Another start script to run multiple processes in the same docker container

Dockerfile

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/start/api.sh ./application/api/
 RUN chmod +x application/api/api.sh
 
 RUN printf '\n\n- Copy application starting script\n'
-COPY --from=builder /app/start/start.sh ./application/
-RUN chmod +x application/start.sh
+COPY --from=builder /app/start/start2.sh ./application/
+RUN chmod +x application/start2.sh
 
 #install static server  || Alternativ se poate utiliza si http-server
 RUN npm install -g serve
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ WORKDIR /application
 
 EXPOSE 80 3001
 
-CMD ["./start.sh"]
+CMD ["./start2.sh"]
 #CMD ["sh", "-c", "node application/api/createMockDb.js && node application/api/apiServer.js && serve -s application/front -p 80"]
 #CMD ["serve", "-s", "build", "-p", "80"]
 

start/start.sh

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Start the first process and put it in the background
-./front/front.sh -D &
+./api/api.sh -D &
 status=$?
 if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Failed to start front: $status"
+  echo "Failed to start api: $status"
   exit $status
 fi
 
 # Start the second process
-./api/api.sh -D
+./front/front.sh -D
 status=$?
 if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Failed to start api: $status"
+  echo "Failed to start front: $status"
   exit $status
 fi
 

start/start2.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+  
+# turn on bash's job control
+set -m
+  
+# Start the primary process and put it in the background
+./front/front.sh &
+
+  
+# Start the helper process
+./api/api.sh
+  
+# the my_helper_process might need to know how to wait on the
+# primary process to start before it does its work and returns
+
+# now we bring the primary process back into the foreground
+# and leave it there
+fg %1