Avoid tomcat start/kill/restart-cycle at startup

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Use dsapce-app image 2020.02.1:1.0
 - Rm apt cache after apt-get update+install
 - Rebuild Postgres image with latest 9.6
+- Avoid tomcat start/kill/restart-cycle at startup
 
 ### Fixed
 - #60

dockerfiles/commul-customization/entrypoint.sh

@@ -15,44 +15,33 @@ perl -pi -e 's/\$\{HANDLE_USER\}/$ENV{HANDLE_USER}/; s/\$\{HANDLE_PASSWORD\}/$EN
 # initialize statistics & co
 cd /opt/repository/workspace/scripts
 make init_statistics
-/opt/tomcat8/bin/catalina.sh start
 
-# wait for tomcat to start...
-sleep 120
-
-# https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=979694
-# Start process in the background and send its output to file descriptor 3
-exec 3< <(while (true); do
-    set -x
-    LOGID=$(( (LOGID+1) % 5))
-    LOG="/tmp/entrypoint.log.$LOGID"
-    echo "$LOG" > $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make update_oai | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make update_statistics | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make update_sitemap | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make lift_embargos | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make update_openaire_cache | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make update_discovery | tee -a $LOG
-    timeout -k 30 300 make send_info | tee -a $LOG
-    date >> $LOG
-    echo "INIT DONE."
-    wget https://healthchecks.local.iiegn.eu/ping/24a81cdc-2906-4faa-89b3-0d57541abef6 -T 10 -t 5 -O /dev/null
-    set +x
-    sleep 86400
-done)
-
-# Read the output of the process line by line until one line contains Ready
-while read line; do
-   case "$line" in
-   "INIT DONE.")
-      break
-      ;;
-   esac
-done <&3
-
-# Close the file descriptor
-exec <&3 3<&-
-/opt/tomcat8/bin/catalina.sh stop -force
+# Start cron job in the background
+cron_hack(){
+    INIT="false"
+    while (true); do
+        # the first time, wait for tomcat to start...
+        [ "$INIT" = "false" ] && sleep 300 && INIT="true"
+
+        set -x
+        LOGID=$(( (LOGID+1) % 5))
+        LOG="/tmp/entrypoint.log.$LOGID"
+        echo "$LOG" > $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make update_oai | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make update_statistics | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make update_sitemap | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make lift_embargos | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make update_openaire_cache | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make update_discovery | tee -a $LOG
+        timeout -k 30 300 make send_info | tee -a $LOG
+        date >> $LOG
+        echo "INIT DONE."
+        wget https://healthchecks.local.iiegn.eu/ping/24a81cdc-2906-4faa-89b3-0d57541abef6 -T 10 -t 5 -O /dev/null
+        set +x
+        sleep 86400
+    done
+}
+cron_hack &
 
 # start tomcat
 /opt/tomcat8/bin/catalina.sh run