Getting Started with Docker

Why is Docker so Powerful?

• Docker is essential for developers in building, deploying, running, updating, and stopping containers. A container is an executable package of software. Docker makes it easier and safer to create containers than without it.

How to Start

• First, you will need to create an account Here.

• Then you go to the terminal, click New Instance and run git clone https://github.com/heyMP/news-api-workshop && cd news-api-workshop in the terminal.

• Then, you run cp dot.env.example dot.env in order to get a new copy of environment settings.

• This creates a file dot.env. Then you click Editor and find the dot.env file. You will need to get an API key and public url.

• Go to API KEY, create an account, and it will generate your personal key.

• You take your personal API key and replace it in the dot.env and SAVE.

• Now you click PORT and enter 4000 and click ok.

• It should show page isn't working.

• You can take the url and and put it here NEWS_ENDPOINT= in dot.env.

• Finally, you can run docker-compose up. Ports 80 and 4000 pop up and you can click 4000 to see the application.

Here is the link I followed.