# Angular app on docker is throwing error on serve command

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/angular-app-on-docker-is-throwing-error-on-serve-command/79963>\
**Category:** Docker Hub\
**Created:** [August 19, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/angular-app-on-docker-is-throwing-error-on-serve-command/79963 "2019-08-19T13:27:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dhivyarajasekaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@dhivyarajasekaran](https://forums.docker.com/u/dhivyarajasekaran)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/angular-app-on-docker-is-throwing-error-on-serve-command/79963/1 "2019-08-19T13:27:04Z")

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I am trying to run angular app on docker . Below is my dockerfile .

# base image

FROM node:12.2.0  
WORKDIR /app  
ENV PATH /app/node\_modules/.bin:$PATH  
COPY package.json /app/package.json  
RUN npm install  
RUN echo “Test”  
COPY . /app  
CMD ng serve

building image is successful. When i try to run the image, i am getting below error  
Command used for run :  
docker run -d -v ${PWD}:/app -v /app/node\_modules -p 4201:4200 angapp2

getting error as below :  
The serve command requires to be run in an Angular project, but a project defini  
tion could not be found

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**Author:** ![dylansnel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@dylansnel](https://forums.docker.com/u/dylansnel)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/angular-app-on-docker-is-throwing-error-on-serve-command/79963/2 "2020-10-23T09:17:04Z")

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Did you ever figure this out?