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February 20, 2018

Running any Node application on Oracle Container Cloud Servicer by Lucas Jellema

Juergen Kress
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In an earlier article, I discussed the creation of a generic Docker Container Image that runs any Node.JS application based on sources for that application on GitHub. When the container is started, the GitHub URL is passed in as a parameter and the container will download the sources and run the application. Using this generic image, you can your Node application everywhere you can run a Docker container. One of the places where you can run a Docker Container is the Oracle Container Cloud Service (OCCS) – a service that offers a platform for managing your container landscape. In this article, I will show how I used OCCS to run my generic Docker image for running Node application and how I configured the service to run a specific Node application from GitHub.

Getting started with OCCS is described very well in an article by my colleague Luc Gorissen on this same blog: Docker, WebLogic Image on Oracle Container Cloud Service. I used his article to get started myself.

The steps are:

create OCCS Service instance
configure OCCS instance (with Docker container image registry)
Create a Service for the desired container image (the generic Node application runner) – this includes configuring the Docker container parameters such as port mapping and environment variables
Deploy the Service (run a container instance)
Check the deployment (status, logs, assigned public IP)
Test the deployment – check if the Node application is indeed available

Create OCCS Service instance

Assuming you have an Oracle Public Cloud account with a subscription to OCCS. Go to the Dashboard for OCCS. Click on Create Service. Read the complete article here.

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