Dockerfile

# Create image based on the official latest Node image from dockerhub
FROM node:latest as builder

COPY package.json package-lock.json ./

# RUN npm set progress=false && npm config set depth 0 && npm cache clean --force

## Storing node modules on a separate layer will prevent unnecessary npm installs at each build
RUN npm i && mkdir /ng-app && cp -R ./node_modules ./ng-app

## Move to /ng-app (eq: cd /ng-app)
WORKDIR /ng-app

# Copy everything from host to /ng-app in the container
COPY . .

## Build the angular app in production mode and store the artifacts in dist folder
RUN npm run build:prod


### STAGE 2: Setup ###

FROM nginx

## Copy our default nginx config
#COPY nginx/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/

## Remove default nginx website
RUN rm -rf /usr/share/nginx/html/*

## From 'builder' stage copy over the artifacts in dist folder to default nginx public folder
COPY --from=builder /ng-app/dist/browser /usr/share/nginx/html

#CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]