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gontxomde
gontxomde

Reputation: 152

Docker run entrypoint flags

I have a base image I cannot modify in this case. The entrypoint of the image is python3, but I have a docker run in which I would like to make /bin/bash the entrypoint. The point is, I want to put the -c and -l flags in the /bin/bash command.

To clarify, I would like the equivalent of ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-l", "-c"] but when I run the docker run --entrypoint /bin/bash <image> command

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3778

Answers (2)

EDG956
EDG956

Reputation: 982

If you can't extend the image, you can achieve that by setting /bin/bash as the entrypoint and then passing the rest of the arguments as arguments to the container.

E.G:

docker run --entrypoint /bin/bash ubuntu -c ls

Runs ls inside your container. docker run does not accept sentences surrounded with quotes as it would try to find the executable named /bin/bash -c -l and would fail. So you're left with that or setting up a custom entrypoint script.

Upvotes: 1

Paolo
Paolo

Reputation: 26024

If you're only looking to do this once, then you can override the entrypoint with the --entrypoint flag when using docker run.

$ docker run --entrypoint /bin/bash <image> -l -c

Everything that comes after the image name is passed to the new entrypoint as arguments.

Alternatively, if you expect you will be doing this again, I would instead recommend either:

  1. Creating a new image altogether with docker commit:

    $ docker run -d <image>
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$ docker commit --change='ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-l", "-c"]' 89373736 mynewimage

  2. Writing a custom Dockerfile:

    FROM <image>
ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-l", "-c"]

    and then build it:

    docker build -t mynewimage .

You will end up with a new image (mynewimage) that has the desired entrypoint.

Upvotes: 1

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