NestJS Project Dockerfile

This snippet is almost the same as you can find on the Typescript Dockerfile Snippet but more specific for NestJS app.

Using Yarn

FROM node:lts as builder

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package.json yarn.lock ./

RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile

COPY . .

RUN yarn build

FROM node:lts-slim

ENV NODE_ENV production
USER node

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package.json yarn.lock ./

RUN yarn install --production --frozen-lockfile

COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/dist ./dist

CMD [ "node", "dist/main.js" ]

Using npm

FROM node as builder

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm ci

COPY . .

RUN npm run build

FROM node:slim

ENV NODE_ENV production
USER node

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm ci --production

COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/dist ./dist

CMD [ "node", "dist/main.js" ]