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Why does the Docker container stop after running?
REASON: Docker requires command(s) to keep running in the foreground. Otherwise, it thinks that application is stopped and it shutdown the container. As my script(docker-entrypoint.sh) contained only background processes, and no other foreground process triggered later, that`s why container exits when script ends.
What do you need to know about Sitecore?
With Sitecore’s container support, developers can address issues of consistency, isolation, and reproducibility. Here’s a quick overview about working with containers. Containers to the rescue!
How to run Docker on a local machine?
To bring an image down to your local machine, you would use a Docker pull command, e.g. This command will pull down the mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/samples image that has the dotnetapp tag. Once it has been pulled down, you can then use it locally to create containers based on it. To do that, you would use a simple Docker run command, e.g.
When do you not want to rebuild an image in Docker?
When working with static assets, you don’t want to rebuild the image and recreate your container to see any changes. When working with secret files that you might not want to be included in an image, e.g. license files.
How to gracefully terminate a container in Docker?
By default, the docker kill command doesn’t give the container process an opportunity to exit gracefully — it simply issues a SIGKILL to terminate the container. However, it does accept a –signal flag which will let you send something other than a SIGKILL to the container process.
What does piping of true do in Docker?
The piping of true is there to ensure that it always outputs a success. Without it, any bash scripts would exit and error if the container name did not exist. NR>1 skips first header row from docker ps command.
How to make a docker container run in the background?
The command parameter as suggested by other answers (i.e. tail -f /dev/null) is completely optional, and is NOT required to get your container to stay running in the background. Also note the Docker documentation suggests that combining -i and -t options will cause it to behave like a shell.