Multi-Service Application

The goal of this project is to help you practice a more advanced docker setup involving multiple services, volumes, networks, custom base images, multi-stage builds, secrets and more. The project will simulate a real-world scenario with multiple interconnected services, each with its own build requirements and optimizations.

1. **Web Application**: A basic react-based frontend application.
2. **API Service**: A Node.js Express backend API.
3. **Database**: A MongoDB instance for storing application data.
4. **Cache**: A Redis cache for improving performance.
5. **Reverse Proxy**: An Nginx reverse proxy to handle incoming requests.
6. Use Docker Compose to define and run the multi-container application.
7. Create custom base images for the web application and API service.
8. Implement multi-stage builds for the web application to optimize the final image size.
9. Set up a Docker network to allow communication between services.
10. Use Docker volumes for persistent data storage (database and cache).
11. Implement Docker secrets for sensitive information (e.g., database passwords).
12. Configure health checks for each service.
13. Optimize Dockerfiles for each service to reduce image sizes and improve build times.
14. Implement logging and log rotation for all services.