pumpkinseed/placeholder repository overview

⁠placeholder

Placeholder service keep up the docker container without resource usage. Tool to setup controlled tests for build heavy applications or distributed systems.

⁠Usage

Use the docker image as a builder.

FROM pumpkinseed/placeholder AS builder

FROM alpine
COPY --from=builder /go/bin/placeholder /bin/placeholder

RUN {yourservice} &

ENTRYPOINT ["placeholder"]

• It makes able to control the start/restart flow without the container stop, so when the development of clustered distributed system happens it makes you able to restart the nodes on a controlled flow.
• For that purpose you can use the docker run -it ... or there is a simplified solution, invoker⁠.