This coffee script is meant to be used with a docker container running drupal instances. It starts mysql, httpd, postfix, and waits for mysql to boot up before creating the drupal database.

drupal-docker-start.coffee

spawn = require('child_process').spawn

dohttpd = ()->
  httpd = spawn '/etc/init.d/apache2', ['start']

  httpd.stdout.setEncoding 'utf8'
  httpd.stderr.setEncoding 'utf8'

  httpd.stdout.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

  httpd.stderr.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

domysql = ()->
  mysql = spawn '/usr/sbin/mysqld'
  
  mysql.stdout.setEncoding 'utf8'
  mysql.stderr.setEncoding 'utf8'

  mysql.stdout.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

  mysql.stderr.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

dopostfix = ()->
  postfix = spawn '/etc/init.d/postfix', ['start']

  postfix.stdout.setEncoding 'utf8'
  postfix.stderr.setEncoding 'utf8'

  postfix.stdout.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

  postfix.stderr.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

# Here we are waiting on mysql
net = require 'net'
tryCount = 0

checkMysqlPortAndDoCreateDb = ()->
  sock = new net.Socket()
  sock.connect(3306, '127.0.0.1')

  sock.on 'connect', ()->
    console.log 'connection to mysql succeeded, creating database'
    docreatedb()
    sock.destroy()

  sock.on 'error', (e)->
    if tryCount > 10
      console.log 'giving up trying to create drupal table'

    else
      tryCount++

      setTimeout checkMysqlPortAndDoCreateDb, 350
      console.log e

  sock.on 'timeout', (e)->
    console.log e

docreatedb = ()->
  createdb = spawn 'mysql', ['-uroot', '-e create database drupal']

  createdb.stdout.setEncoding 'utf8'
  createdb.stderr.setEncoding 'utf8'

  createdb.stdout.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

  createdb.stderr.on 'data', (data)->
    console.log data

dohttpd()
domysql()
dopostfix()

checkMysqlPortAndDoCreateDb()