Dockerize of installation process

[MirlanJA]

Hi!
Can I customize Dockerfile so that I can answer questions during npm init nuxt-app?

[azrikahar]

Hi. I believe your intention is just to automate or autofill the questions right?

Then actually create-nuxt-app has an option called --answers which fits your use case here :) I found this out when I was browsing the source code and I'm not sure why it's not fully documented. I could be wrong, but I think it has to do with the questions being different across create-nuxt-app versions.

Example usage

What we normally do

1. Run the following command to create a project called sample-app.

   yarn create nuxt-app sample-app
   # or
   npx create-nuxt-app sample-app

2. We choose the following answers:

   create-nuxt-app v3.2.0
   ✨  Generating Nuxt.js project in sample-app
   ? Project name: sample-app
   ? Programming language: JavaScript
   ? Package manager: Yarn
   ? UI framework: Tailwind CSS
   ? Nuxt.js modules: Axios, Content
   ? Linting tools: ESLint, Prettier
   ? Testing framework: None
   ? Rendering mode: Universal (SSR / SSG)
   ? Deployment target: Static (Static/JAMStack hosting)
   ? Development tools: jsconfig.json (Recommended for VS Code if you're not using typescript)

Doing the same thing with the --answers option

To achieve the exact same configuration as we did above, here is the following command using --answers which takes in a json format of your selections:

yarn create nuxt-app sample-app --answers '{"name":"sample-app","language":["js"],"pm":"npm","ui":"tailwind","features":["axios","content"],"linter":["eslint","prettier"],"test":"none","mode":"universal","target":"static","devTools":["jsconfig.json"]}'
# or 
npx create-nuxt-app sample-app --answers '{"name":"sample-app","language":["js"],"pm":"npm","ui":"tailwind","features":["axios","content"],"linter":["eslint","prettier"],"test":"none","mode":"universal","target":"static","devTools":["jsconfig.json"]}'

Remember to change the sample-app in the command to your own project name. Also note that sample-app appears 2 times per command. first one after nuxt-app, second one inside the json string.

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You can try out this command directly in your own terminal and check whether it works or not. Then for your Dockerfile use case, I think you'll just need to create this command string and pass in environment variables if you want to make it customizable.

[MirlanJA]

Excellent! thank you! soon I make repository with docker configure for nuxt app

[azrikahar]

You're welcome. You might also be interested in the current open PR #581 which adds docker option to the CLI directly and generate the Dockerfile & docker-compose.yml files for you :)