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jcomber's avatar
jcomber
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

Trying to restart docker images from ReadyAPI Groovy script

Is it possible to have a Groovy script within a ReadyAPI test suite that will restart docker image(s)?  I have an existing Groovy script that works but copying/pasting into a ReadyAPI Groovy script t...
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  • KarelHusa's avatar
    KarelHusa
    3 years ago

    jcomber,

    don't give it up; running docker from a Groovy script works; I just tried it in my ReadyAPI (see screenshot below).

     

    There has to be some issue in your environment; try executing other commands, logging your PATH variable, etc., to debug the issue. Let us know then what the issue was.

     

     

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jcomber
Occasional Contributor

 

                def dockerTemp = 'docker restart query'.execute()
//                def dockerRestartTest = 'docker restart ' + s
//                def dockerProc = dockerRestartTest.execute()

 

I've tried both versions of the offensive '.execute()' above (the commented 2 lines are the version that works in intelliJ) - both versions yield this in ReadyAPI:  ERROR: An error occurred [java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "docker": error=2, No such file or directory], see error log for details.  I'm able to run docker within a terminal and within intelliJ.  


 

KarelHusa's avatar
KarelHusa
Champion Level 1
3 years ago

jcomber, it seems your ReadyAPI has different PATH environment variable setup than terminal or Idea.

You can try to execute docker with full path, e.g.:

 

/usr/bin/docker restart query

 

  • jcomber's avatar
    jcomber
    Occasional Contributor
    3 years ago

    I've tried that suggestion (>which docker gives: /usr/bin/docker) to no avail.  I'm able to run ReadyAPI scripts against that server if the Groovy test step is disabled, so it appears to be directly Docker related.  Manually, I'm able to execute the docker cmd on that server just fine.  At a loss...