Dockerfile

FROM node:8	

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++
RUN npm install -g cross-env
RUN npm install -g webpack
RUN npm install -g webpack-cli
RUN npm install -g webpack-dev-server

ENV NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL warn
ARG app_env
ENV APP_ENV $app_env

RUN mkdir -p /temporary
RUN mkdir -p /frontend/node_modules
WORKDIR /temporary
COPY ./package.json ./package.json
COPY ./package-lock.json ./package-lock.json
RUN npm install


# when we run the container we should ensure that -v has the hosts directory bound to the container's /frontend
CMD cd /frontend && ls && ls /temporary && cp -r /temporary/node_modules/* /frontend/node_modules && \
  if [ "$APP_ENV" == "production" ]; \
  then \
  npm install -g http-server && \
  npm run build && \
  cd build && \
  hs -p 80; \
  else \
  webpack-dev-server --inline --hot --host 0.0.0.0; \
  fi

EXPOSE 8080