Docker container exits immediately after start
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Docker
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My Docker container built from a PHP-FPM image exits immediately after docker run. The logs show no error and the exit code is 0.
The issue is that the container runs the entrypoint command and then exits because there's no long-running process. PHP-FPM needs to be started in the foreground.
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Admin User
Jul 28, 2026
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Admin User
Jul 28, 2026
Ensure the CMD or ENTRYPOINT starts PHP-FPM in the foreground using php-fpm -F or php-fpm --nodaemonize.
CMD ['php-fpm', '-F']
# or in docker-compose:
command: php-fpm -F
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