Deploy application in payara micro docker image from shell script

Question

I try to run a payara/micro docker image and deploy my application (war file) from the maven target directory.

I use this image: https://hub.docker.com/r/payara/micro

On the page, I'm following the Run from a mounted volume section.

My shell script (in the root directory) looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu

mvn clean package

docker run --rm \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ~/target:/opt/payara/deployments \
  payara/micro

But when I run the script no application is deployed to the payara server. I tried to update the line with -v $(pwd)/target:/opt/payara/deployments \ without success and a new empty folder with the name target;C is created in the root folder alongside the target folder that contains my war file.

I guess my question is; how can I run payara/micro container and deploy my target/myapp.war file to the server from my shell script?

Answer 1

Since I got no answer yet, I want to add my own solution. I kinda cheated but it worked anyway. I combined my shell script with Dockerfile.

I added this Dockerfile into my project root:

FROM payara/micro
COPY target/myapp.war $DEPLOY_DIR

Then, I updated my shell script like this:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu

mvn clean package

docker build -t my-image .

docker run -p 8080:8080 my-image

Now everything works fine.