How can I wait for a docker container to be up and running?

November 14, 2022 by Tarik

Found this simple solution, been looking for something better but no luck…

until [ "`docker inspect -f {{.State.Running}} CONTAINERNAME`"=="true" ]; do
    sleep 0.1;
done;

or if you want to wait until the container is reporting as healthy (assuming you have a healthcheck)

until [ "`docker inspect -f {{.State.Health.Status}} CONTAINERNAME`"=="healthy" ]; do
    sleep 0.1;
done;