My First Full-Stack Deployment with Docker and NGINX as Load Balancer

Introduction:

In this post, I’ll walk through my experience creating a full-stack application with a simple frontend and backend. The frontend is a basic HTML file, while the backend is built with Node.js. After containerizing both with Docker, I set up NGINX as a reverse proxy and load balancer to manage traffic across multiple backend instances. This project was an important step in learning about Docker, NGINX, and full-stack deployment.

**Step 1: Building the Frontend and Backend

Frontend:

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The frontend is a simple HTML page that interacts with the backend. It could be a webpage that makes requests to the backend or displays data dynamically.

Frontend Code: I created a basic index.html file that is served via Docker. It could be as simple as displaying a simple frontend and making API requests to the Node.js backend.

Backend:

The backend is a Node.js application that listens on specific ports (3001, 3002, 3003). It serves data or processes requests sent from the frontend.

*Step 2: Containerizing with Docker

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Docker Image:

I wrote a Dockerfile to containerize the HTML file and serve it with a simple web server like nginx.