I created a Docker image with java, and am copying the jar file into the image.
My Dockerfile is :
FROM anapsix/alpine-java
MAINTAINER myNAME
COPY testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar /home/testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
RUN java -jar /home/testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.j
After executing following command :
docker build -t imageName.
In the console I see the output from the application and everything is fine.
But when I stop the image, I don`t know how to run the image again ?
When I execute the following command :
docker run -i -t imageName java -jar /home/testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
The application runs again, but in my Dockerfile I have already written this command. How can I run the image without this command and have the application run automatically?
There is a difference between images and containers.
- Images will be build ONCE
- You can start containers from Images
In your case:
Change your image:
FROM anapsix/alpine-java
MAINTAINER myNAME
COPY testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar /home/testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
CMD ["java","-jar","/home/testprj-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"]
Build your image:
docker build -t imageName .
Now invoke your program inside a container:
docker run --name myProgram imageName
Now restart your program by restarting the container:
docker restart myProgram
Your program changed? Rebuild the image!:
docker rmi imageName
docker build -t imageName .
This may not be quite what you asked, but if you just need to run a JAR (rather than that being just one part of a larger custom container) I like this approach of mapping a volume/folder to the JAR and running it using a standard upstream image:
docker run --rm -it -v /home/me/folderHoldingJar:/home:Z java:latest /bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/java -jar /home/theJarFile.jar'
There is even some additional args you can add if the JAR needs to display a GUI.