docker-compose installation using repositories from GraphQL College (GraphQL Subscriptions with React, Node, Apollo and Postgres)

The docker container clone code from "Pinterest style app built with Apollo subscriptions" to start a multi-container application which is using the technologies: React, GraphQL, Apollo, Express, NodeJS, Postgres and Websocket.

The code is cloned from the following repository into two separated containers (client, server)

• Apollo Subscriptions Example

Additionally a container with a Postgres database will be initiated and one where Nginx is running.

Requirements

You should have docker and docker-compose installed on your machine.

Installation

• Clone the project from the repo,
• build your project using

$ docker-compose build

• and/or run the following command directly inside the directory

$ docker-compose up -d

• After starting all container the database must be initialized manually

docker exec -it api yarn db:create
docker exec -it api yarn db:migrate

Your project will run in the browser as

• Web App with React at

  • http://localhost:3000/

• API as NodeJS project with GraphQL at

  • https://localhost/graphiql

• Websocket at

  • wss://localhost:443/subscriptions

Deployment

Included is a deployment script deployment-apollo-subscriptions-example.sh so that the application can be started easily.

Be careful as this script

• stops all relevant container
• deletes all exited container
• deletes unused images
• deletes orphaned volumes
• and deletes orphaned network nodes.

Finally it builds and starts up all docker images.