Background
I'm currently working on building an application which I want to deploy to Docker containers.
The containers will run on a server of mine. I want to have the ability to run other applications on the same server without bloating up the amount of Docker images that are ran.
The different parts / containers as of now are:
- Nginx (Reverse proxy, static resources)
- Node (App frontend)
- Node (App backend / API)
- Mongo (Database)
Thoughts
The general idea I have is that each distinct part should be ran as a container. My concern is that if I were to run another application on the same machine I will end up bloating it with an unhandable amount of linked images.
This could be solved by making one image for each application. So that the aforementioned services will be part of one image. Does this conflict with the overall security or purpose of Docker in the first place?
Clarification
Does having multiple services in one Docker image conflict with the purpose of Docker?
Will the overall security benefits of containers be removed when running the services from one image?