Question about starting and stopping services in entrypoint.sh

alvynliang · September 16, 2019, 8:12am

Dear all,

I don’t know if this question should be posted here, but I am giving it a go.

In the ENTRYPOINT.sh file of the project iwaseyusuke/docker-mininet (link below), I see that

iwaseyusuke/docker-mininet/blob/master/ENTRYPOINT.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

service openvswitch-switch start
ovs-vsctl set-manager ptcp:6640

bash

service openvswitch-switch stop

I see that the service has a start and a stop in the same file

I am wondering why the stop service not stopping the service immediately after starting the service?
Is the file written this way for special purpose?
I cannot find anything online about starting and stopping one service in one entrypoint file.

Many Thanks in advance!!

alvynliang · September 17, 2019, 2:23pm

I know what this is now. The commands before bash is simply the commands after the container starts. After running the two commands, the bash is then executed as the shell. After exiting the shell the system shutdown the service.