Enabling webpack hot-reload in a docker application

Question

I have a docker app with the following containers

1. node - source code of the project. it serves up the html page situated in the public folder.
2. webpack - watches files in the node container and updates the public folder (from the node container) on the event of change in the code.
3. database

this is the webpack/node container setup

 web:
    container_name: web
    build: .
    env_file: .env
    volumes:
      - .:/usr/src/app
      - node_modules:/usr/src/app/node_modules
    command: npm start
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=development
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"

  webpack:
    container_name: webpack
    build: ./webpack/
    depends_on:
      - web
    volumes_from:
      - web
    working_dir: /usr/src/app
    command: webpack --watch

So currently , the webpack container monitors and updates the public folder. i have to manually refresh the browser to see my changes.

I'm now trying to incorporate webpack-dev-server to enable automatic refresh in the browser

these are my changes to the webpack config file

module.exports = {
  entry:[
    'webpack/hot/dev-server',
    'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080',
    './client/index.js'
  ],

  ....

  devServer:{
    hot: true,
    proxy: {
      '*': 'http://localhost:8000'
    }
  }
}

and the new docker-compose file file webpack

  webpack:
    container_name: webpack
    build: ./webpack/
    depends_on:
      - web
    volumes_from:
      - web
    working_dir: /usr/src/app
    command: webpack-dev-server --hot --inline
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"

i seem to be getting an error when running the app

Invalid configuration object. Webpack has been initialised using a configuration object that does not match the API schema.
webpack     |  - configuration.entry should be one of these:
webpack     |    object { <key>: non-empty string | [non-empty string] } | non-empty string | [non-empty string] | function
webpack     |    The entry point(s) of the compilation.
webpack     |    Details:
webpack     |     * configuration.entry should be an object.
webpack     |     * configuration.entry should be a string.
webpack     |     * configuration.entry should NOT have duplicate items (items ## 1 and 2 are identical) ({
webpack     |         "keyword": "uniqueItems",
webpack     |         "dataPath": ".entry",
webpack     |         "schemaPath": "#/definitions/common.nonEmptyArrayOfUniqueStringValues/uniqueItems",
webpack     |         "params": {
webpack     |           "i": 2,
webpack     |           "j": 1
webpack     |         },
webpack     |         "message": "should NOT have duplicate items (items ## 1 and 2 are identical)",
webpack     |         "schema": true,
webpack     |         "parentSchema": {
webpack     |           "items": {
webpack     |             "minLength": 1,
webpack     |             "type": "string"
webpack     |           },
webpack     |           "minItems": 1,
webpack     |           "type": "array",
webpack     |           "uniqueItems": true
webpack     |         },
webpack     |         "data": [
webpack     |           "/usr/src/app/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/index.js?http://localhost:8080",
webpack     |           "webpack/hot/dev-server",
webpack     |           "webpack/hot/dev-server",
webpack     |           "webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080",
webpack     |           "./client/index.js"
webpack     |         ]
webpack     |       }).
webpack     |       [non-empty string]
webpack     |     * configuration.entry should be an instance of function
webpack     |       function returning an entry object or a promise..

As you can see , my entry object doesnt have any duplicate items.

Is there something additional i should be doing? anything i missed?

webpack-dev-server should basically proxy all requests to the node server.

Answer 1

try doing this:

1. Add watchOptions.poll = true in webpack config.

   watchOptions: { poll: true },

2. Configure host in devServer config

   host:"0.0.0.0",