Update README.md

Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 # Install cron
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cron
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cron nano
 
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /usr/cta-archive/
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ COPY . .
 # Install any needed packages
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Load environment variable into cron job, as these aren't automatically passed
+RUN echo ''
 # Copy the cron job file into the cron.d directory
-COPY cronjob /etc/cron.d/cronjob
+RUN echo ' */5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/cta-archive/archive.py ' >> /usr/cta-archive/cronjob
 
 # Give execution rights on the cron job
-RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/cronjob
+RUN chmod 0644 /usr/cta-archive/cronjob 
 
-# Apply the cron job
+# Add cron job
-RUN crontab /etc/cron.d/cronjob
+RUN crontab /usr/cta-archive/cronjob
 
-# Create the log file to be able to run tail
+# Create logfile
-RUN touch /var/log/cron_python.log
+RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
 
 # Run the command on container startup
-CMD ["cron","-f" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/cta-archive/entrypoint.sh" ]

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ Clone this archive, build and run the image. Pass in your API_KEY and map the ou
 git clone https://gitea.iosull.com/iosullivan/cta-archive
 cd cta-archive
 docker build -t cta-archive .
-docker run cta-archive --name cta-archive -d -e API_KEY=<APIKey> -v <outputdir>/usr/cta-archive/output/
+docker run --name cta-archive -d -e API_KEY=<APIKey> -v <outputdir>:/usr/cta-archive/output/ cta-archive 
 ```
 
-By default, the script runs every 5 minutes to write json file to the <outputdir> above. This can be modified by updating the cronjob file.
+## Configuration
+
+By default, the script runs every 5 minutes to write json file to the <outputdir> above. This can be modified by updating the following line in the Dockerfile:
+```
+RUN echo ' */5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/cta-archive/archive.py ' >> /usr/cta-archive/cronjob
+
+# Where 5 indicates every 5th minute. 
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+This script runs as root within the container. It probably shouldn't.

cronjob

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5 * * * * root python3 /usr/cta-archive/archive.py

entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+printenv >> /etc/environment
+
+cron -f