Dockerizing NestJS + Setting Up GitLab CI (Ep 3)

In this episode, we take our NestJS app and Dockerize it — preparing it for production deployment to AWS EKS. Then, we set up a GitLab CI/CD pipeline that builds and pushes our Docker image automatically to the GitLab Container Registry. ✅ Create a Dockerfile for NestJS ✅ Build and test the Docker image locally ✅ Set up .gitlab-ci.yml ✅ Push your image to GitLab’s Container Registry ✅ Trigger your first working CI pipeline! This is Episode 3 of my real-world DevOps learning series where I deploy a NestJS app to AWS EKS using GitLab CI/CD — and ChatGPT helps me along the way. I’m learning by doing, breaking things, fixing them, and documenting every step so you can follow along and learn too. ? Tech stack: - NestJS (TypeScript) - Docker - GitLab CI/CD - GitLab Container Registry - AWS EKS - ChatGPT ? Next up: Create the AWS EKS cluster using `eksctl` and prepare for deployment! ? Watch the full playlist: **"I am Learning How to Deploy NestJS to AWS EKS with ChatGPT – Join Me"** #NestJS #Docker #GitLabCI #Kubernetes #AWS #EKS #DevOps #ChatGPT #Backend