Shutdown Signals with Docker Entrypoint Scripts

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One of the goals of Docker is to simplify what it takes to start and run applications. A way Docker tries to achieve this goal is by allowing users to create an isolated runtime environment where they don’t need complex startup scripts.

For the most part, it works. Docker is simple enough that an average application can be started directly with the ENTRYPOINT instructions within the…