compose.remote.yml

# This Docker Composer runs the server by connecting to a remote server,
# configured in `config.remote.json`. It uses a placeholder redis container with
# nothing in it. This is to help build and test formulas against a remote DB.
services:
  server:
    image: node:18-alpine
    command: sh -c "npm install && npm run build; npm run serve:dev:nodocker"
    working_dir: /usr/src/app
    ports:
      - 3420:3420 # server
      - 9227:9227 # debug
    volumes:
      # use local files as source
      - .:/usr/src/app
    environment:
      NODE_ENV: development
      # contains db connection info for remote database
      CONFIG_FILE: config.remote.json
    # waits for redis to start
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
    # colorizes output
    tty: true

  # does not connect to remote redis server
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'redis-cli ping']
      interval: 1s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 5

volumes:
  node_modules: