Docker Guide for Shopify/Remix Apps

This guide covers how to containerize your Shopify App for consistent deployment across any VPS or cloud provider.

1. Production Dockerfile (Multi-stage)

This optimized Dockerfile uses multi-stage builds to keep the final image size small (<200MB usually) and secure.

# base node image
FROM node:20-alpine AS base

# set for base and all layer that inherit from it
ENV NODE_ENV=production