Building Multi-Tenant Applications with Strapi and Docker Introduction

In this article, you will gain insights into building multi-tenant applications using Strapi, a headless CMS, and Docker for containerization. Multi-tenancy enables different users or groups to share the same application while maintaining isolated data.

Key Sections:

1. Understanding Multi-Tenant Architecture: This section will provide a comprehensive explanation of multi-tenancy and its significance in SaaS (Software as a Service).
2. Setting Up Strapi with Docker: This section will provide a detailed demonstration of containerizing a Strapi app using Docker.
3. Code Example: Dockerfile for Strapi

FROM node:14

WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY package.json ./
RUN yarn install
COPY . .
RUN yarn build
EXPOSE 1337
CMD ["yarn", "develop"]

1. Isolating Data per Tenant: This section will explain how to structure a database to store tenant-specific data and demonstrate setting up a separate schema per tenant in a PostgreSQL database using Strapi models.
2. Code Example: Strapi Models

// Example Strapi model for tenant-specific data
module.exports = {
  collectionName: 'tenant_data',
  attributes: {
    tenantID: {
      type: 'string',
      required: true,
    },
    content: {
      type: 'text',
    },
  },
};

Conclusion: This section will summarize how multi-tenancy can be effectively managed and maintained in a Dockerized Strapi application.