This post will be my notes on dockerizing a React application. You can find the original post by Michael Herman at Dockerizing a React App. I use a dedicated node user in my approach, instead of running the container as root user. For detailed explanations, go to Michael's post. Requirements Docker v19.03 docker-compose 1.25 Node v12.13.1 Project Setup Create the application, for example, via create-react-app: npx create-react-app dockerized-react && cd dockerized-react Docker Add a Dockerfile to your project directory (a file without extension):