docker-ops

npx skills add vibeeval/vibecosystem --skill docker-ops --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

# Docker Operations Practical patterns for building, running, and maintaining containers in production. ## Multi-Stage Builds Minimize final image size by separating build-time dependencies from runtime. ```dockerfile # Stage 1: Builder FROM node:20-alpine AS builder WORKDIR /app # Copy dependency manifests first (layer cache) COPY package*.json ./ RUN npm ci --only=production COPY tsconfig.json ./ COPY src/ ./src/ RUN npm run build # Stage 2: Runtime (no devDependencies, no source files) FROM node:20-alpine AS runtime WORKDIR /app # Security: run as non-root RUN addgroup -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -G appgroup COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist USER appuser EXPOSE 3000 CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"] ``` ```dockerfile # Python multi-stage example FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder WORKDIR /app RUN pip install --upgrade pip COPY requirements.txt . RUN pip install --prefix=/install -r requirements.txt FROM python:3.12-slim AS runtime WORKDIR /app COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local COPY src/ ./src/ RUN useradd -r -s /bin/false appuser USER appuser CMD ["python", "-m", "src.main"] ``` ## Docker Compose for Multi-Service Env

Bridge network (default, same host)
docker network create --driver bridge my-network
docker run --network my-network --name service-a my-image
Containers on same bridge network communicate by name
curl http://service-a:3000/health
Host network (container shares host network stack, Linux only)
docker run --network host my-image
Overlay network (multi-host, Docker Swarm or manual)
docker network create --driver overlay --attachable my-overlay
Volume lifecycle commands