Yarn is a popular JavaScript package manager that is
often used as an alternative to npm.
To install Yarn, your Layerfile will include something like this:
FROM vm/ubuntu:18.04
RUN curl -fSsL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash && \
curl -fSsL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && \
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list && \
apt-get update && \
apt-get install nodejs yarn
COPY . .
RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile
RUN BACKGROUND yarn start
EXPOSE WEBSITE http://localhost:3000
Information on optimizing and troubleshooting Yarn in webapp.io can be found
here.