Listen to changes and reload container on code change - docker-compose

Question

I am using docker-compose in visual studio 2019 with docker for windows running linux containers. I want to enable hot reload for the angular client app.

I modified the

Answer 1

Use nodemon to automatically restart the node server when code is changed . Before that install nodemon in your docker image and make sure it is present.

Refer this URL to install nodemon :https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemon

then change your CMD in Dockerfile

CMD ["nodemon", "--exec", "npm", "run", "docker-start"]

This is reload your nodejs application whenever codes are changed