Bring Your Own Dockerfile: Deploy Anything That Runs in a Container

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Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/deploy-any-app-with-a-dockerfile

Deploy any app to Light Cloud with your own Dockerfile: a multi-stage Rust build, EXPOSE for the port, PORT from the environment, a non-root user, and dependency layers that stay cached between deploys.

Level: Intermediate · Time: about 20 minutes · Plan: Free · Stack: Docker, Rust, axum

Steps

• Step 1: Create the app
• Step 2: Write the service
• Step 3: Write the Dockerfile
• Step 4: Run it on your machine
• Step 5: Push and deploy
• Step 6: See the layer cache at work

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-dockerfile-app

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