jwilder/dockerize

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dockerize is a Go CLI utility that simplifies running applications in Docker containers. It generates configuration files from templates and environment variables at container startup, tails log files to stdout/stderr, and waits for dependent services to become available before launching the main process.

Use cases

• generate config files from environment variables at container startup
• wait for a database to be reachable before starting the app
• tail application log files to docker logs stdout
• template a settings file with a database URL env var
• delay container process until an HTTP or TCP service is up
• make file-logging apps like nginx work with docker logs

When to choose

• your app reads config from files that can't use environment variables directly
• you need to block container startup until dependencies are listening
• your application logs to files instead of stdout/stderr
• you want a small static binary as a Docker entrypoint wrapper

When to avoid

• your app supports environment variable configuration natively
• you use Kubernetes with ConfigMaps and init containers or entrypoint scripts
• you need full process supervision rather than a startup wrapper
• you prefer modern alternatives like envsubst or entrypoint shell scripts

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

templating configuration-management logging developer-tools cli developer-tools cli cross-platform docker-entrypoint config-templates log-tailing service-wait container-startup devops containers automation linux macos docker

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