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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.

     

     

jcomber's avatar
jcomber
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

This should be possible, correct?  A Groovy script, running within a ReadyAPI test suite, ought to be able to SSH into a server and execute a 'docker restart' command I would think.  Any ideas how to implement this?  

  • KarelHusa's avatar
    KarelHusa
    Champion Level 1
    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.