Everything is now containerised and in the docker compose

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Use Node.js 18 LTS as base image
+FROM node:18-alpine
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy package files
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN npm ci --only=production
+
+# Copy application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Create non-root user for security
+RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs
+RUN adduser -S nodejs -u 1001
+
+# Change ownership of the app directory
+RUN chown -R nodejs:nodejs /app
+USER nodejs
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Health check
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:5000/', (res) => { process.exit(res.statusCode === 200 ? 0 : 1) })"
+
+# Start the application
+CMD ["npm", "start"]

backend/dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+.git
+.gitignore
+README.md
+.env
+.nyc_output
+coverage
+.DS_Store
+*.log

backend/seedData.js

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const sampleRecipes = [
     cookTime: 15,
     category: "dinner",
     difficulty: "medium",
-    imageUrl: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1621996346565-e3dbc353d2e5?w=500"
+    imageUrl: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1692071097529-320eb2b32292?w=500"
   },
   {
     title: "Chocolate Chip Cookies",

backend/server.js

@@ -11,17 +11,20 @@ app.use(cors());
 app.use(express.json());
 
 // MongoDB connection
-const MONGODB_USERNAME = process.env.MONGODB_USERNAME;
-const MONGODB_PASSWORD = process.env.MONGODB_PASSWORD;
-const MONGODB_HOST = process.env.MONGODB_HOST;
-const MONGODB_PORT = process.env.MONGODB_PORT;
-const MONGODB_DATABASE = process.env.MONGODB_DATABASE;
+const MONGODB_HOST = process.env.MONGODB_HOST || 'mongodb';
+const MONGODB_PORT = process.env.MONGODB_PORT || '27017';
+const MONGODB_DATABASE = process.env.MONGODB_DATABASE || 'recipe-management';
+
+const MONGODB_URI = `mongodb://${MONGODB_HOST}:${MONGODB_PORT}/${MONGODB_DATABASE}`;
+
+console.log('Connecting to MongoDB with URI:', MONGODB_URI);
 
-const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGODB_URI || 
-  `mongodb://${MONGODB_USERNAME}:${MONGODB_PASSWORD}@${MONGODB_HOST}:${MONGODB_PORT}/${MONGODB_DATABASE}?authSource=admin`;
 mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI, {
   useNewUrlParser: true,
   useUnifiedTopology: true,
+  serverSelectionTimeoutMS: 30000, // 30 seconds
+  connectTimeoutMS: 30000, // 30 seconds
+  socketTimeoutMS: 30000, // 30 seconds
 });
 
 const db = mongoose.connection;