Dangx Project

This is an attempt to build a microservices architecture: API driven, lightweight on infrastructure (Alpine Linux), loosely coupled services. See ideas from [1], [2]

Tech Stack

• Alpine Linux
• NodeJS
• Nginx
• Dnsmasq
• Docker

Commands / HowTo

• 1. For fresh project, create the special network
  • ./scripts/docker-new-network.sh
• 2. Build the containers
  • ./scripts/docker-compose-up.sh
• 3. Destroy the containers, excluding network and images
  • ./scripts/docker-compose-down.sh
• 4. Restart the containers
  • ./scripts/docker-compose-restart.sh

Folder Structure

./
    docker/
        +- all Docker related files
    scipts/
        +- compose scripts, new network, etc
    www-api/
        +- API source code
    www-public/
        +- Landing/static page

Todo

The list below requires a massive amount of time but definitely doable.

• Deploy to AWS
• Build infra with Terraform
• Use registry like Consul, etc
• Multi-cloud deployment eg. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
• Use CI
• Others, file an issue

Services

• www-dangxproject
  • Project landing page, mostly static assets
  • Info
    • URL: http://dangxproject.dev
    • Port: 3000, Expose: 80
• www-api
  • NodeJS-based API
  • Info
    • URL: http://api.dangxproject.dev
    • Port: 3001, Expose: 80

Notes

• Dnsmasq
  • Configured to only return queries for any host under "dev" eg: xxx.dev, api.dangxproject.dev on 127.0.0.1 IP address
  • command section in docker-compose.dnsmasq.yml and its manpage
• Docker vEthernet on Windows 10
  • Attach the following entries below to your Docker vEthernet IPv4 adapter:
    • DNS Server: 127.0.0.1
    • DNS Suffix: dev
• Tested on Windows 10
  • Windows 10 Pro Insider Release Build: 16251.rs3_release
  • Docker Server Version: 17.06.0-ce
  • Kernel Version: 4.9.36-moby
  • Dell XPS 13 9343

References

• [1] IBM, Learning Microservices Architecture with Bluemix and Docker
  • http://blog.ibmjstart.net/2015/07/23/learning-microservices-architecture-bluemix-docker-part-1/
• [2] Improving dev environments: All the HTTP things
  • https://adrianperez.org/improving-dev-environments-all-the-http-things/
• Docker 2-way linking
  • https://medium.com/@yani/two-way-link-with-docker-compose-8e774887be41
• Docker Nginx Proxy: /~https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy
• Docker Dnsmasq
  • https://hub.docker.com/r/andyshinn/dnsmasq/
  • http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
  • http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html
• https://jqnotes.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/configure-windows-7-to-support-dnsmasq.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/330395/dns-problem-nslookup-works-ping-doesnt
• https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10
• https://serverfault.com/questions/391914/is-there-a-way-to-use-a-specific-dns-for-a-specific-domain