How do I run a Bash script in an Alpine Docker container?
DockerDockerfileAlpineDocker Problem Overview
I have a directory containing only two files, Dockerfile
and sayhello.sh
:
.
├── Dockerfile
└── sayhello.sh
The Dockerfile
reads
FROM alpine
COPY sayhello.sh sayhello.sh
CMD ["sayhello.sh"]
and sayhello.sh
contains simply
echo hello
The Dockerfile
builds successfully:
kurtpeek@Sophiemaries-MacBook-Pro ~/d/s/trybash> docker build --tag trybash .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 3.072 kB
Step 1/3 : FROM alpine
---> 665ffb03bfae
Step 2/3 : COPY sayhello.sh sayhello.sh
---> Using cache
---> fe41f2497715
Step 3/3 : CMD sayhello.sh
---> Using cache
---> dfcc26c78541
Successfully built dfcc26c78541
However, if I try to run
it I get an executable file not found in $PATH
error:
kurtpeek@Sophiemaries-MacBook-Pro ~/d/s/trybash> docker run trybash
container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused "exec: \"sayhello.sh\": executable file not found in $PATH"
docker: Error response from daemon: oci runtime error: container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused "exec: \"sayhello.sh\": executable file not found in $PATH".
ERRO[0001] error getting events from daemon: net/http: request canceled
What is causing this? I recall running scripts in debian:jessie
-based images in a similar manner. So perhaps it is Alpine-specific?
Docker Solutions
Solution 1 - Docker
Alpine comes with ash as the default shell instead of bash
.
So you can
-
Have a shebang defining /bin/bash as the first line of your sayhello.sh, so your file sayhello.sh will begin with bin/sh
#!/bin/sh
-
Install Bash in your Alpine image, as you seem to expect Bash is present, with such a line in your Dockerfile:
RUN apk add --no-cache --upgrade bash
Solution 2 - Docker
This answer is completely right and works fine.
There is another way. You can run a Bash script in an Alpine-based Docker container.
You need to change CMD like below:
CMD ["sh", "sayhello.sh"]
And this works too.
Solution 3 - Docker
Remember to grant execution permission for all scripts.
FROM alpine
COPY sayhello.sh /sayhello.sh
RUN chmod +x /sayhello.sh
CMD ["/sayhello.sh"]
Solution 4 - Docker
By using the CMD
, Docker is searching the sayhello.sh
file in the PATH
, BUT you copied it in /
which is not in the PATH
.
So use an absolute path to the script you want to execute:
CMD ["/sayhello.sh"]
BTW, as @user2915097 said, be careful that Alpine doesn't have Bash by default in case of your script using it in the shebang.