I am new to Docker and started to do automation in that.Here my requirement:
Need to generate silent.properties file which contains few variable , that need to be passed during run time .
Once got silent.properties file, use that file to install the application.
For example:
Template File:
http port is %variable1%
java heap size is %variable2%
silent.properties file which need to generate from template should be:
http port is 8080
java heap size is 2049
As the application we are installing using silent.properties.Did the same thing using Ansible like below:
Created Role with template which would create silent.properties file.With in playbbok executed sh installer -f silent.properties
Hence same need to be done using Docker , so went to this design.
Not sure on creating silent.properties dynamically in run time using docker with ENV.
Regarding current Dockerfile, i am not sure on how to go with. Please suggest
Instead of trying to lift your old patterns into the new world, you should at least try to learn and embrace the typical Docker patterns. A Docker container is not a VM: it is just a set of files that consist of command line tools and libraries that make up the OS, not a single process/service is started unless you start it in your Dockerfile’s ENTRYPOINT or CMD declaration.
What you want is to create a Dockerfile that does a default installation of your application. Then you will want to create an entrypoint that does preperation work (like rendering ENV values into config files) before it finaly starts your main application. People usualy write entrypoint scripts depending on their need in bash - though they could be written in python or whatever commes to mind.
What does your property file affect? Are you using it to render a startscript or a configuration?