# Dockerize a Feathers application
A Feathers application can be dockerized like any other Node.js application (opens new window).
# Create an app
mkdir feathers-app
cd feathers-app/
feathers generate app
# Dockerfile
Add the following Dockerfile
to the project directory:
FROM node:lts-alpine
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY . .
EXPOSE 3030
CMD ["npm", "run", "start"]
# Build the image
docker build -t my-feathers-image .
# Start the container
docker run -d -p 3030:3030 --name my-feathers-container my-feathers-image