How to start apache2 automatically in a ubuntu docker container?

Question

I am trying to create a Dockerfile that will start apache automatically. Nothing has worked. But If I log into the container and run service apache2 start it wo

Answer 1

My project was slightly different where I installed a bunch of other stuff, but the apache start portion matched above. Once I built this image and used it, my server started fine.

FROM ubuntu:latest

#install all the tools you might want to use in your container
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install curl -y
RUN apt-get install vim -y
#the following ARG turns off the questions normally asked for location and timezone for Apache
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN apt-get install apache2 -y

#change working directory to root of apache webhost
WORKDIR var/www/html

#copy your files, if you want to copy all use COPY . .
COPY index.html index.html

#now start the server
CMD ["apachectl", "-D", "FOREGROUND"]