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Can't jump into nginx docker container on startup

I can start and exec into a ubuntu docker container using this command:

$ docker container run -it --rm ubuntu
root@ded56bdb6f95:/#

However, I get a blank console when I attempt to do the same for an nginx server (though it does print the logs here):

$ docker container run -it -p 81:80 --rm nginx
# this is blank

I can exec in by running an additional command while the nginx server is runnning:

docker container exec -it CONTAINER_ID bash
root@6270d301d3fd:/#

Any idea what I'm doing wrong or if this is the expected behavior?

Solution

  • Figured it out, just need to add the name of the shell (e.g. bash or sh) to the end of the docker run command:

    docker container run -it -p 81:80 --rm nginx bash