Docker, Getting around PID 1

docker_PID1.sh

# So you want to pipe shell scripts to docker. But docker runs the container's command as PID 1. 
# Linux doesn't set up signal handlers for PID 1.
# This gives you the following problems:
# 1. The script can't kill itself:
echo 'kill $$; echo "Still alive"' | docker run -i --rm alpine sh 
# 2. You can't kill the script from outside with a normal kill:
echo "sleep 1000" | docker run -i --rm alpine sh & sleep 1 && kill $!
docker ps # it didn't die

#==== Solving problem 1 ====
# We need to run out script as a PID other than PID 1. This usually works:
echo 'kill $$; echo "Still alive!"'| docker run -i --rm alpine sh -c sh
# But for things with bash as /bin/sh you need another trick:
echo 'kill $$; echo "Still alive"'| docker run -i --rm centos sh -c ':;sh' #<-- take note

#==== Solving problem 2 ====
# In order to make it killable from the outside we need to set up a signal hanlder in PID 1
echo 'trap "exit 0" TERM; while true; do sleep 1; done' | docker run -i --rm alpine sh &
kill $!
docker ps # it should be dead (soon at least)
# But this only kinda works... 
# It won't respond to the signal while it's doing sleep(1) or stuck in any other command

#==== Solving problem 1 & 2 togther properly ====
# We need to have the script running as non-PID1 and we need to have a signal handler that will
# run immediately
# Solution:
docker run -i --rm alpine sh -c 'trap "exit 0" TERM; sh <&0 & wait $!'
# Problem 1
echo 'kill $$; echo "Still alive"' | docker run -i --rm alpine sh -c 'trap "exit 0" TERM; sh <&0 & wait $!'
# Problem 2
echo 'sleep 10000' | docker run -i --rm centos sh -c 'trap "exit 0" TERM; sh <&0 & wait $!' &
kill $!
docker ps # it's dead
# If you want to you can even forward the signal inside the container to your script's process:
echo 'sleep 10000' | docker run -i --rm centos sh -c 'trap "kill \$!" TERM; sh <&0 & wait $!' &
#==== 💀FINAL BOSS💀 ====
#...But apparently sh <&0 only works on bash ie centos 🤦😩.
# So we need to create a fifo and delete it at EXIT. This works on all platforms I've tested:
echo 'sleep 10000' | docker run -i --rm alpine sh -c \
'mkfifo stdin; trap "kill \$!" TERM; trap "rm stdin" EXIT; sh<stdin & cat>stdin; wait $!' &
kill $!
docker ps
# It's gone!! 🎉