encodeurl@1.0.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/escape-html
npm info preinstall escape-html@1.0.3
npm info linkStuff escape-html@1.0.3
npm info install escape-html@1.0.3
npm info postinstall escape-html@1.0.3
npm info build /app/node_modules/etag
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npm info linkStuff etag@1.8.1
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npm info postinstall etag@1.8.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/finalhandler
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npm info postinstall finalhandler@1.1.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/forwarded
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npm info postinstall forwarded@0.1.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/fresh
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npm info postinstall fresh@0.5.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/http-errors
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npm info linkStuff http-errors@1.7.2
npm info install http-errors@1.7.2
npm info postinstall http-errors@1.7.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/iconv-lite
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npm info postinstall iconv-lite@0.4.24
npm info build /app/node_modules/inherits
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npm info linkStuff inherits@2.0.3
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npm info postinstall inherits@2.0.3
npm info build /app/node_modules/ipaddr.js
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npm info linkStuff ipaddr.js@1.9.0
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npm info postinstall ipaddr.js@1.9.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/media-typer
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npm info install media-typer@0.3.0
npm info postinstall media-typer@0.3.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/merge-descriptors
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npm info linkStuff merge-descriptors@1.0.1
npm info install merge-descriptors@1.0.1
npm info postinstall merge-descriptors@1.0.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/methods
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npm info linkStuff methods@1.1.2
npm info install methods@1.1.2
npm info postinstall methods@1.1.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/mime
npm info preinstall mime@1.6.0
npm info linkStuff mime@1.6.0
npm info install mime@1.6.0
npm info postinstall mime@1.6.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/mime-db
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npm info linkStuff mime-db@1.42.0
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npm info postinstall mime-db@1.42.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/mime-types
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npm info linkStuff mime-types@2.1.25
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npm info postinstall mime-types@2.1.25
npm info build /app/node_modules/ms
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npm info linkStuff ms@2.0.0
npm info install ms@2.0.0
npm info postinstall ms@2.0.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/negotiator
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npm info build /app/node_modules/on-finished
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npm info build /app/node_modules/parseurl
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npm info build /app/node_modules/path-to-regexp
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npm info build /app/node_modules/proxy-addr
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npm info linkStuff proxy-addr@2.0.5
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npm info build /app/node_modules/qs
npm info preinstall qs@6.7.0
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npm info build /app/node_modules/range-parser
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npm info linkStuff range-parser@1.2.1
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npm info postinstall safer-buffer@2.1.2
npm info build /app/node_modules/send
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npm info postinstall send@0.17.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/serve-static
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npm info linkStuff serve-static@1.14.1
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npm info postinstall serve-static@1.14.1
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npm info linkStuff setprototypeof@1.1.1
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npm info postinstall setprototypeof@1.1.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/statuses
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npm info linkStuff statuses@1.5.0
npm info install statuses@1.5.0
npm info postinstall statuses@1.5.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/toidentifier
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npm info install toidentifier@1.0.0
npm info postinstall toidentifier@1.0.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/type-is
npm info preinstall type-is@1.6.18
npm info linkStuff type-is@1.6.18
npm info install type-is@1.6.18
npm info postinstall type-is@1.6.18
npm info build /app/node_modules/unpipe
npm info preinstall unpipe@1.0.0
npm info linkStuff unpipe@1.0.0
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npm info postinstall unpipe@1.0.0
npm info build /app/node_modules/utils-merge
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npm info linkStuff utils-merge@1.0.1
npm info install utils-merge@1.0.1
npm info postinstall utils-merge@1.0.1
npm info build /app/node_modules/vary
npm info preinstall vary@1.1.2
npm info linkStuff vary@1.1.2
npm info install vary@1.1.2
npm info postinstall vary@1.1.2
npm info install myapp@0.0.1
npm info postinstall myapp@0.0.1
npm info prepublish myapp@0.0.1
npm info ok 
Removing intermediate container c19aa231091c
 ---> 1de49078fd9a
Step 5/6 : EXPOSE 3000
 ---> Running in 1c7c59af7faa
Removing intermediate container 1c7c59af7faa
 ---> 1acb6b40bccd
Step 6/6 : CMD npm start
 ---> Running in 6b3675dcddf6
Removing intermediate container 6b3675dcddf6
 ---> f05a8e632beb
Successfully built f05a8e632beb

Verifing docker image

➜  nodejs-express git:(master) docker images | grep vermanotes/nodejs-express
vermanotes/nodejs-express	0.0.1	aea87118bef0	3 minutes ago	44MB

After the docker build process you have built an image that can run the nodejs app.

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