simple flask docker example

super simple example of docker with a flask app

how to run

how to run this project

Cloning the repo

first to run this example we need to clone the project

git clone https://github.com/StickyCoolDev/docker-flask-example

and change the directory to the cloned repo

cd docker-flask-example

Building the Container

to build the container we need to use the docker build command

# by using the . (current) directory we are telling
# docker to look for a Dockerfile in the current directory
docker build -t cool-app . 

Running the Container

after building the container we need to run it with the docker run command

docker run -p 5000:5000 cool-app # running the container with port 5000 mapped to 5000

Some Docker commands

docker ps

the docker ps command shows all of the current running container's

docker ps

docker pull <name>

the docker pull command downloads a already made image from Docker Hub

docker pull hello-world