# Use bind mounts — Run your app in a development container

> The following steps describe how to run a development container with a bind mount that does the following Mount your source code into the container Install all dependencies Start nodemon to watch for filesystem changes You can use the CLI or Docker Desktop to run your container with a bind mount.

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The following steps describe how to run a development container with a bind mount that does the following

Mount your source code into the container Install all dependencies Start nodemon to watch for filesystem changes

You can use the CLI or Docker Desktop to run your container with a bind mount.

Make sure you don't have any getting-started containers currently running.

Run the following command from the getting-started-app directory.

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```console
   $ docker run -dp 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 \
       -w /app --mount type=bind,src=.,target=/app \
       node:24-alpine \
       sh -c "npm install &amp;&amp; npm run dev"
```

The following is a breakdown of the command: -dp 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 - same as before. Run in detached (background) mode and create a port mapping -w /app - sets the "working directory" or the current directory that the command will run from --mount type=bind,src=.,target=/app - bind mount the current directory from the host into the /app directory in the container node:24-alpine - the image to use. Note that this is the base image for your app from the Dockerfile sh -c "npm install &amp;&amp; npm run dev" - the command. You're starting a shell using sh (alpine doesn't have bash) and running npm install to install packages and then running npm run dev to start the development server. If you look in the package.json, you'll see that the dev script starts nodemon.

You can watch the logs using docker logs . You'll know you're ready to go when you see this

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```console
   $ docker logs -f &lt;container-id&gt;
   nodemon -L src/index.js
   [nodemon] 2.0.20
   [nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
   [nodemon] watching path(s): *.*
   [nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
   [nodemon] starting `node src/index.js`
   Using sqlite database at /etc/todos/todo.db
   Listening on port 3000
```

When you're done watching the logs, exit out by hitting Ctrl+C.

Make sure you don't have any getting-started containers currently running.

Run the following command from the getting-started-app directory. …

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