<![CDATA[Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container]]>So the docker setup I have runs a start_server.sh script and once it his ‘npm run server’ it just shows logging info, meaning it won’t execute anything I put under it (until I kill the running task, I’d assume).

I believe the typical method to handle this is by using PM2, but I don’t have that here.

So right now I just open the console to the container, change the MM_CONFIG_FILE path to my 2nd config file and execute ‘npm run server’ and close that console window.

What’s the best/proper method for me to get them both to launch automatically?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19005/loading-multiple-instances-when-mm2-is-in-docker-containerRSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:29:47 GMTFri, 20 Sep 2024 15:54:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:54:24 GMT]]>@WiredRacing awesome

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/120005https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/120005Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:38:35 GMT]]>@sdetweil Ahh, thanks for the education on the &. Working now!

Note: I wrote this a couple days ago, just didn’t click ‘submit’. :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/120004https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/120004Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:38:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container on Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:51:05 GMT]]>@WiredRacing did you get this working?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119994https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119994Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:51:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container on Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:26:48 GMT]]>and i’ll add, the right way using docker is to spin up another container

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119939https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119939Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:26:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Loading multiple instances when MM2 is in Docker container on Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:18:42 GMT]]>@WiredRacing in linux the detach is a & as the last character of a command

export MM_CONFIG_FILE=…
npm start server &
export MM_CONFIG_FILE=…
npm start &

one as server only one as full, just for example

in windows its
set MM_CONFIG_FILE=
detach npm run server
set MM_CONFIG_FILE=
npm start

also, not related to docker. docker container is a linux instance

if using pm2, you do NOT want to detach the last one, as the script will end, and pm2 will try to restart it

maybe same in the docker startup

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119933https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/119933Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:18:42 GMT