Run bash script file when starting a custom docker container created from a custom Dockerfile

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My working directory has the following files:

.
└── docker-compose.yml

where:

/docker-compose.yml

version: '3'

services:

  webserver:
    image: nginx:1.15.12-alpine
    container_name: webserver
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"

To start the webserver I just do:

$ docker-compose up -d webserver

To enter into that container I do:

$ docker exec -it webserver /bin/sh

At this point so far so good.

Now my goal is: when the container: webserver starts, run multiple commands.

For that, I tried:

  1. Changed this line on the: /docker-compose.yml
[old] image: nginx:1.15.12-alpine
[new] build: ./docker-files/nginx-1.15.12-alpine
  1. Created the following two files:

/docker-files/nginx-1.15.12-alpine/Dockerfile

FROM nginx:1.15.12-alpine

COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/

ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]

/docker-files/nginx-1.15.12-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Multiple commands below

echo "Hello World" > /document.txt

but now, when I run:

$ docker-compose up -d webserver

and then:

$ docker ps -a

I get as Status: Restarting (1) 5 seconds ago;

Then, when I run:

$ docker-compose logs webserver

I get:

webserver    | standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
webserver    | standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
webserver    | standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
webserver    | standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
webserver    | standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"

Any idea of what I’m doing wrong here?

I just want to run the commands inside: docker-entrypoint.sh which creates a the file: document.txt on the root directory of the container.

Thanks!

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