From Code to Container: How I Dockerized EpicBook with Multi-Stage Builds, Nginx & MySQL (Part 2)

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Learn how to containerize an application using Docker with multi-stage builds, Nginx, and MySQL

intermediate Published 28 Apr 2026
Action Steps
  1. Build a Docker image using a multi-stage build process to optimize container size
  2. Configure Nginx as a reverse proxy to route traffic to the application container
  3. Set up a MySQL container and configure it to work with the application
  4. Run the application container and MySQL container using Docker Compose
  5. Test the containerized application to ensure it works as expected
Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and developers can benefit from this tutorial to improve their application deployment and management skills

Key Insight

💡 Using multi-stage builds and Docker Compose can simplify the containerization process and improve application deployment efficiency

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Learn how to containerize an application using Docker with multi-stage builds, Nginx, and MySQL

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From “works on my machine” to a production-ready containerized stack — here’s exactly how I did it. Continue reading on Medium »
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