chrisegb

chrisegb

Creating the correct dockerfile for an API REST in Phoenix

I am trying to dockerize a simple phoenix api rest service I have tried with the next two docker files:

FROM elixir:latest

RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get -y install sudo

ADD . /app

RUN mix local.hex --force \
&& mix local.rebar --force
RUN mix archive.install hex phx_new 1.4.0-dev.0

RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash -
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs

WORKDIR /app

RUN cd assets && npm install

RUN cd ../

RUN mix deps.get

RUN mix compile

EXPOSE 4000

CMD ["mix", "clean"]
CMD ["mix", "ecto.setup"]
CMD ["mix", "phx.server"]

And a more simple one:

FROM elixir:alpine

RUN apk update

ADD . .

RUN mix local.hex --force && mix local.rebar --force
RUN mix archive.install hex phx_new --force
RUN apk update && apk add inotify-tools
RUN mix deps.get
RUN mix compile

CMD ["mix", "clean"]
CMD ["mix", "ecto.setup"]
CMD ["mix", "phx.server"]

With both I am able to create the docker image and also to run the docker container but when I try to hit any endpoint (from postman) I get the next:

Any ideas of why am I getting this?

I have already research about the socket hang up error in postman and may be related to the ports already in use but the problem here is that I am not using any of the ports where I expose or map with my docker container when running docker run -p XXXX:XXXX <image-name>.

Please can you help me with this?

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chrisegb

chrisegb

FIXED: The problem is that Elixir/Phoenix applications configure the connection from other machines inside the dev.exs file, I had to change the line: http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000] to => http: [ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 4000], actually the comments in the file explicity says that: “Change to ip: {0, 0, 0, 0} to allow access from other machines.”. Though, thanks to @Sebb for the time answering in this topic.

Also, my final simplest (non-production) Dockerfile looks like this:

FROM elixir:alpine
COPY . .
RUN apk update && apk add inotify-tools
RUN mix local.hex --force && \
    mix local.rebar --force
RUN mix do deps.get, deps.compile
EXPOSE 4000
CMD ["mix", "phx.server"]

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Sebb

Sebb

did just that some weeks ago

https://github.com/ahsf/ex_api_release_demo

EDIT: repo is now private again. If there is any further need I can fork it to a pubic repo.

Sebb

Sebb

the container is meant to run in MIX_ENV=prod which will not use Phoenix.LiveReloader — Phoenix Live-Reload v1.6.2

I will make the repo private again, because we make random changes to this for testing.

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