Example webserver

This is a simple web server based on Flask

To run this websever locally

Install python3 on local host or virual env
pip install -r requirements.txt

To run the app on the host

python3 app.py

Connect to webserver running on the host

http://0.0.0.0:4080

Build docker image

docker build -t flaskapp:latest .

List the image

docker image ls

Run the app in the container in the foreground

docker container run -p 8000:4080 --name myflaskapp --rm flaskapp:latest

Run the app in the container in the detached and interactive mode

docker container run -dit -p 8000:4080 --name myflaskapp --rm flaskapp:latest

Get interactive bash terminal into the container

docker container exec -it myflaskapp bash

Get interactive python terminal into the container

docker container exec -it myflaskapp python3

Attach to the container but you can not do much here. Press Ctl+p Ctl+q to come out without stopping the container

docker attach myflaskapp

check the docker logs

docker logs myflaskapp

run the curl to verify that app is working

curl http://localhost:8000