entrypoint.sh contains various cqlsh commands that require Cassandra. Without something like script.sh, cqlsh commands fail because Cassandra doesn't have enough time to start. When I execute the following locally, everything appears to work properly. However, when I run via Docker, script.sh never finishes. In other words, $status never changes from 1 to 0.
Dockerfile
FROM cassandra
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y netcat
RUN mkdir /dir
ADD ./scripts /dir/scripts
RUN /bin/bash -c 'service cassandra start'
RUN /bin/bash -c '/dir/scripts/script.sh'
RUN /bin/bash -c '/dir/scripts/entrypoint.sh'
script.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
cmd="$@"
status=$(nc -z localhost 9042; echo $?)
echo $status
while [ $status != 0 ]
do
sleep 3s
status=$(nc -z localhost 9042; echo $?)
echo $status
done
exec $cmd
Alternatively, I could do something like until cqlsh -e 'some code'; do .., as noted here for psql, but that doesn't appear to work for me. Wondering how best to approach the problem.
You're misusing the RUN command in your Dockerfile. It's not for starting services, it's for making filesystem changes in your image. The reason $status doesn't update is because you can't start Cassandra via a RUN command.
You should add service cassandra start and /dir/scripts/entrypoint.sh to your script.sh file, and make that the CMD that's executed by default:
Dockerfile
CMD ['/bin/bash', '-c', '/dir/scripts/script.sh']
script.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
# NOTE: I removed your `cmd` processing in favor of invoking entrypoint.sh
# directly.
# Start Cassandra before waiting for it to boot.
service cassandra start
status=$(nc -z localhost 9042; echo $?)
echo $status
while [ $status != 0 ]
do
sleep 3s
status=$(nc -z localhost 9042; echo $?)
echo $status
done
exec /bin/bash -c /dir/scripts/entrypoint.sh