I am currently utilizing the following Dockerfile to facilitate the development of an Angular project:
FROM node:18-alpine
WORKDIR /code
COPY package*.json /code/
RUN npm ci --quiet
The process is initiated using docker compose. I have my code directory mounted as a volume, enabling the development server within the container to detect any modifications made and maintain live updates:
version: "3"
services:
ui:
build: ./PathOnHostWithProjectRepo
command: sh -c "npm start"
ports:
- 4200:4200
volumes:
- ./PathOnHostWithProjectRepo:/code
- node_modules:/code/node_modules
volumes:
node_modules:
The node_modules is established upon image creation and should only be updated if changes are made to my package.json file. However, after adding a new dependency to package.json today, the new dependency is not being installed within the volume. I have attempted various solutions but without success. These include running docker compose down, executing docker system prune -a -f, and performing a rebuild. Each time the container restarts, it encounters an error indicating that the newly added dependency cannot be found. Upon inspecting the node_modules directory within the container, the library appears to be missing. Notably, the package and imports are correct as evidenced by their presence on my host machine when running npm install locally (without Docker).