[bug/gh-71] implemented loop that continuously pings eDrop until it responds successfully

Author: jophals

Dockerfile-prod

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 WORKDIR /edrop
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y supervisor && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y supervisor netcat-traditional && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY edrop-gunicorn.sh /edrop/edrop-gunicorn.sh

edrop-cron.sh

@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
 export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
 mkdir -p /edrop/logs
 
-sleep 140
-# URL="127.0.0.1"
-# until ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 &> /dev/null; do
-#     echo "Waiting for eDrop to start up..."
-#     sleep 10
-# done
-# echo "eDrop has started successfully"
+while ! nc -z 127.0.0.1 8000; do echo "eDrop not responding"; sleep 5; done
+echo "eDrop has started successfully"
 
 # start the cron job
 python manage.py runapscheduler