test to see if this fixes the issue

alpine/Dockerfile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.6.1
 RUN wget https://github.com/wrouesnel/p2cli/releases/download/r5/p2 -O /usr/local/bin/p2 \
         && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/p2
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add nodejs mariadb-client git bash libcap build-base mariadb-dev tzdata mariadb-connector-c openssl \
+RUN apk --no-cache add nodejs mariadb-client git bash libcap build-base mariadb-dev tzdata mariadb-connector-c openssl expect\
         && git clone https://github.com/atech/postal.git /opt/postal \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
 	&& gem install bundler \
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RUN setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/local/bin/ruby
 
 ## Stick in required files
 ADD src/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
+ADD src/create-user.sh /create-user.sh
 ADD src/templates /templates
 
 ## Expose

alpine/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   postal:
-    image: catdeployed/postal:alpine
+    #image: catdeployed/postal:alpine
+    build: .
     container_name: postal
     command: run
     ports:
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - "mysql"
       - "rabbitmq"
     volumes:
-      - ./config/postal.yml:/opt/postal/config/postal.yml
+      - persistent_assets:/storage
       - static_assets:/opt/postal/public
       - postal_assets:/opt/postal/public/assets
       - ./src/templates/:/templates
@@ -61,3 +62,4 @@ volumes:
   static_assets:
   postal_assets:
   mysql_data:
+  persistent_assets:

alpine/src/create-user.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/expect
+eval spawn /opt/postal/bin/postal make-user
+expect "E-Mail"
+send "$env(POSTAL_EMAIL)\n"
+expect "First Name"
+send "$env(POSTAL_FNAME)\n"
+expect "Last Name"
+send "$env(POSTAL_LNAME)\n"
+expect "Password"
+send "$env(POSTAL_PASSWORD)\n"
+interact

alpine/src/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 rm -rf /opt/postal/tmp/pids/*
 rm -rf /tmp/postal
 
+## Check if existing config
+if [ -f /storage/postal.yml ]; then
+  cp /storage/postal.yml /opt/postal/config/postal.yml
+fi
+
 ## Generate config
 if [ ! -f /opt/postal/config/postal.yml ] || [[ $(cat /opt/postal/config/postal.yml | wc -l) < 2 ]]; then
   ## Build Jinja2 Template
@@ -15,18 +20,15 @@ if [ ! -f /opt/postal/config/postal.yml ] || [[ $(cat /opt/postal/config/postal.
   /opt/postal/bin/postal initialize-config
   ## Wait for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up
   echo "== Waiting for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up =="
-  dockerize -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait http://rabbitmq:5672/api/aliveness-test
+  dockerize -timeout 60m -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait tcp://rabbitmq:5672
   /opt/postal/bin/postal initialize
-  /opt/postal/bin/postal make-user <<-EOF
-$POSTAL_EMAIL
-$POSTAL_FNAME
-$POSTAL_LNAME
-$POSTAL_PASSWORD
-EOF
+  /create-user.sh
+  ## Copy over config to persistent storage
+  cp /opt/postal/config/postal.yml /storage/postal.yml
 else
   ## Wait for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up
   echo "== Waiting for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up =="
-  dockerize -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait http://rabbitmq:5672/api/aliveness-test
+  dockerize -timeout 60m -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait tcp://rabbitmq:5672
 fi
 ## Start Postal
 /opt/postal/bin/postal "$@"

ubuntu/Dockerfile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash - \
         && apt-get install -y nodejs
 
 RUN apt-get -y update \
-	&& apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends nodejs mariadb-client git-core libcap2-bin wget \
+	&& apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends nodejs mariadb-client git-core libcap2-bin wget expect\
         && git clone https://github.com/atech/postal.git /opt/postal \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
 	&& gem install bundler \
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RUN setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/local/bin/ruby
 
 ## Stick in required files
 ADD src/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
+ADD src/create-user.sh /create-user.sh
 ADD src/templates /templates
 
 ## Expose

ubuntu/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   postal:
-    image: catdeployed/postal:ubuntu
+    #image: catdeployed/postal:ubuntu
+    build: .
     container_name: postal
     command: run
+    tty: true
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:25:25
     depends_on:
       - "mysql"
       - "rabbitmq"
     volumes:
-      - ./config/postal.yml:/opt/postal/config/postal.yml
+#      - ./config/postal.yml:/opt/postal/config/postal.yml
+      - persistent_assets:/storage
       - static_assets:/opt/postal/public
       - postal_assets:/opt/postal/public/assets
       - ./src/templates/:/templates
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       - static_assets:/opt/postal/public:ro
       - postal_assets:/opt/postal/public/assets:ro
 volumes:
+  persistent_assets:
   static_assets:
   postal_assets:
   mysql_data:

ubuntu/src/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 rm -rf /opt/postal/tmp/pids/*
 rm -rf /tmp/postal
 
+## Check if existing config
+if [ -f /storage/postal.yml ]; then
+  cp /storage/postal.yml /opt/postal/config/postal.yml
+fi
+
 ## Generate config
 if [ ! -f /opt/postal/config/postal.yml ] || [[ $(cat /opt/postal/config/postal.yml | wc -l) < 2 ]]; then
   ## Build Jinja2 Template
@@ -15,18 +20,15 @@ if [ ! -f /opt/postal/config/postal.yml ] || [[ $(cat /opt/postal/config/postal.
   /opt/postal/bin/postal initialize-config
   ## Wait for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up
   echo "== Waiting for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up =="
-  dockerize -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait http://rabbitmq:5672/api/aliveness-test
+  dockerize -timeout 60m -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait tcp://rabbitmq:5672
   /opt/postal/bin/postal initialize
-  /opt/postal/bin/postal make-user <<-EOF
-$POSTAL_EMAIL
-$POSTAL_FNAME
-$POSTAL_LNAME
-$POSTAL_PASSWORD
-EOF
+  /create-user.sh
+  ## Copy over config to persistent storage
+  cp /opt/postal/config/postal.yml /storage/postal.yml
 else
   ## Wait for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up
   echo "== Waiting for MySQL and RabbitMQ to start up =="
-  dockerize -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait http://rabbitmq:5672/api/aliveness-test
+  dockerize -timeout 60m -wait tcp://mysql:3306 -wait tcp://rabbitmq:5672
 fi
 ## Start Postal
 /opt/postal/bin/postal "$@"