start
start
Start an application for local development
Usage
convox start [service] [service...] [options]
Flags
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--manifest |
-m |
Manifest file (default: convox.yml) |
--external |
-e |
Use external build |
--generation |
-g |
Generation |
--no-build |
Skip building | |
--no-cache |
Build without layer cache | |
--no-sync |
Do not sync local changes into running containers |
Examples
$ convox start
build | uploading source
build | starting build
build | Authenticating registry.convox/nodejs: Login Succeeded
build | Building: .
build | Sending build context to Docker daemon 171.5kB
build | Step 1/5 : FROM node:22-alpine
build | ---> b95baba1cfdb
build | Step 2/5 : WORKDIR /usr/src/app
build | ---> Using cache
build | ---> 8b06151e1836
build | Step 3/5 : COPY . /usr/src/app
build | ---> Using cache
build | ---> 02881c46489e
build | Step 4/5 : EXPOSE 3000
build | ---> Using cache
build | ---> 79271f2d681d
build | Step 5/5 : CMD ["node", "app.js"]
build | ---> Using cache
build | ---> fd45ec629418
build | Successfully built fd45ec629418
build | Successfully tagged c9b4c3c01a44a3037f2b6e57b9269de8382e772b:latest
build | Running: docker tag c9b4c3c01a44a3037f2b6e57b9269de8382e772b convox/nodejs:web.BABCDEFGHI
build | Running: docker tag convox/nodejs:web.BABCDEFGHI registry.convox/nodejs:web.BABCDEFGHI
build | Running: docker push registry.convox/nodejs:web.BABCDEFGHI
convox | starting sync from . to /usr/src/app on web
web | Scaled up replica set web-58d8446884 to 1
web | Created pod: web-58d8446884-gfkxz
web | Successfully assigned convox-nodejs/web-58d8446884-gfkxz to docker-desktop
web | Container image "registry.convox/nodejs:web.BABCDEFGHI" already present on machine
web | Created container main
web | Server running at http://0.0.0.0:3000/
web | Started container main
See Also
- Local Development for a guided local development walkthrough
- Running Locally for code sync and build target details
